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The period covered by this book witnessed a significant change in Allied strategy for the Middle East. Its focus switched from Egypt to the states of the so-called northern tier of the Middle East: Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan. This book reveals the extent to which the UK clung on to great-power pretensions and used bluff, even deception, in order to give the impression that it disposed of greater military resources than was in fact the cas...

Screening the Past explores the different ways memory and nostalgia are used in cinema, focusing on current debates about the way the media represents the past.

With climate change and the development of property on flood plains, the flooding of buildings has become a considerable problem, both for property owners and their insurers. This book, based on extensive research, provides guidance on how to assess and repair flood damaged properties.

An incisive and lively discussion of what the EU is doing in its relationship with the world and to what effect. Critically analyses the EU across a range of its key international relationships and provides new insights into its ambitions, strengths and weaknesses as an international actor Analyses post-Cold War EC/EU competencies and reforms Examines the post-Cold War EU-US relationship Investigates the EU's contemporary external relations wi...

Bringing together the leading researchers into 'geocomputation', this edited volume provides an up-to-date overview of the development of new artificial intelligence principles and technologies used for the analysis, development and evaluation of urban planning policies and programmes.

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A history of the battlefields of Leicestershire

In response to the weaknesses of international tribunals and domestic courts in the prosecution of crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, a new generation of "internationalized" criminal courts has been established. This book addresses three active and one putative jurisdiction of this kind in East Timor, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, and Cambodia.

Two leading authorities on Galileo offer a brilliant revisionist look at the career of the great Italian scientist.

IF' is one of the most important and interesting words in the English language. It is used to express hypothetical thought - an essential part of human reasoning and decision making. This type of thought occurs wherever there is uncertainty, and uncertainty is everywhere in our lives. The use of conditionals such as 'if' also distinguishes human intelligence from that of all other animals, permitting a higher level of rationality in human reas...

Twenty-four scholars from different universities, churches, and continents gathered in New York at Easter 2003 for the 'Redemption Summit'. There is a fruitful dialogue between experts in a wide range of areas and the international reputation of participants reflects and guarantees the high quality of this joint work. The result is a well researched, skillfully argued, and, at times, provocative volume on the central Christian belief: the rede...

In a new book building on his classic "Who's Afraid of Human Cloning?, " pioneering bioethicist Pence continues to advocate a reasoned view of cloning, and analyzes the astounding recent progress in animal cloning and issues regarding stem cell research.

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Wesen und Wandlung der Erotik In diesem reich bebilderten Band untersucht Georges Bataille die heißen Tränen des Eros: Wesen und Wandlung der Erotik von der Steinzeit bis ins 20. Jahrhundert. Bataille faßt dabei eine Vielzahl von Verhaltensweisen zu einem geschlossenen Bild zusammen. Er glaubt, daß die Erotik für den Menschen einen Sinn hat, der mit wissenschaftlichen Methoden nicht erkundet werden kann.

This second volume of a comprehensive tour through mathematical core subjects for computer scientists completes the ?rst volume in two - gards: Part III ?rst adds topology, di?erential, and integral calculus to the t- ics of sets, graphs, algebra, formal logic, machines, and linear geometry, of volume 1. With this spectrum of fundamentals in mathematical e- cation, young professionals should be able to successfully attack more involved subject...

The prophetic books of the Lesser or Minor Prophets possess a special difficulty for the modern mind because they are not arranged chronologically, nor according to date. In addition the message, which is spoken by each prophet to his contemporaries, does not describe or indicate the circumstances under which the message is being delivered. They do, however, expose the political and social ills in Israel, her apostasy and denial of her fundame...

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A study of the operation of lordship in western France, emphasising its continuity, rather than recent suggestions of major changes in practice.

This unique book presents an analytical uniform design methodology of continuous-time or discrete-time nonlinear control system design which guarantees desired transient performances in the presence of plant parameter variations and unknown external disturbances. All results are illustrated with numerical simulations, their practical importance is highlighted, and they may be used for real-time control system design in robotics, mechatronics, ...

My poems are diversified. They may not be for everyone. They were written honestly, and with great expression. Life as it is, and life in America. My rhymes are family-oriented kids relationships, self tragedy, life on the road in the country, and city and about the religious way of life. I wrote about other peoples experiences along the way in my travels across the United States. I wrote about 911, called Invaders From Hell. I wrote a poem ab...