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This book examines the impact of the Cold War in a global context
and focuses on city-scale reactions to the atomic warfare. It
explores urbanism as a weapon to combat the dangers of the
communist intrusion into the American territories and promote
living standards for the urban poor in the US cities. The Cold War
saw the birth of ‘atomic urbanisation’, central to which were
planning, politics and cultural practices of the newly emerged
cities. This book examines cities in the Arctic, Europe, Asia and
Australasia in detail to reveal how military, political, resistance
and cultural practices impacted on the spaces of everyday life. It
probes questions of city planning and development, such as: How did
the threat of nuclear war affect planning at a range of geographic
scales? What were the patterns of the built environment,
architectural forms and material aesthetics of atomic urbanism in
difference places? And, how did the ‘Bomb’ manifest itself in
civic governance, popular media, arts and academia? Understanding
the age of atomic urbanism can help meet the contemporary
challenges that cities are facing. The book delivers a new
dimension to the existing debates of the ideologically opposed
superpowers and their allies, their hemispherical geopolitical
struggles, and helps to understand decades of growth post-Second
World War by foregrounding the Cold War.
At the crescendo of the Second Barons' War were the battles of
Lewes and Evesham. It was an era of high drama and intrigue, as
tensions between crown and aristocracy had boiled over and a civil
war erupted that would shape the future of English government. In
this detailed study, Richard Brooks unravels the remarkable events
of the battles of Lewes and Evesham, revealing the unusually
tactical nature of the fighting, in sharp contrast to most medieval
conflicts which were habitually settled by burning and ravaging. At
Lewes, Simon de Montfort, the powerful renegade leader of the
Baronial faction, won a vital victory, smashing the Royalist forces
and capturing Henry III and Prince Edward. Edward escaped, however,
to lead the Royalist armies to a crushing victory just a year later
at Evesham. Using full colour illustrations, bird's-eye views and
detailed maps to generate an arresting visual perspective of the
fighting, this book tells the full story of the battles of Lewes
and Evesham, the only pitched battles to be fought by English
armies in the mid-13th century.
In 1217 England was facing her darkest hour, with foreign troops
pillaging the country and defeat close at hand. But, at the battle
of Lincoln, the seventy-year-old William Marshal led his men to a
victory that would secure the future of his nation. Earl of
Pembroke, right-hand man to three kings and regent for a fourth,
Marshal was one of the most celebrated men in Europe, yet is
virtually unknown today, his impact and influence largely
forgotten. In this vivid account, Richard Brooks blends colourful
contemporary source material with new insights to uncover the tale
of this unheralded icon. He traces the rise of Marshal from
penniless younger son to renowned knight, national hero and
defender of the Magna Carta. What emerges is a fascinating story of
a man negotiating the brutal realities of medieval warfare and the
conflicting demands of chivalric ideals, and who against the odds
defeated the joint French and rebel forces in arguably the most
important battle in medieval English history - overshadowing even
Agincourt.
This book examines the impact of the Cold War in a global context
and focuses on city-scale reactions to the atomic warfare. It
explores urbanism as a weapon to combat the dangers of the
communist intrusion into the American territories and promote
living standards for the urban poor in the US cities. The Cold War
saw the birth of 'atomic urbanisation', central to which were
planning, politics and cultural practices of the newly emerged
cities. This book examines cities in the Arctic, Europe, Asia and
Australasia in detail to reveal how military, political, resistance
and cultural practices impacted on the spaces of everyday life. It
probes questions of city planning and development, such as: How did
the threat of nuclear war affect planning at a range of geographic
scales? What were the patterns of the built environment,
architectural forms and material aesthetics of atomic urbanism in
difference places? And, how did the 'Bomb' manifest itself in civic
governance, popular media, arts and academia? Understanding the age
of atomic urbanism can help meet the contemporary challenges that
cities are facing. The book delivers a new dimension to the
existing debates of the ideologically opposed superpowers and their
allies, their hemispherical geopolitical struggles, and helps to
understand decades of growth post-Second World War by foregrounding
the Cold War.
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have become more
destructive, wide-spread and harder to control over time. This book
allows students to understand how these attacks are constructed,
the security flaws they leverage, why they are effective, how they
can be detected, and how they can be mitigated. Students use
software defined networking (SDN) technology to created and execute
controlled DDoS experiments. They learn how to deploy networks,
analyze network performance, and create resilient systems. This
book is used for graduate level computer engineering instruction at
Clemson University. It augments the traditional graduate computing
curricula by integrating: Internet deployment, network security,
ethics, contemporary social issues, and engineering principles into
a laboratory based course of instruction. Unique features of this
book include: A history of DDoS attacks that includes attacker
motivations Discussion of cyber-war, censorship, and Internet
black-outs SDN based DDoS laboratory assignments Up-to-date review
of current DDoS attack techniques and tools Review of the current
laws that globally relate to DDoS Abuse of DNS, NTP, BGP and other
parts of the global Internet infrastructure to attack networks
Mathematics of Internet traffic measurement Game theory for DDoS
resilience Construction of content distribution systems that absorb
DDoS attacks This book assumes familiarity with computing, Internet
design, appropriate background in mathematics, and some programming
skills. It provides analysis and reference material for networking
engineers and researchers. By increasing student knowledge in
security, and networking; it adds breadth and depth to advanced
computing curricula.
This book concerns the city and the 'devices' that define the urban
environment by their presence, representation or interpretation.
The texts offer an interdisciplinary discourse and critique of the
complex systems, artifacts, interventions and evidences that can
inform our understanding of urban territories; on surfaces, in the
margins or within voids. The diverse media of arts practices as
well as commercial branding are used to explore narratives that
reveal latent characteristics of urban situations that conventional
architectural inquiry is unable to do. The subjects covered are
presented within a wider framework of urban theory into which are
embedded case study examples that outline the practices, processes
and interpretations of each theme. The chapters provide a
contemporary reading of urban socio-cultural conditions using
'mapping' as a lens to explore and communicate the social phenomena
and lived experiences of the dynamic and temporal city. Mapping is
developed as a form of critical instrumentality to expose, record
and contribute to the understanding of the singular essences of
space, place and networks by thematic, cognitive and experiential
modes of investigation.
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have become more
destructive, wide-spread and harder to control over time. This book
allows students to understand how these attacks are constructed,
the security flaws they leverage, why they are effective, how they
can be detected, and how they can be mitigated. Students use
software defined networking (SDN) technology to created and execute
controlled DDoS experiments. They learn how to deploy networks,
analyze network performance, and create resilient systems. This
book is used for graduate level computer engineering instruction at
Clemson University. It augments the traditional graduate computing
curricula by integrating: Internet deployment, network security,
ethics, contemporary social issues, and engineering principles into
a laboratory based course of instruction. Unique features of this
book include: A history of DDoS attacks that includes attacker
motivations Discussion of cyber-war, censorship, and Internet
black-outs SDN based DDoS laboratory assignments Up-to-date review
of current DDoS attack techniques and tools Review of the current
laws that globally relate to DDoS Abuse of DNS, NTP, BGP and other
parts of the global Internet infrastructure to attack networks
Mathematics of Internet traffic measurement Game theory for DDoS
resilience Construction of content distribution systems that absorb
DDoS attacks This book assumes familiarity with computing, Internet
design, appropriate background in mathematics, and some programming
skills. It provides analysis and reference material for networking
engineers and researchers. By increasing student knowledge in
security, and networking; it adds breadth and depth to advanced
computing curricula.
'A devastating expose.' Mail on Sunday They helped cause the 2008
financial crash. They created a global tax avoidance industry. They
lurk behind the scenes at every level of government... The world's
'Big Four' accountancy firms - PwC, Deloitte, Ernst & Young,
and KPMG - have become a gilded elite. Up in the high six figures,
an average partner salary rivals that of a Premier League
footballer. But how has the seemingly humdrum profession of
accountancy got to this level? And what is the price we pay for
their excesses? Leading investigative journalist Richard Brooks
charts the profession's rise to global influence and offers a
gripping expose of the accountancy industry. From underpinning
global tax avoidance to corrupting world football, Bean Counters
reveals how the accountants have used their central role in the
economy to sell management consultancy services that send billions
in fees its way. A compelling history informed by numerous insider
interviews, this is essential reading for anyone interested in how
our economy works and the future of accountancy.
'A devastating expose.' Mail on Sunday They helped cause the 2008
financial crash. They created a global tax avoidance industry. They
lurk behind the scenes at every level of government... The world's
'Big Four' accountancy firms - PwC, Deloitte, Ernst & Young,
and KPMG - have become a gilded elite. Up in the high six figures,
an average partner salary rivals that of a Premier League
footballer. But how has the seemingly humdrum profession of
accountancy got to this level? And what is the price we pay for
their excesses? Leading investigative journalist Richard Brooks
charts the profession's rise to global influence and offers a
gripping expose of the accountancy industry. From underpinning
global tax avoidance to corrupting world football, Bean Counters
reveals how the accountants have used their central role in the
economy to sell management consultancy services that send billions
in fees its way. A compelling history informed by numerous insider
interviews, this is essential reading for anyone interested in how
our economy works and the future of accountancy.
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