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The various historical and political works of Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, though composed at intervals, and while the author was in exile or captivity, have all one great object mainly in view, the constitutional reorganization of France. His theory of national reformation is based upon a revival of what he terms the Idee Napoleonienne, which he labors to show is the only political system which can meet the requirements, accord with the h...

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CONTENTSPrefaceComplexity, Change, and ChallengeThe 1980s in Retrospect Geopolitics Militarization Intervention InstabilityThe Changing Strategic Environment Meaning of Security Global Military and Political Power Economic Relationships Rethinking Policy PrioritiesTerritorial DisputesCaribbean Geonarcotics Trafficking Patterns Modus Operandi National Countermeasures Regional and International CountermeasuresSecurity Collaboration Why Collabora...

This biography of Maj Gen Haywood S. Hansell Jr. provides an in-depth look at the life and career of one of airpower's pioneer thinkers. General Hansell's professional life was devoted to the theory and practice of strategic airpower -- the single most controversial military debate of the twentieth century. Hansell believed that wars could and should be won through precision bombing of military and industrial/commercial targets, a theory and p...

CONTENTSIntroductionHistorical Influences on Modern TurkeyThe State Foundations of Turkish Security PolicyThe Exercise of Turkish Foreign Policy: Ataturk to OzalThe Mold BreaksThwarted Ambition?Bridge or Barrier?Facing the FutureAbout the Author

In the real room is a bed, though that is putting the matter too briefly. The fairway to begin, if you love Mrs. Dowey, is to say to her that it is a pity she has no bed.If she is in her best form she will chuckle, and agree that the want of a bed tries hersore, she will keep you on the hooks, so to speak, as long as she can, and then, withthat mouse-like movement again, she will suddenly spring the bed on you. Youthought it was a wardrobe, bu...

The present analysis of the origin and evolution of the solar system represents a fusion of two initially independent approaches to the problem. One of us (Alfven) started from a study of the physical processes (1942, 1943a, 1946, summarized in a monograph in 1954), and the other (Arrhenius) from experimental studies of plasma-solid reactions and from chemical and mineralogical analyses of meteorites and lunar and terrestrial samples. Joined b...

This 1882 work remains unmatched and irreplaceable as an alphabetically arranged dictionary of corrupted or perverted words. The work contains thousands of entries and covers not only English but foreign words and proper names as well as certain special corruptions. A storehouse of curious, as well as useful, information that should be on the shelf beside Skeat's Etymological Dictionary.This title is cited and recommended by Books for College ...

The long-awaited release of Air Warfare finally has arrived. Since this study was published initially in 1926, designers, engineers, pilots, and students of aviation have had an opportunity to discern its merits and to analyze its shortcomings. Still, in that historic year, with the public reeling from the outcome of the Scopes Monkey Trial, Charles Lindbergh's solo transcontinental flight, and the Billy Mitchell trail and verdict, William C. ...

This manual was written for design engineers to enable them to choose appropriate fasteners for their designs. Subject matter includes fastener material selection, platings, lubricants, corrosion, locking methods, washers, inserts, thread types and classes, fatigue loading, and fastener torque. A section on design criteria covers the derivation of torque formulas, loads on a fastener group, combining simultaneous shear and tension loads, pullo...

Major M. V. Smith's Ten Propositions Regarding Spacepower is an important contribution to the spacepower literature. Within weeks of being written, an early draft found its way into the various colleges around Air University's Academic Circle. Within months it reached colleges and universities across the United States and even the international academic community. Major Smith's work begins to quench the growing thirst among those seeking to un...

CONTENTSPreface Patrick ClawsonIntroduction Henry SokolskiChecking Iran's Nuclear Ambitions: Report Recommendations NPEC Project on IranIran's "Legal" Paths to the Bomb Victor GilinskyIran's Internal Struggles GeneiveAbdoThe Prospects for Regime Change in Iran S. Rob SobhaniWinning Iranian Hearts and Minds Abbas William SamiiU.S.-Iranian Strategic Cooperation since 1979 Geoffrey KempThe Challenges of U.S. Preventive Military Action Michael Eis...

The "turning point" of the Civil War will always be a matter of debate among historians. There is no doubt, however, that William Tecumseh Sherman's capture of Atlanta was a devastating blow to the Confederacy. This little book gives an excellent account of the four-month campaign for the city. You will be able to trace the strategies and tactics of both sides, observe the mistakes and personal feuds of Southern generals, suffer the Georgia he...

The opportunity to command is a tremendous honor and responsibility and unquestionably will be one of the most significant roles of your Air Force career. The very nature of command is unique to the military, there is no civilian equivalent for this level of trust, authority, and responsibility. The essence of command is leadership, and your example will set the standard for your entire organization. For this reason, command is reserved for th...

Army engineer support to U.S. Central Command's joint maneuver force during the Persian Gulf War was massive and critical. Over 100 active and reserve component engineer units contributed significantly to the success of Operation DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM. These contributions are well documented in Supporting the Troops: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Persian Gulf War. The Gulf War dramatically demonstrated the need to deploy enginee...

The changing picture of bird populations throughout the year intrigues those who are observant and who wish to know the source and destination of these birds. While many species of fish, mammals, and even insects undertake amazing migratory journeys, birds as a group are the most mobile creatures on Earth. Even humans with their many vehicles of locomotion do not equal some birds in mobility. No human population moves each year as far as from ...

The origin of this volume and the symposium proceedings it records can be traced to the deliberations of the National Academy of Sciences' Animal Orientation and Tracking Committee of the 1969 Space Biology Summer Study at Santa Cruz, California, whose members pointed to the potential role of satellites and recent bioengineering developments as a means of gaining information about the many questions of animal travel, particularly the mechanism...

CONTENTSForewordIntroductionWhat is Asymmetric Warfare?Defining Asymmetry -- Characteristics: Disparity of Interest -- Targeting the Will of the Opponent -- Attaining Strategic Effect on All Levels of War -- The Importance of Effectiveness -- The Threat-Response Dynamic -- A Final Example: The Gulf Tanker War -- ConclusionsA Typology of Asymmetry: What, Who, and When?The What: The Range of Potential Asymmetric Threats -- The Who: Regional, Rog...

The history of initial actions in a war contains lessons of special value for the professional soldier and for all students of military problems. Northwest Africa abounds in such lessons, for it covers the first massive commitments of American forces in World War II. The continent of Africa became a gigantic testing ground of tactics, weapons, and training evolved through years of peace. The invasion stretched American resources to the limit. ...

This book is intended for those students, engineers, scientists, and applied mathematicians who find it necessary to formulate models of diverse phenomena. To facilitate the formulation of such models, some aspects of the tensor calculus will be introduced. However, no knowledge of tensors is assumed. The chief aim of this calculus is the investigation of relations that remain valid in going from one coordinate system to another. The invarianc...