This 1950 autobiography has become a Conservative classic. Chambers, a journalist for Time magazine, tells of his role as a member of the American Communist Party and as an active Soviet agent who passed secrets to the Reds. After becoming disillusioned with Stalin following the Moscow purges, Chambers revealed everything and claimed there was a ...
This volume traces the evolution of the American military, its institutions, strategic doctrines, and technology. The selections provide a social and institutional focus of the "new" military history, and follow the metamorphosis of the militia, the professionalization of the officers' corps, and the course of civilian control of the military.
When was it built? Why does it look that way? What style is it? What Style Is It? provides a portable, easy-to-use guide to identifying American architecture on the road or in your own community. This Revised Edition presents new photographs and line drawings, a concise, illustrated glossary, and accessible information on twenty-two major styles ...
Drawing on contemporary scholarship in the field, "The Oxford Companion to American Military History" is a comprehensive one-volume guide to the study of war, peace and the military throughout American history. With 1000 alphabetically arranged entries, each written by a noted scholar, this work examines America's military past from the colonial ...
Although statistical design is one of the oldest branches of statistics, its importance is ever increasing, especially in the face of the data flood that often faces statisticians. It is important to recognize the appropriate design, and to understand how to effectively implement it, being aware that the default settings from a computer package ...
Between 1890 and 1920, the forces accompanying industrialization sent the familiar 19th century world plummeting toward extinction. The traditional countryside with its villages and family farms was eclipsed by giant corporations and sprawling cities. In this book, the author incorporates the social, cultural, political and economic changes which ...
In 1853-1855, the great French writer Victor Hugo, while in exile on the Isle of Jersey, channeled thousands of messages from the famous dead. The spirits told him that powerful energies from beyond the grave and from other star-systems were trying to raise up the vibrational level of our earth. The messages to Hugo, of great passion, power and ...
This edition will give the curious tourist not only a modern-day portrait of New Zealand and the far-flung islands, but also looks at the early settling of this historic area. "Ideal before-you-go reading."--"The Daily Telegraph."
The future of business is inextricably bound up with the Internet. Written by strategists at KPMG Consulting/Mertrius, this text provides executives with a "road map" for leading their companies through the transistion from business to e-business. By using interviews with those dealing with the e-business development, this book reveals the ...
This book demonstrates that the state-contingent approach provides the best way to think about all problems in the economics of uncertainty, including problems of consumer choice, the theory of the firm, and principal agent relationships. The authors demonstrate that dual methods apply under uncertainty and that the dual representations can be ...
Although conscientious objection is a long-standing phenomenon, it has only recently become a major factor affecting armed forces and society. The only comprehensive, comparative scholarly study of conscientious objection to military service, this book examines the history of the practice in the Western world and state policies that have grown up ...
The immediacy and perceived truth of the visual image, as well as film and television's ability to propel viewers back into the past, place the genre of the historical film in a special category. War films-including antiwar films-have established the prevailing public image of war in the twentieth century. For American audiences, the dominant ...
Essential reading for travellers who wish to enjoy the amazing diversity of Australia, this book outlines the history of that great southern democracy from the arrival of the earliest Aborigines some fifty or sixty thousand years ago to the preparation for the Sydney Olympics in the year 2000.
In this first English translation of Victor Hugo's writings on his experiments in spiritualism, author John Chambers places Hugo's experiments firmly in the tradition of visionary literature and psychic exploration. He reveals Hugo's conversations with Shakespeare, Plato, Galileo, Jesus and others, and discusses Hugo's possible role as a grand ...
Today's business climate demands that companies move quickly, adapt rapidly, and innovate like never before...all without losing sight of their core businesses. And one of the biggest challenges facing traditional companies like AT&T is the e-Commerce and Internet Revolution. AT&T is ready for battle. AT&T's goal is to offer one-stop-shopping for ...
'This second edition of the practical guide to management of medical emergencies offers the busy doctor, in A & E or on the wards, immediate access to practical steps to copy with urgent medical problems...It is handy book, especially for doctors in training who need immediate help in managing a medical emergency. I can recommend it without ...
With "The First Time Investor's Workbook", author Larry Chambers goes a step further to help the uninitiated, giving them a hands-on workbook so that they can trade on paper first. "The First Time Investor's Workbook" is a practical guide loaded with worksheets, checklists, tests and examples designed to help investors take control of their ...
This is a truly practical guide aimed at the junior physician or casualty officer which explains what to do when faced with medical emergencies "on take", on the ward or in the Accident and Emergency department. In this Second Edition, the authors have thoroughly revised all chapters to take into account the advances in diagnosis and treatment ...
This text offers an interpretation of the relationship between the peace movement and US foreign policy in America's formative years as a world power. It indicates the peace movement's significant influence upon American attitudes and its varying impact upon US foreign and defence policies.
It is remarkable that Hermes anticipated modern philosophy by insisting there is no void in nature, and that none of the works of The God can become extinct or perish, but, if disappearing, become some other essence or nature and renovated into another form. Thus, it appears he affirmed the future eternity of existing matter and deduced from this ...
Standard reference to 140 species of puffballs, stinkhorns, and birds nest fungi. Dover edition also includes "The Gasteromycetae of Ohio" by Minnie May Johnson. Over 950 illustrations.
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