Germany's ability to support its war machine financially has long puzzled scholars. The young nation had exhausted itself paying for its loss in the First World War, had suffered a hyperinflation in the early 1920s, and had ended the 1920s with a terrible economic depression. This is the first book in any language to examine the budget policies of the middle years of the Weimar Republic and to look at how these policies changed the politics of the time. It is also the first work to support the government's aggressive use of deficit spending and fiscal stimuli to promote economic growth. Some findings even indicate that the German government could have used creative financial solutions to avoid the worst of the Depression and to avert the Nazi regime.

Clingan explores the changes and continuities in fiscal policy and budget-making politics, beginning in the last years of the Wilhelmine Empire and continuing into the 1930s. Although this is a story about money, it is also a story about men. Very few in Nazi Germany understood the intricacies of fiscal policy and budget making, and political parties tended to follow the lead of those who did. Clingan combines their personal stories with the tale of a country still growing into its economic power and still trying to learn both its limits and its strengths.

* Offers seven units with detailed lesson plans. * Contains reproducibles for classroom use. * Helps you incorporate womens and gender studies into the 6-12 classroom.

* Offers seven units with detailed lesson plans. * Contains reproducibles for classroom use. * Helps you incorporate womens and gender studies into the 6-12 classroom.

* Offers seven units with detailed lesson plans. * Contains reproducibles for classroom use. * Helps you incorporate womens and gender studies into the 6-12 classroom.

* Offers seven units with detailed lesson plans. * Contains reproducibles for classroom use. * Helps you incorporate womens and gender studies into the 6-12 classroom.

For the first time in any language, a book examines the life of Hans Luther, the German statesman whose career began at the tail end of the Second Empire and ended in the postwar years. Luther had a front-row seat for World War I, the Revolution of 1918, the Great Inflation, the Great Depression, and the rise of the Third Reich-serving as Hitler's first ambassador to the United States. C. Edmund Clingan chronicles the life of this controversial German politician, diplomat, and banker. Luther served as mayor of Essen during the Revolution of 1918, the Kapp Putsch, and the occupation of the Ruhr Valley by the French. Rising rapidly in the political ranks, he served as finance minister and then, briefly, as chancellor in 1925 and 1926. Many criticized his policies as president of the Reichsbank during the Great Depression. Adolf Hitler then appointed Luther to serve as ambassador to the United States. After being recalled to Germany in 1937, Luther retired from politics until after World War II, when he served the Federal Republic well into the 1950s.

The most current text available on the international and U.S. law of the sea, this much-needed reference is built around the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and other relevant maritime materials. While it addresses all aspects of ocean usage, much emphasis has been placed on issues of contemporary importance such as international fisheries, maritime boundaries, and deep seabed mining. The first part introduces traditional zones of jurisdiction and doctrine such as inland waters, territorial seas, or high seas, as well as some new concepts related to navigation: the regimes of international straits and archipelagic waters and exclusive economic zones. The latter part analyzes functional issues such as fishing, oil and gas exploitation, mining, scientific research, and maritime pollution, referring on each subject to the U.S. law for comparison.

The larger issue of defining hegemony and dominance has gained a greater importance over the last dozen years. Whether addressed explicitly or implicitly, it is the issue that lies behind the many recent books on international relations. The ongoing "financial crisis" has given these issues new urgency. This book provides new and startling evidence drawn from foreign exchange markets and capital flow statistics. They demonstrate that the problem dates back to the end of 2000 and has been driven by political events as much as structural economic issues. Combined with the development of a structural energy problem, the financial problem generated a global economic crisis that has not ended. In Twilight's Last Gleaming, Edmund Clingan uses economic measurements to establish measures of political and military power. Clingan examines the changes in these measurements over the last two hundred years to establish how international power relations have been affected by changes in economic power. He considers the factors that contribute to and detract from economic power. Using these quantitative measures, he provides consistent definitions of "dominance" and "hegemony" that should become commonly used and contribute to more precise discourse in history and political science. These tools uncover the deeper issues behind the current problems of the United States.

"This book will teach you everything you need to build and deploy kubernetes native microservices in a super productive fashion: a must!" - Alain Lompo Build fast, efficient Kubernetes-based Java applications using the Quarkus framework, MicroProfile, and Java standards. Most popular Java frameworks, like Spring, were designed long before the advent of Kubernetes and cloud-native systems. A new generation of tools, including Quarkus and MicroProfile have been cloud-native and Kubernetes-aware from the beginning. Kubernetes Native Microservices: With Quarkus and MicroProfile teaches you how to create efficient enterprise Java applications that are easy to deploy, maintain, and expand. In Kubernetes Native Microservices: With Quarkus and MicroProfile you'll learn how to: Deploy enterprise Java applications on Kubernetes Develop applications using the Quarkus runtime framework Compile natively using GraalVM for blazing speed Create efficient microservices applications Take advantage of MicroProfile specifications about the technology Modern enterprise Java applications have embraced microservices, containers, Kubernetes, and a cloud-native approach. The Quarkus framework, developed at Red Hat, is designed for this deployment model, making cloud-native application development in Java much easier than it is on Spring or other older platforms. Quarkus applications compiled natively to GraalVM can deliver extremely fast runtimes, potentially improving performance by 100x or more. about the book Kubernetes Native Microservices: With Quarkus and MicroProfile introduces a modern approach to enterprise Java development using new tools designed for cloud-native applications. This book begins by exploring the impact Kubernetes and cloud systems have on your application design. Then, it quickly guides you through setting up an application using MicroProfile APIs, Kubernetes, and Quarkus. Using carefully selected examples and crystal-clear explanations, it guides you step by step from design to deployment. Written by veteran Java developers John Clingan and Ken Finnigan, this book oozes with experience and insight. You'll look past the ideal-but-untested advice you find in many books on new technologies and see how Kubernetes-native development with Quarkus and MicroProfile work in the real world. about the reader Written for intermediate Java developers comfortable with Java EE, Jakarta EE, or Spring. Assumes some prior exposure to Docker and Kubernetes. No experience with Quarkus or MicroProfile required. about the author John Clingan is a senior principal product manager at Red Hat. At Red Hat John works on next generation platforms including Quarkus. He is a co-founder of Eclipse MicroProfile, MicroProfile committer, and MicroProfile co-lead. Ken Finnigan is a senior principal software engineer and Eclipse MicroProfile technical architect at Red Hat. He's the co-founder of Eclipse MicroProfile and a MicroProfile committer.

The Key is a short play about a girl who is lost in Christ, and through the testimonies of her cousin she starts to seek answers to why her cousin stays in a marriage that is abusive. Shortly after seeking answers about her cousin, she finds herself seeking salvation for herself. Kelly is brought to salvation through her own struggles in life and the need for change of her own ways. After accepting Christ into her own heart, Kelly starts praying for the salvation of two of the people she loved the most (her parents). Kelly prays for their salvation and through a dream, Christ lets her know that they will be alright. Soon after, both parents are saved, and God once again intervenes by answering the prayers of a family who once was lost but now is found.

The Key also has several of the author's poems, some of which have won awards in the late eighties and early nineties, and published in anthologies.

Revolution was the common theme as the world changed between the years 1770 and 1870. This book goes from the Battle of Golden Hill, where the first American blood was spilled fighting against the British, to the Meiji Restoration in Japan and Unification of Germany.Topics include the Enlightenment, the American and French Revolutions, Napoleon, Latin American Independence, Industrial Revolution, turmoil in the Muslim world, Shaka Zulu, Liberalism and Nationalism, the founding of Australia, Western-Asian conflicts, Napoleon III, and nation-state building in Italy, Japan, Germany, Canada, and the U.S.Everyone interested in the origins of revolutions and their consequences should read this book.

In this briefcase sized book, a former international VP of Sales will teach you to: Close naturally and effectively Eliminate objections instead of "handling" them Diagnose and fix an off track sale Increase both your bookings and margins In Close that Sale Michael Clingan, who had a 14 year string of 39.5% plus sales growth, reveals a unique and powerful way to close bigger sales. If you've ever wanted a better way to talk with your prospects, to create more value, and to close, then this is the book you've been searching for. "A must-read for anyone trying to master the dance between salesperson and prospect. Michael effectively teaches how to manage the sales dialogue and achieve greater success." - David A. Fields, author, More Projects, More Revenue and Radically Helpful "Michael has zeroed in on one of the biggest challenges in B2B sales: How to create a true dialog with prospects that respectfully, and with value, closes the order. His step-by-step guide, Close that Sale , does exactly that. It's an absolute must-read for anyone wanting to transform their sales relationships." - John P. Strelecky, Best selling author of The Why Cafe and The Big Five for Life

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Frozen Feathers is a story about four intrepid geese as they migrate for the first time. The geese encounter many obstacles and set backs along the way. They work together as a team to complete their journey and find a place of warmer winters. They are guided by their wise grizzly bear mentor to make several necessary evolutionary strides throughout their journey. It is a children's science book about evolution in a story format that reinforces many scientific disciplines.

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.