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In this impressive work, van Creveld considers man's use of technology over the past 4, 000 years and its impact on military organization, weaponary, logistics, intelligence, communications, transportation, and command. This revised paperback edition has been updated to include an account of the range of technology in the recent Gulf War. 12 photographs.

The three subjects of this book all began life in the provinces of applicable mathematics. Design theory originated in statistics (its name reflects its initial use, in experimental design), codes in information transmission, and graphs in the modeling of networks of a very general kind (in the first instance, the bridges of Konigsberg). All three have since become part of mainstream discrete mathematics.

In this new edition of his highly acclaimed work, Jiri Valenta adds his assessment of Soviet military decisionmaking in the 1980s to his earlier analysis of decisionmaking and crisis management in the Soviet bureaucracy and Warsaw Pact. Comparing the events of 1968 to the Kremlin's very different reaction to reforms now under way in Czechoslovakia and the rest of Eastern Europe, Valenta shows that Soviet politics were never simple. The USSR's ...

The current cycle of urban growth dates from the 1970s and is likely to persist into the 2020s. Some of the world's most eminent urban geographers bring their expertise to bear on the American urban scene. They describe how cities have evolved, assess their current characters, and look ahead to the momentous changes yet to come.

Ever since Betty Edwards wrote Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (now over a million copies in print), Americans have discovered the advantages of tapping into right-brain thinking. Now, the team of Keith Harary and Pamela Weintraub present the first absolutely accessible guide to the wonders of right-brain learning that produce results in less than a month. Charts.

Preston Sturges was the great writer and director of Hollywood screwball comedies of the thirties and forties. Sullivan's Travels, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, and The Great McGinty have become film classics, demonstrating brilliant, inventive writing and directing. At the height of his career, Sturges had not only won an Academy Award but was also one of the most highly paid executives in the country.The only account of his life in his own ...

An excellent introduction to and sampling of the developing genre of microhistory... In essence these historians begin their analysis 'from below, ' viewing the ordinary peoples ignored in the annals of European history." -- "Catholic Historical Review."Selections from" Quaderni Storici.

Since colonial times, water has inspired concern and contention in the United States. Now a member of the powerful Metropolitan Water Board of Southern California tells the fascinating story of the politics and power of water.

Ring Lardner first burst upon the literary scene with his greatest popular success, "You Know Me Al". A sportswriter by trade, Lardner had a superb ear for regional peculiarities in speech and was loved for his sense of humor. Funny, sarcastic, sometimes bitter but always ironic, Lardner understood Americans-- their desires, their dreams, and their disappointments. Contained in "Haircut and Other Stories" are some of Lardner's best-known piece...

This series brings to a wide audience important new discoveries concerning relationships of women and men in the Bible, ancient Israel, early Judaism, and early Christianity. The books explore the role of gender within the biblical tradition and document its continuing influence on subsequent life and thought. The books emphasize literary and historical methods as well as anthropological, archaeological, and linguistic approaches to biblical c...