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Kids can record their own travel adventures and make a treasured memory book for their trip to Kenya, with this travel journal. A great diary and travel companion that will increase children's excitement, this journal offers plenty of writing and drawing space. Helping children become involved in the early planning stages of their trip. This is a great gift for children and a great keepsake for parents.

This monograph explains why robust civil-military relations matter and discusses how they are evolving. Part I discusses A More Perfect Military: How the Constitution Can Make Our Military Stronger by Diane Mazur, a book that examines the jurisprudence that has reshaped civil-military relations. Mazur maintains that since the Vietnam era, the U.S. Supreme Court has hewn the armed forces from general society in order to create a separate-and mo...

The ethical lapses exemplified by Abu Ghraib, Mahmudiyah (Blackhearts), and Maywand (5/2 Stryker) are distressing symptoms of an even bigger, and potentially devastating, cultural shortcoming. The U.S. Army profession lacks an institution l ethical framework and a means of peer-to-peer self-governance. The frameworks the Army has may imply , but they do not explicitly dictate, an Army ethic. Other English-speaking g nations' ethical constructs...

Key Insights from the conference included: (1) The relationships between powerful criminal groups and states are complex and create transnational issues of corruption and the production, transportation, marketing, and consumption of illegal products and services that have national security implications for most states in the Western Hemisphere. (2) The Colombian government has successfully responded to challenges from the FARC and several crim...

In the 4 decades since President Richard Nixon first declared war on drugs, the U.S. counterdrug strategy has remained virtually unchanged-favoring supply-reduction, law enforcement, and criminal sanctions over demand reduction, treatment, a d education. While the annual counterdrug budget has ballooned from $100 million to $25 billion, the availability of most illicit drugs remains at an all-time high. The human cost is staggering nearly 40, ...

Moving is a hard for 8 year old Genevieve. Leaving everything she knows behind, she is positive she'll never make new friends. Her parents know different and soon she learns that friendship can be made with a cookie, a sip of tea, and a front porch! A heartwarming tale that teaches children that moving can be a new start to wonderful things!

This book is a collection of poetry written by Marco Reynolds over the span of 2 decades. We believe you will enjoy these artistic expressions, as well as want to share them. Each expression reveals a real moment in time crafted from the perspective of the author. Embrace these poems as you are reading, picture yourself or someone else to personalize each writing. Whether you are a fan of love or enjoy reading, we believe individuals from all...

Arms control remains the central issue in U.S.-Russian relations. This is so for many reasons, not least of which are the respective capabilities of these two states and their consequent responsibility for preventing both nuclear proliferation and the outbreak of war between them. Thus the state of the bilateral relationship is usually directly proportional to the likelihood of their finding common ground on arms control. To the extent that th...

The United States has had a bitter set of experiences with insurgencies and counterinsurgency operations, but it is by no means alone in having to confront such threats and challenges. Indeed, according to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the greatest domestic threat to Russia's security is the ongoing insurgency in the North Caucasus. This insurgency grew out of Russia's wars in Chechnya and has gone on for several years, with no end in sig...

The term "hollow army" became a part of the American political vocabulary more than 30 years ago, in another election year, 1980. Highlighted by reporter in an article about the U.S. Army Chief of Staff's congressional testimony concerning the fiscal year 1981 defense budget, the term became a metaphor for the Jimmy Carter administration's alleged neglect of U.S. national security by political opponents as well as disapproving members of his ...

The role and future of tactical nuclear weapons in Europe are subjects that sometimes surprise even experts in international security, primarily because it is so often disconcerting to remember that these weapons still exist. Many years ago, an American journalist wryly noted that the future of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was "a subject that drives the dagger of boredom deep, deep into the heart"- a dismissive quip which woul...

Remarkably ambitious in its audacity and scope, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) irregular warfare and "nation-building" mission in Afghanistan has struggled to meet its nonmilitary objectives by most tangible measures. Put directly, the alliance and its partners have fallen short of achieving the results needed to create a stable, secure, democratic, and self-sustaining Afghan nation, a particularly daunting proposition given A...

With most of the world's 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 States, it is tempting to think our times are about to rhyme with a decade of similar woes-the disorderly 1930s. Might we again be drifting toward some new form of mortal national combat? Or, will our future more likely ape the near-ha...

Voices at the end of the World leads us into a darkened place, where a catastrophe has cast life to one side. The few survivors, animal or otherwise, have their story told in a series of poems which open up the mystery of life when death and silence have claimed so many. The ordinary world is described in eery detail as it enters a new phase. The poems blend the familiar with new territory and take the reader on a secluded journey, to find ou...

La buitrera de Benaquer es un libro basado en una historia real, donde el protagonista vivio y padeció las atrocidades de la guerra civil Española. El libro relata el enterramiento de cadaveres, donde no hay tumbas ni fosas comunes, solamente un lugar donde tiraban a los muertos, para ser comidos por lo buitres que allí habitaban. En este libro no hay vencedores ni vencidos, solamente gentes que se aprovechaban del momento que el pais estab...

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This edition of the U. S. Army War College Guide to National Security Policy and Strategy continues to reflect the structure and approach of the core national security strategy and policy curriculum at the War College. The fifth edition is published in two volumes that correspond roughly to the Department of National Security and Strategy's core courses: "Theory of War and Strategy" and "National Security Policy and Strategy." Like previous ed...

Durante un año, Luc Demeuleneire ha seguido a los artesanos de la pequeña ciudad de Mula, en la región de Murcia. No sólo los ha entrevistado sino que también los ha acompañado en sus quehaceres cotidianos para compartir sus preocupaciones y acercarse a su realidad. El resultado son esos 13 reportajes en los cuales el autor no es un simple testigo sino también un cómplice. El libro se lee como una novela. Está escrito de manera ligera y nada d...

Keep math skills sharp with this review of Singapore Math Levels 4A & 4B. Eighteen "short and sweet" lessons review the relevant mathematics so that students will find success in Singapore Math Levels 5A & 5B. Included "Thinking Guides" provide not only solutions, but also offer instructional guidance consistent with Singapore Math so that parents have the help they need to support their child's learning. Free access to online resources is als...

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