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 | IRAQ IN CRISIS By Anthony H. Cordesman
As events in late December 2013 and early 2014 have made brutally clear, Iraq is a nation in crisis bordering on civil war. It is burdened by a long history of war, internal power struggles, and failed ...Read more > | 336 Pages 5.11 MB |
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 | PATHS TO VICTORY By Christopher Paul
Insurgency has been the most prevalent form of armed conflict since at
least 1949.1 Despite that fact, following the Vietnam War and through
the remainder of the Cold War, the U.S. military establishment turned
its back on ...Read more > | 332 Pages 1.65 MB |
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 | DISASTER RESILIENCE
No person or place is immune from disasters or disaster-related losses.
Infectious disease outbreaks, acts of terrorism, social unrest, or financial
disasters in addition to natural hazards can all lead to large-scale consequences
for the nation and its ...Read more > | 261 Pages 50.06 MB |
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 | STABILITY AND GROWTH IN SOUTH ASIA By Sumita Kumar
In the post-colonial phase, the regions of Asia, Africa, and Latin America have
experienced varying degrees of political, social and economic turbulence. The
goal of political leadership in all the regions has been the establishment of
democracy and achievement of economic growth, in order to provide peace and
stability to their ...Read more > | 355 Pages 7.40 MB |
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 | THE GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS REPORT 20132014 By Klaus Schwab
At the time this Report is being released, the world
economy continues to emerge slowly from the most
serious economic crisis of the postWorld War II
periodone that has deeply transformed the global
economy and highlighted the increasingly important
role that emerging markets and developing economies
play in the global ...Read more > | 569 Pages 7.18 MB |
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 | EXCELLENCE IN ECOLOGY By Edward O. Wilson
Excellence in Ecology (EE) presents books authored by noted ecologists
of our time: the recipients of the Ecology Institute Prize. EE is
published by the international Ecology Institute (ECI) which presently
has a staff of 41 marine, terrestrial and limnetic research ecologists
- all of high professional ...Read more > | 120 Pages 20.31 MB |
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 | THE ARMY PROFESSION : 2012 AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE OF CONFLICT
The Army Profession has two complementary and mutually
supporting componentsthe Army Profession of Arms and the
Army Civilian Corps. The Army Profession of Arms is composed
of uniformed members of the Profession, those skilled in the art
of warfare and under unlimited liability in its killing and ...Read more > | 60 Pages 3.58 MB |
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 | COUNCIL OF WAR
The history of the Joint Chief of Staff parallels the emergence of the United States
in a great-power role and the growing demands that those responsibilities placed on
American policymakers and military planners. During World War II, the major challenge
was to wage a global war successfully on two fronts, one in Europe, the other in
Asia and the ...Read more > | 602 Pages 4.93 MB |
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 | THE NEXT ARMS RACE
With most of the worlds advanced economies now stuck in recession Western support for defense cuts and nuclear disarmament increasing and a major emerging Asian power at odds with its neighbors and the United ...Read more > | 530 Pages 9.02 MB |
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 | LUCKY WAR THIRD ARMY IN DESERT STORM
For a description of the human and material wreckage left in the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, Richard Swain reaches back to the classical world. It was, he writes, "'a hecatomb'-a gruesome sacrifice of hapless victims on a terrifying scale, meant to propitiate the ancient gods."l Hapless, note, not helpless. Saddam Hussein's soldiers did not begin their war meaning to be victims. That role was meant for the people of Kuwait. Saddam's soldiers were made that way by their own leaders and by ...Read more > | 405 Pages 2.53 MB |
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