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Adult Children, Adult Choices - Outgrowing Codependency (Paperback): Mary Ramey Adult Children, Adult Choices - Outgrowing Codependency (Paperback)
Mary Ramey
R440 Discovery Miles 4 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Adult Children, Adult Choices applies well-documented principles of psychology to help us understand how people can be codependent (and yet not "sick"), as well as how they can stop being adult children and grow into true adulthood. It combines insight with practical advice to help us finally outgrow the bonds of codependency.

Forerunners of Revolution - Muckrakers and the American Social Conscience (Paperback): Walter M Brasch Forerunners of Revolution - Muckrakers and the American Social Conscience (Paperback)
Walter M Brasch
R1,412 Discovery Miles 14 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines social investigative reporting in American history, focusing on the years 1890-1915.

Christianity and Change (Paperback): Ralph Armstrong Christianity and Change (Paperback)
Ralph Armstrong
R602 Discovery Miles 6 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com.

Meaning in Myth - Three Separate Journeys (Paperback): Thomas M. Casey Meaning in Myth - Three Separate Journeys (Paperback)
Thomas M. Casey
R552 Discovery Miles 5 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Why is one person a believer and another an atheist? Why does one person demand facts for verification, while another trusts feelings? Why are some who hear voices declared psychotic while others are called saints? The answers to these questions are not mere speculation or amusing distraction; rather they are the essential components in developing curiosity, open-mindedness and tolerance for differences. Meaning in Myth speaks to the various ways in which we all construct our myth, or life story, from our very personal ways of thinking, evaluating , judging, and ignoring. It is nothing less than an invitation to encounter other viewpoints, other faiths and disbeliefs, and ultimately ourselves.

Data Centres as Infrastructure - Frontiers of Digital Governance in Contemporary India (Paperback): Ritam Sengupta Data Centres as Infrastructure - Frontiers of Digital Governance in Contemporary India (Paperback)
Ritam Sengupta
R1,150 Discovery Miles 11 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Volume 2 - War and Diplomacy (Paperback, Revised): Lawrence Freedman The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Volume 2 - War and Diplomacy (Paperback, Revised)
Lawrence Freedman
R1,566 Discovery Miles 15 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the second volume of his official history of the Falklands Campaign, Lawrence Freedman provides a detailed and authoritative account of one of the most extraordinary periods in recent British political history and a vivid portrayal of a government at war.

After the shock of the Argentine invasion of the Falklands in April 1982, Margaret Thatcher faced the crisis that came to define her premiership as she determined to recover the islands. The book covers all aspects of the campaign - economic and diplomatic as well as military - demonstrating the extent of the gamble that the government took.

There are important accounts of the tensions in relations with the United States, concerns among the military commanders about the risks they were expected to take, the problems of dealing with the media and the attempts to reach a negotiated settlement. This definitive account describes in dramatic detail events such as the sinking of the Belgrano, the Battle of Goose Green and the final push to Stanley. Special attention is also paid to the aftermath of the war, including the various enquiries, and the eventual restoration of diplomatic relations with Argentina.

This paperback edition has been updated, corrected and contains some new material.

The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Volume 1 - The Origins of the Falklands War (Paperback, Revised): Lawrence... The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Volume 1 - The Origins of the Falklands War (Paperback, Revised)
Lawrence Freedman
R1,473 Discovery Miles 14 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Drawing on a vast range of previously classified government archives as well as interviews with key participants, this first volume of the official history of the Falklands Campaign is the most authoritative account of the origins of the 1982 war.

In the first chapters the author analyses the long history of the dispute between Argentina and Britain over the sovereignty of the Islands, the difficulties faced by successive governments in finding a way to reconcile the opposed interests of the Argentines and the islanders, and the constant struggle to keep the Islands viable. He subsequently gives a complete account of how what started as an apparently trivial incident over an illegal landing by scrap-metal merchants on the island of South Georgia turned into a major crisis. Thanks to his access to classified material, Sir Lawrence Freedman has been able to produce a detailed and authoritative analysis which extends the coverage given by the Franks Committee Report of 1983.

This volume is ultimately an extremely readable account of these events, charting the growing realisation within the British government of the seriousness of the situation, culminating in the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands at the start of April 1982.

Profiles of Eleven (Paperback, Revised): Melech Epstein Profiles of Eleven (Paperback, Revised)
Melech Epstein
R1,561 Discovery Miles 15 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The stirring story of the economic and cultural struggles of the eastern European immigrants to the United States in the early 1900's, as witnessed through the lives and contributions of eleven different men. Their contributions in politics, education, trade-unionism, philosophy, poetry and drama helped to shape the pattern of the Jewish community. Originally published in 1965 by Wayne State University Press, this edition contains a new introduction by Jacob Neusner.

From Abraham to America - A History of Jewish Circumcision (Hardcover): Eric Silverman From Abraham to America - A History of Jewish Circumcision (Hardcover)
Eric Silverman
R3,160 Discovery Miles 31 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Silverman's new book is a comprehensive overview of Jewish circumcision throughout history. Beginning with Genesis, the author traces paradoxes and tensions in biblical-Jewish circumcision as seen both within Judaism and from the dominant, non-Jewish culture. Topics include rabbinic literature, early Christianity, Medieval notions of menstruating Jewish men and the blood libel, the relic of ChristOs foreskin, modern notions of the Jewish body and Jewish manhood, and the current debate over Jewish and routine medical circumcision in America.

From Abraham to America - A History of Jewish Circumcision (Paperback): Eric Silverman From Abraham to America - A History of Jewish Circumcision (Paperback)
Eric Silverman
R1,433 Discovery Miles 14 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Silverman's new book is a comprehensive overview of Jewish circumcision throughout history. Beginning with Genesis, the author traces paradoxes and tensions in biblical-Jewish circumcision as seen both within Judaism and from the dominant, non-Jewish culture. Topics include rabbinic literature, early Christianity, Medieval notions of menstruating Jewish men and the blood libel, the relic of ChristOs foreskin, modern notions of the Jewish body and Jewish manhood, and the current debate over Jewish and routine medical circumcision in America.

Catching Fire - Containing Forced Migration in a Volatile World (Hardcover): Nicholas Hear, Christopher McDowell Catching Fire - Containing Forced Migration in a Volatile World (Hardcover)
Nicholas Hear, Christopher McDowell
R2,663 Discovery Miles 26 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Catching Fire provides for the first time an in-depth analysis of political and humanitarian catastrophes in which forced migration characterizes the complexity of both the emergency and the response. In the volume, a host of expert contributors examine forced migration both within borders and beyond borders, exploring the varied circumstances that lead citizens to become refugees and evaluating the impact of relief programs on affected populations. They present the findings of a three-year, multi-disciplinary, international collaborative research project that focused on the causes of displacement, patterns of flight and settlement, and the consequences of conflict resolution and humanitarian assistance. Through comprehensive analysis of the ongoing conflicts in Burundi and Georgia, the crisis of displacement in Colombia, and the humanitarian crisis in East Timor, among other case studies, Catching Fire adds significantly to the ongoing debate between powerful states over the management of forced migration in the developing world. The volume is a must for policy makers, practitioners, and scholars of forced migration and international humanitarian response.

Unguarded Gates - A History of America's Immigration Crisis (Paperback, New edition): Otis L. Graham Unguarded Gates - A History of America's Immigration Crisis (Paperback, New edition)
Otis L. Graham
R861 Discovery Miles 8 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Throughout America's history immigration policy has always been a controversial and complex topic, going to the heart of what it means to be American. Now, with terrorism as a new concern, Americans have begun to look closer at the effects of rising immigration and porous borders. In this cogently-argued work, immigration scholar Otis L. Graham, Jr. examines the history of immigration pressures and American policy debates and choices. He begins with the first "Great Wave" of the 1880s and traces the effects of the system of national origins, enforced from the 1920s through 1965. The reforms of the 1960s ushered in an era of large-scale legal and illegal immigration, resulting in a vast social experiment in demographic transformation. In assessing the past, present, and future of immigration, Graham shows that the failure to control the influx of foreigners is leading America toward further security risks, unsustainable population growth, imported worker competition with American labor, and, ultimately, social fragmentation.

Classroom Talk (Paperback): Val Poultney Classroom Talk (Paperback)
Val Poultney; Rupert Knight
R437 Discovery Miles 4 370 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book summarises the theoretical principles behind talk in school and briefly maps the research tradition in this field.  It examines the evidence relating to a variety of forms of classroom talk, including whole school culture and oracy; classroom environments conducive to talk; whole class teacher-pupil talk and pupil-pupil peer talk. The final chapter explores up-to-date issues and influences relating to talk, such as mastery learning, informed by international comparisons. Firmly grounded in evidence and the latest thinking, the book also offers practical advice for everyday implementation and evaluation of these principles. Evidence-based teaching is fast becoming a new orthodoxy.  There are many strong voices, including policy voices, advocating its adoption. Understanding the underlying principles allows you to better evaluate the benefits of different approaches to evidence-based teaching and how they relate to your own school context.

The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Volume 1 - The Origins of the Falklands War (Hardcover, New): Lawrence Freedman The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Volume 1 - The Origins of the Falklands War (Hardcover, New)
Lawrence Freedman
R3,990 Discovery Miles 39 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Drawing on a vast range of previously classified government archives as well as interviews with key participants, this first volume of the official history of the Falklands Campaign is the most authoritative account of the origins of the 1982 war.

In the first chapters the author analyzes the long history of the dispute between Argentina and Britain over the sovereignty of the Islands, the difficulties faced by successive governments in finding a way to reconcile the opposed interests of the Argentines and the islanders, and the constant struggle to keep the Islands viable. He subsequently gives a complete account of how what started as an apparently trivial incident over an illegal landing by scrap-metal merchants on the island of South Georgia turned into a major crisis. Thanks to his access to classified material, Lawrence Freedman has been able to produce a detailed and authoritative analysis which extends the coverage given by the Franks Committee Report of 1983.

This volume is ultimately an extremely readable account of these events, charting the growing realization within the British government of the seriousness of the situation, culminating in the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands at the start of April 1982.

The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Volume 2 - War and Diplomacy (Hardcover, annotated edition): Lawrence Freedman The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Volume 2 - War and Diplomacy (Hardcover, annotated edition)
Lawrence Freedman
R4,090 Discovery Miles 40 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this official history of the Falklands Campaign, Lawrence Freedman provides a detailed and authoritative account of one of the most extraordinary periods in recent British political history and a vivid portrayal of a government at war.

After the shock of the Argentine invasion of the Falklands in April 1982, Margaret Thatcher faced the crisis that came to define her premiership as she determined to recover the islands. Freedman covers all aspects of the campaign - economic and diplomatic as well as military - and demonstrates the extent of the gamble that the government took. There are important accounts of the tensions in relations with the United States, concerns among the military commanders about the risks they were expected to take, the problems of dealing with the media and the attempts to reach a negotiated settlement. This definitive account describes in dramatic detail events such as the sinking of the Belgrano, the battle of Goose Green and the final push to Stanley. Special attention is also paid to the aftermath of the war, including the various enquiries, and the eventual restoration of diplomatic relations with Argentina.

Popular Newspapers, the Labour Party and British Politics (Hardcover): James Thomas Popular Newspapers, the Labour Party and British Politics (Hardcover)
James Thomas
R3,977 Discovery Miles 39 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'IT'S THE SUN WOT WON IT', was the famous headline claim of Britain's most popular newspaper following the Conservative party's victory over Labour in the 1992 general election. The headline referred to a virulent press campaign against Neil Kinnock's Labour party, and dramatically highlighted one of the chief features of British politics during the twentieth century - the conflict between a socialist Labour party and a capitalist popular press. Labour's frequent complaints of the political and electoral unfairness of newspaper bias meant that some commentators considered that this dispute had a heritage as old as the party itself. Others, including the Labour leadership at the time, argued that despite past tensions, the 1992 election marked the culmination of an unprecedented campaign of vilification against the party.
Popular Newspapers, the Labour Party and British Politics assesses these competing claims, looking not only at 1992 but both back and forward to examine the continuities and changes in newspaper coverage of British politics and the Labour party over the twentieth century. The book explores whether the popular press has lived up to its claim of being a democratic 'fourth estate', or has merely, as Labour politicians have argued been a powerful 'fifth column' distorting the democratic process. Drawing on a range of previously unexamined sources this book offers the first original and comprehensive history of a fascinating aspect of British politics from Beaverbrook to Blair.

James Thomas is a lecturer at the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University, and has published articles and essays exploring the relationship between thepopular press and British politics.

Warfighting and Disruptive Technologies - Disguising Innovation (Paperback): Terry Pierce Warfighting and Disruptive Technologies - Disguising Innovation (Paperback)
Terry Pierce
R1,184 Discovery Miles 11 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Occasionally, militaries during times of peace achieve major warfighting innovations. Terry Pierce calls these 'disruptive innovations'. The more common innovation phenomenon, however, has been that of integrating new technologies to help perform existing missions better and not change them radically. The author calls these 'sustaining innovations'. The central theme of this book is that senior leaders who have successfully managed disruptive innovations disguised them as sustaining in order to ensure their innovations survived.
The recent innovation history suggests two interesting questions. First, how can senior military leaders achieve a disruptive innovation when they are heavily engaged around the world and they are managing sustaining innovations? Second, what have been the external sources of disruptive (and sustaining) innovations?
This book is essential reading for professionals and students interested in national security, military history and strategic issues.

Interpreting China's Military Power - Doctrine Makes Readiness (Hardcover): Ka Po Ng Interpreting China's Military Power - Doctrine Makes Readiness (Hardcover)
Ka Po Ng
R4,275 Discovery Miles 42 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Although inter-state tensions have generally been easing after the Cold War, military power remains a dominant factor in Asian regional politics. As China, operating the world's largest army, grows stronger, there are ongoing debates over the implications for Asia's regional security.
This book argues that it is imperative to look beyond the empirical observations and conventional materialist reading of Chinese military development to understand its dynamics and directions in doctrinal terms and put it in a readiness context for evaluation.
Military doctrine has long been under-studied and is often treated as a subject separate from force development. But, as this study contends, this factor is necessary for interpreting the making and purposes of China's military power because it forms the intellectual foundation of military structural and hardware development. When loaded with political rhetoric, it also communicates to us the intended uses of the military power. The role of doctrine is reinforced in the context of military readiness, which defines what for and how the army is getting ready. Force development is evaluated in structural, operational and directional terms.
The importance of this analytical framework based on military doctrine and readiness is demonstrated in a survey of the evolution of Chinese military doctrine and force development. As the Chinese People's Liberation Army has continued to adjust its military structure and operation to follow the doctrinal lead, its switches between the doctrines of local war and total war have seen corresponding changes to the emphasis between operational and structural readiness.

The Hidden Handshake - National Identity and Europe in the Post-Communist World (Paperback): Ales Debeljak The Hidden Handshake - National Identity and Europe in the Post-Communist World (Paperback)
Ales Debeljak; Translated by Ales Debeljak, Rawley Grau
R1,256 Discovery Miles 12 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Hidden Handshake uses four distinct, yet intertwined essays to address the questions surrounding our notions of citizenship, national identity, and cosmopolitan belonging. The violent disintegration of Yugoslavia and the undercurrent of EU enlargement stand out as two contrasting movements that highlight the importance of having a national identification while also defying it to avoid both the rigidity of nationalist exclusivism and the blithe nonsense of "global citizenship." Through the exploration of sociohistorical material and artistic visions as well as the author's layered identity as a Slovene, a Yugoslav, a Central European, and a European, Ale? Debeljak tries to show that it is possible to remain faithful to geography, history, and community even as one fosters links to global cultural movements. Not surprisingly, the book itself shares some of this hybrid identity. It uses not only theoretical concepts and empirical data, but also historical sketches on art, national life, and society, along with poetic autobiographical reminiscences and personal anecdotes. Ultimately, the book calls for an adoption of liberal nationalism, which is commensurate with democratic order, and for a more ecumenical understanding of artistic visions that does not discriminate on the grounds of one's place of origin.

German Naval Strategy, 1856-1888 - Forerunners to Tirpitz (Hardcover): David H. Olivier German Naval Strategy, 1856-1888 - Forerunners to Tirpitz (Hardcover)
David H. Olivier
R4,415 Discovery Miles 44 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is a comparative study of the evolution of the German navy in the second half of the nineteenth century. It examines the development of strategy, especially commerce-raiding, in comparison to what other navies were doing in this era of rapid technological change. It is not an insular history, merely listing ship rosters or specific events; it is a history of the German navy in relation to its potential foes. It is also a look at a new military institution involved in an inter-service rivalry for funds, technology and manpower with the prestigious and well-established army.

Warfighting and Disruptive Technologies - Disguising Innovation (Hardcover): Terry Pierce Warfighting and Disruptive Technologies - Disguising Innovation (Hardcover)
Terry Pierce
R4,278 Discovery Miles 42 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Occasionally, during times of peace, military forces achieve major warfighting innovations. Terry Pierce terms these developments 'disruptive innovations' and shows how senior leaders have often disguised them in order to ensure their innovations survived. He shows how more common innovations however, have been those of integrating new technologies to help perform existing missions better and not change them radically. The author calls these 'sustaining innovations'. The recent innovation history suggests two interesting questions. First, how can senior military leaders achieve a disruptive innovation when they are heavily engaged around the world and they are managing sustaining innovations? Second, what have been the external sources of disruptive (and sustaining) innovations? This book is essential reading for professionals and students interested in national security, military history and strategic issues.

A Life of Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham - A Twentieth Century Naval Leader (Hardcover, Annotated Ed): Michael Simpson A Life of Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham - A Twentieth Century Naval Leader (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
Michael Simpson
R4,853 Discovery Miles 48 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Cunningham was the best-known and most celebrated British admiral of the Second World War. He held one of the two major fleet commands between 1939 and 1942, and in 1942-43, he was Allied naval commander for the great amphibious operations in the Mediterranean. From 1943 to 1946, he was the First Sea Lord and a participant in the wartime conferences with Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt and the US Chiefs of Staff, deliberating the global strategy for Allied victory.
He also led a very active public life for almost twenty years after his retirement in 1946. Cunningham's papers are abundant for the period 1939-63 and are supplemented here by Cabinet and Admiralty records, papers of his service contemporaries and of Churchill, and by memories of his family and friends, as well as extensive US archives and private papers.

Understanding Intelligence in the Twenty-First Century - Journeys in Shadows (Paperback): Peter Jackson, L. V. Scott Understanding Intelligence in the Twenty-First Century - Journeys in Shadows (Paperback)
Peter Jackson, L. V. Scott
R1,533 Discovery Miles 15 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Over the past few decades, international history and security have been significantly influenced by greater understanding of the role of intelligence in national security and foreign policy-making.

In Britain, much of the work has developed in the subdiscipline of international history with its methodological predisposition towards archive-based research. Advances in archival disclosure, accelerated by the end of the Cold War, as well as by the changing attitudes of official secrecy and the work of the intelligence services, have further facilitated research, understanding and debate. Recent controversies, including claims of politicisation of intelligence historiography, have added additional public saliency to long-standing academic disputes. The events of September 11 and their aftermath have shown the value and limits of secret intelligence and generated fresh controversies for proponents and critics.
This book examines critically the development of intelligence studies and assesses its contribution to the study of international relations. It draws upon the viewpoints of leading academics, journalists and former practitioners, to explore the way the subject is studied, for what purposes and with what consequences.

The Deconstitutionalization of America - The Forgotten Frailties of Democratic Rule (Hardcover, New): Roger M. Barrus, John H.... The Deconstitutionalization of America - The Forgotten Frailties of Democratic Rule (Hardcover, New)
Roger M. Barrus, John H. Eastby, Joseph H. Lane, David E. Marion, James F Pontuso
R2,631 Discovery Miles 26 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In The Deconstitutionalization of America: The Forgotten Frailties of Democratic Rule, Roger M. Barrus and his coauthors embark on a discussion of American democracy from the nineteenth century to the present day. The present paradox democracy finds itself in can be summed up as "the best of times and the worst of times." Democracy, at its best, has triumphed throughout the world. It is the authors contention that this same success represents the potential for its undoing: with all governments claiming to be democratic, modern democrats-and this includes just about everyone-find it difficult if not impossible to understand the nature and problems of democracy. Since most everyone lives within a democratic horizon, they have nothing to compare democracy to and no one to point out its faults. In this way, they are hampered in dealing with their social and political problems, some of which may be the result of contradictions inherent in the democratic principle itself. The solution to democracy's ills might not be, after all, more democracy.

The Deconstitutionalization of America - The Forgotten Frailties of Democratic Rule (Paperback, New): Roger M. Barrus, John H.... The Deconstitutionalization of America - The Forgotten Frailties of Democratic Rule (Paperback, New)
Roger M. Barrus, John H. Eastby, Joseph H. Lane, David E. Marion, James F Pontuso
R1,030 Discovery Miles 10 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In The Deconstitutionalization of America: The Forgotten Frailties of Democratic Rule, Roger M. Barrus and his coauthors embark on a discussion of American democracy from the nineteenth century to the present day. The present paradox democracy finds itself in can be summed up as 'the best of times and the worst of times.' Democracy, at its best, has triumphed throughout the world. It is the authors contention that this same success represents the potential for its undoing: with all governments claiming to be democratic, modern democrats-and this includes just about everyone-find it difficult if not impossible to understand the nature and problems of democracy. Since most everyone lives within a democratic horizon, they have nothing to compare democracy to and no one to point out its faults. In this way, they are hampered in dealing with their social and political problems, some of which may be the result of contradictions inherent in the democratic principle itself. The solution to democracy's ills might not be, after all, more democracy.

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