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This book addresses a crucial question: the contribution of
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to the historic dissolution of the
USSR in 1991, which in turn led to regained independence for the
Baltic States in that year. This is an important history, relating
to the interplay between divisions and tensions at the heart of the
USSR and the growing Baltic independence movements. It also has
great contemporary significance as a result of Russia's February
2022 invasion of the Ukraine. To justify this act, Vladimir Putin
has explicitly promoted a 'Greater Russian' version of history,
including a dangerously inaccurate narrative of what occurred in
the Baltics in 1991. He also continues to threaten military action
against the Baltic states, all of which are members of NATO. The
contributors-who include Brendan Simms, Vladislav Zubok, Andrew
Wilson, Mart Kuldkepp, Bridget Kendall, Kristina Spohr, Kaarel
Piirimae and Neil Taylor- analyse the struggles of Estonia, Latvia
and Lithuania to secure their independence, and set out how Moscow
is propagating fake history, as well as engaging in destabilising
measures and cyber-attacks, to undermine these countries' hard-won
freedom. This indispensable volume addresses head-on the biggest
geopolitical challenge facing the world today: responding to
Russian military adventurism.
As the party that has won wars, reversed recessions and held prime
ministerial power more times than any other, the Conservatives have
played an undoubtedly crucial role in the shaping of contemporary
British society. And yet, the leaders who have stood at its helm -
from Sir Robert Peel to David Cameron, via Benjamin Disraeli,
Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher - have steered the party
vessel with enormously varying degrees of success.;With the
widening of the franchise, revolutionary changes to social values
and the growing ubiquity of the media, the requirements, techniques
and goals of Conservative leadership since the party's
nineteenth-century factional breakaway have been forced to evolve
almost beyond recognition - and not all its leaders have managed to
keep up.;This comprehensive and enlightening book considers the
attributes and achievements of each leader in the context of their
respective time and diplomatic landscape, offering a compelling
analytical framework by which they may be judged, detailed personal
biographies from some of the country's foremost political critics,
and exclusive interviews with former leaders themselves.; An
indispensable contribution to the study of party leadership,
British Conservative Leaders is the essential guide to
understanding British political history and governance through the
prism of those who created it.;Contributing authors include Matthew
d'Ancona, Tim Bale, Stuart Ball, Jim Buller, John Campbell, John
Charmley, Charles Clarke, Mark Davies, Patrick Diamond, David
Dutton, Dr Mark Garnett, Richard A. Gaunt, William Hague, Angus
Hawkins, Timothy Heppell, Andrew Holt, Michael Howard, Toby S.
James, Nigel Keohane, Jo-Anne Nadler, T. G. Otte, Anne Perkins,
Robert Saunders, Anthony Seldon, Andrew Taylor, D. R. Thorpe and
Alan Wager.
Published in 1998, this book looks at unemployment in Ireland, the
country's most serious social and economic problem. It is the major
contributor to poverty, exclusion and social decay. This book
contributes to the growing debate on the unemployment problem in
Ireland. It is the first academic collection of papers on this
issue and contains contributions from some of Ireland's most
respected economists. It offers alternative views of the Irish
labour market, with these views shedding light on many aspects of
the unemployment problem, including exchange rates influences,
aggregate demand analysis, labour market policies and the
historical perspective. Since this book assesses the problem of
unemployment from different perspectives, it should widen the
discussion of this most serious issue.
This title was first published in 2001. This volume of essays
studies the problem of transition in economics from a historical
perspective. It uses historical ideas and theories in a modern
context to examine economic thought. It aims to show that social
and historical context are important when considering economic
transitions.
Published in 1998, this book looks at unemployment in Ireland, the
country's most serious social and economic problem. It is the major
contributor to poverty, exclusion and social decay. This book
contributes to the growing debate on the unemployment problem in
Ireland. It is the first academic collection of papers on this
issue and contains contributions from some of Ireland's most
respected economists. It offers alternative views of the Irish
labour market, with these views shedding light on many aspects of
the unemployment problem, including exchange rates influences,
aggregate demand analysis, labour market policies and the
historical perspective. Since this book assesses the problem of
unemployment from different perspectives, it should widen the
discussion of this most serious issue.
This title was first published in 2001. This volume of essays
studies the problem of transition in economics from a historical
perspective. It uses historical ideas and theories in a modern
context to examine economic thought. It aims to show that social
and historical context are important when considering economic
transitions.
Author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Childhood's End, The City and the Stars, and the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke is the most celebrated science fiction author alive. He is—with H. G. Wells, Isaac Asimov, and Robert A. Heinlein—one of the writers who define science fiction in our time. Now Clarke has cooperated in the preparation of a massive, definitive edition of his collected shorter works. From early work like "Rescue Party" and "The Lion of Comarre," through classics like "The Star," "Earthlight," "The Nine Billion Names of God," and "The Sentinel" (kernel of the later novel, and movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey), all the way to later work like "A Meeting with Medusa" and "The Hammer of God," this immense volume encapsulates one of the great SF careers of all time.
Neurology: A Queen Square Textbook, second edition, is a fully
revised and updated companion that demonstrates the rapid pace of
advancement within clinical neurology and applied neurosciences * A
comprehensive and practical overview of current developments within
clinical neurology, synthesising clinical neurology with
translational research * Expertly edited and written by
neurologists, neuroscientists and neurosurgeons working at Queen
Square, advised by an distinguished International Editor team to
present a global perspective * Introductory chapters summarise the
basic sciences underpinning the practice of clinical neurology,
including genetics, channelopathies, immunology, neurophysiology
and neuropathology * All chapters fully revised and updated to
reflect the increasing role of neurologists in acute care *
Includes new contributions concerning major developments in the
care of; stroke, epilepsy, dementia, Parkinson's disease, multiple
sclerosis, neuromuscular disease, headache, infections, spinal
disease, cranial nerve disease, neuropsychiatry, neurogenetics,
neuro-oncology, uroneurology, neuro-otology, neuro-ophthalmology,
pain medicine, sleep medicine, metabolic disease, drugs and toxins,
autonomic disease, systemic disease, and neurorehabilitationfor
dementia, epilepsy, headaches, neuro-genetics and many more
In the spellbinding Arthur C. Clarke tradition, here is an exhilarating adventure into the hearts of both the Universe and mankind...
By the twenty-third century Earth has already had two encounters with massive, mysterious robotic spacecraft from beyond our solar system--the incontestable proof of an alien technology that far exceeds our own. Now three human cosmonauts are trapped aboard a labyrinthine Raman vessel, where it will take all of their physical and mental resources to surviv. Only twelve years into their journey do these intrepid travelers learn their destination and face their ultimate challenge: a rendevous with a Raman base--and the unseen architects of their galactic home. The cosmonauts have given up family, friends, and possessions to live a new kind of life. But the answers that await them at the Raman Node will require an even greater sacrifice--if humanity is indeed ready to learn the awe-inspiring truth.
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