New Revised Paperback Edition "This book will benefit any person carrying out serious research into Hitler's failure to subjugate Russia." . Crown Imperial "This serious study is a must for all interested in the history of World War Two." . British East-West Review ..". one of the best jobs of integrating Russian, German, American and British writing on the subject ... most students wishing to write a paper would find everything they need in the way of bibliographical materials by referring to this book." . Slavic Review This volume provides a guide to the extensive literature on the war in the East, including largely unknown Soviet writing on the subject. Indispensable for military historians, but also for all scholars who approach this crucial period in world history from a socio-economic or cultural perspective. Contents: Introduction: "Lebensraum in the East" - Germany's War of Aggression against the Soviet Union - Part A: Policy and Strategy - Part B: The Military War - Part C: The Ideologically Motivated War of Annihilation in the East - Part D: The Occupation - Part E: The Results of the War and Coming to Terms With Them - Conclusion: From Historical Memories to "Bridges of Understanding" and Reconciliation. Rolf-Dieter Muller is Senior Research Fellow at the Militargeschichtliches Forschungsamt, Potsdam. Gerd Ueberschar is Senior Research Fellow at the Military Archives and University of Freiburg.

This is an essentially self-contained book on the theory of convex functions and convex optimization in Banach spaces, with a special interest in Orlicz spaces. Approximate algorithms based on the stability principles and the solution of the corresponding nonlinear equations are developed in this text. A synopsis of the geometry of Banach spaces, aspects of stability and the duality of different levels of differentiability and convexity is developed. A particular emphasis is placed on the geometrical aspects of strong solvability of a convex optimization problem: it turns out that this property is equivalent to local uniform convexity of the corresponding convex function. This treatise also provides a novel approach to the fundamental theorems of Variational Calculus based on the principle of pointwise minimization of the Lagrangian on the one hand and convexification by quadratic supplements using the classical Legendre-Ricatti equation on the other. The reader should be familiar with the concepts of mathematical analysis and linear algebra. Some awareness of the principles of measure theory will turn out to be helpful. The book is suitable for students of the second half of undergraduate studies, and it provides a rich set of material for a master course on linear and nonlinear functional analysis. Additionally it offers novel aspects at the advanced level. From the contents: Approximation and Polya Algorithms in Orlicz Spaces Convex Sets and Convex Functions Numerical Treatment of Non-linear Equations and Optimization Problems Stability and Two-stage Optimization Problems Orlicz Spaces, Orlicz Norm and Duality Differentiability and Convexity in Orlicz Spaces Variational Calculus

Second homes have become an increasingly important component of both tourism and housing studies. They can directly and indirectly contribute a significant number of domestic and international visitors to destinations and may be part of longer-term retirement, lifestyle and amenity migration that can have significant economic and social effects on communities and destination development. This volume offers an overview of different disciplinary and methodological approaches to second homes while simultaneously providing a broad geographical reach. Divided into four parts exploring governance, development, community and mobile second homes, the book provides a contemporary account of the major issues in an area of growing international interest. This timely handbook covers a wide range of dimensions - from planning to the role of second homes in development and the management of their impact. The international and cross-disciplinary nature of the contributions will be of interest to numerous academic fields in the social sciences, as well as urban and regional planners.

Since the end of World War II, Germans have struggled with the legacy of the Wehrmacht -- the unified armed forces mobilized by Adolf Hitler in 1935 to ensure the domination of the Third Reich in perpetuity. Historians have vigorously debated whether the Wehrmacht's atrocities represented a break with the past or a continuation of Germany's military traditions. Now available for the first time in English, this meticulously researched yet accessible overview by eminent historian Rolf-Dieter Muller provides the most comprehensive analysis of the organization to date, illuminating its role in a complex, horrific era. Muller examines the Wehrmacht's leadership principles, organization, equipment, and training, as well as the front-line experiences of soldiers, airmen, Waffen SS, foreign legionnaires, and volunteers. He skillfully demonstrates how state-directed propaganda and terror influenced the extent to which the militarized Volksgemeinschaft (national community) was transformed under the pressure of total mobilization. Finally, he evaluates the army's conduct of the war, from blitzkrieg to the final surrender and charges of war crimes. Brief acts of resistance, such as an officers' "rebellion of conscience" in July 1944, embody the repressed, principled humanity of Germany's soldiers, but ultimately, Muller concludes, the Wehrmacht became the "steel guarantor" of the criminal Nazi regime.

Vom PharmaceutischenVerein im Grossherzogthum Baden" bis hin zum Landesapothekerverband Baden-Wurttemberg" - Welche bewegte Geschichte die Offizinapothekerin Baden und Wurttemberg in den letzten beiden Jahrhunderten hinter sich gebracht haben, beschreibt das vorliegende Werk eines ganzen Teams von Autoren. Basis des historischen Ruckblicks bildet die Festschrift von Prof. Dr. Armin Wankmuller und Prof. Dr. Immo Eberl gemeinsam mit Dr. Ute Richter-Eberl aus dem Jahr 1972 zum 150. Jubilaum des Wurttembergischen Apotheker-Vereins." Die Festschrift beschreibt die Zeit von 1972 bis zum Zusammenschluss mit Baden im Jahr 1977. Auf Wunsch des Landesapothekerverbandes Baden-Wurttemberg schreiben Prof. Dr. Wolf-Dieter Muller-Jahncke und Dr. Angela Reinthal M.A. die Geschichte bis ins Jahr 2000 fort. Sie legten ihr Werk 2002 unter dem Titel Vom PharmaceutischenVerein im Grossherzogthum Baden' zum Landesapothekerverband Baden-Wurttem-berg'" vo

It was the aim of the conference to present issues in parallel computing to a community of potential engineering/scientific users. An overview of the state-of-the-art in several important research areas is given by leading scientists in their field. The classification question is taken up at various points, ranging from parametric characterizations, communication structure, and memory distribution to control and execution schemes. Central issues in multiprocessing hardware and operation, such as scalability, techniques of overcoming memory latency and synchronization overhead, as well as fault tolerance of communication networks are discussed. The problem of designing and debugging parallel programs in a user-friendly environment is addressed and a number of program transformations for enhancing vectorization and parallelization in a variety of program situations are described. Two different algorithmic techniques for the solution of certain classes of partial differential equations are discussed. The properties of domain-decomposition algorithms and their mapping onto a CRAY-XMP-type architecture are investigated and an overview is given of the merit of various approaches to exploiting the acceleration potential of multigrid methods. Finally, an abstract performance modeling technique for the behavior of applications on parallel and vector architectures is described.

Second homes have become an increasingly important component of both tourism and housing studies. They can directly and indirectly contribute a significant number of domestic and international visitors to destinations and may be part of longer-term retirement, lifestyle and amenity migration that can have significant economic and social effects on communities and destination development. This volume offers an overview of different disciplinary and methodological approaches to second homes while simultaneously providing a broad geographical reach. Divided into four parts exploring governance, development, community and mobile second homes, the book provides a contemporary account of the major issues in an area of growing international interest. This timely handbook covers a wide range of dimensions - from planning to the role of second homes in development and the management of their impact. The international and cross-disciplinary nature of the contributions will be of interest to numerous academic fields in the social sciences, as well as urban and regional planners.

Tourism as a Resource-based Industry presents the conceptual framework of the Norwegian economic geographer Sondre Svalastog and functions as a practical tool for analyzing and identifying resources when working towards a more sustainable tourism industry. Tourism resources and their sustainability are analysed through the lens of a multidisciplinary approach which includes social, economic, cultural and natural dimensions. Contextual awareness is achieved by combining research-based knowledge with local know-how and information on local conditions. The book facilitates a way forward that examines both productivity and sustainability. The usefulness and value of Svalastog's conceptual work is demonstrated by a selection of new case studies by experts in the field, from different countries including Sweden, Norway, Slovenia, and the UK. This book: - Identifies local conditions and resources, climate change concerns, different types of tourists and a variety of challenges in high-cost and low-cost countries. - Considers how best to maximise potential and production, ensuring that both the host community and tourist benefits. - Provides a wide-ranging selection of case studies covering topics such as urban heritage, national parks, niche tourism and location-specific tourism products. - Presents ideas on how to secure sound planning within the industry, using conceptual and methodological tools. Tourism researchers and students will find this book helpful for understanding the development of tourism and how it can contribute to the UN Agenda 2030 which reflects the urgency for change, to secure cultural and natural resources, health and social resilience, and the stability of a socially constructed economy. Thus, tourism research needs to include a constant review and if required, renewal of processes that manage how society, culture and natural resources are used to achieve a balanced sustainable tourism process.

Studying both France and Germany in its discussion of post-war issues, this book uses a new cultural-theoretical approach to develop a philosophy to overcome post-war traumata, or the traumatization effects that affect entire national cultures.

Das Zusammenleben der Menschen hat sich verandert und erfordert entsprechende Verhaltensweisen. Wo Gewissheiten verloren gehen, muss gleichwohl etwas existieren, was die Gemeinschaft zusammen halt. Dieses verbindende Element ist das Netz in all seinen personalen (haptischen) und auch digitalen Formen bis hin zum Crowd Funding. Netze sollen einen Nutzen haben fur die Karriere, das Einkommen und fur den sozialen Status. Nutzen, Zweck und Wert sind darum drei wesentliche Elemente der Netzwerkarbeit. Klaus-Dieter Mullerlegt dabei besonderen Wert auf die menschlichen Aspekte von Networking. Dahinter steht ein von ihm vertretenes Menschenbild, namlich das Selbst als Dreh- und Angelpunkt seines Wirkens in der Welt. Die Identitat des Individuums wird zu einem Problem der gesellschaftlichen Moderne. Es kommt nun darauf an, den Zusammenhang zwischen Selbst und Netz zu erkennen. Der Autorliefert viele Tipps, Hinweise und Erfahrungsberichte dazu, wie der Zweck und Nutzen eines Netzwerks mit den eigenen Befindlichkeiten undder Stellung in der Welt in Ubereinstimmung zu bringen sind. Netzwerkarbeit ist eine Kulturtechnik, ahnlich wie Lesen und Schreiben, sie kann Gegenstand von Unterricht, Training und Beratung sein.
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Die Behandlung kontinuierlicher und diskreter Signale und die Beschreibung entsprechender zeitunabhangiger linearer Systeme in Regelungs-, Nachrichten- und Digitaltechnik erfordert eine Reihe von Transformationen, die in dem vorliegenden Text bereitgestellt werden. Besonderer Wert wird auf die Darlegung der fur die Anwendung wichtigen Zusammenhange zwischen verschiedenen Transformationen gelegt. Dieses Buch ist als Begleittext einer einschlagigen Vorlesung fur Studierende der Elektrotechnik, Technischen Informatik oder Technomathematik gedacht.

Komplexe DV-Projekte sind mit Vorgehensmodellen oder Phasenkonzepten okonomischer und praziser durchzufuhren. Die Autoren, beide Juristen, greifen auf vielfaltige Erfahrungen aus der Praxis mit Grossprojekten und mit Risiken beim Management von DV-Projekten und deren rechtliche Folgen zuruck. Anhand des Phasenkonzeptes der offentlichen Hand fur die Erstellung von DV-Programmen sowie des Vorgehensmodells des Bundesministeriums des Inneren fur IT-Vorhaben sind wesentliche Aktionsbereiche, Verantwortlichkeiten, Vertragstypen und deren rechtliche Bedeutung bzw. Auswirkung anhand der Rechtsprechung und Literatur dargestellt. Der DV-Praktiker erhalt wertvolle Hinweise fur seine tagliche Problemlosung.

Die kurze Episode der "Wehrmacht" hat zu einer ungeheuren militarischen Kraftentfaltung des Deutschen Reiches gefuhrt, zu uberwaltigenden Siegen und katastrophalen Niederlagen, zugleich zur Mitverantwortung fur eine verbrecherische Kriegfuhrung, wie sie in der deutschen Geschichte ohne Beispiel ist. Der Band bietet zunachst einen Uberblick uber die Wehrmacht im Dritten Reich, ihre Fuhrungsprinzipien, Gliederung, Ausrustung, Ausbildung und Fronterfahrung. Im zweiten Teil wird erkennbar, wie sich die militarisierte "Volksgemeinschaft" der Deutschen im Zweiten Weltkrieg unter dem Druck der totalen Mobilmachung veranderte. Der dritte Teil analysiert die militarische Kriegfuhrung vom "Blitzkrieg bis zum Untergang von Reich und Wehrmacht. Der Ausblick auf den Umgang mit diesem schwierigen Erbe in der Bundesrepublik zeigt, wie tief der Bruch in der deutschen Militargeschichte gewesen ist."

3-D-Filme, Hybridfernsehen, IPTV und eine sich potenzierende Zahl von Usernin den sozialen Netzwerken zeigen die technischen Entwicklungen der digitalen Medienwelt. Im Fernsehen verschwimmt die Grenze zwischen Dokumentation, Doku-Soap, Info- und Realtainment. Scripted-Reality-Formate sind fur die einen eine zukunftsweisende Produktionsform, fur andere der Verlust an serioser Fernsehproduktion. Kein anderes Medium hat in den letzten Jahren eine solche Erfolgsgeschichte geschrieben wie die sozialen Netzwerke. Aber: Wie abhangig macht Facebook? Wie gross ist die Gefahr der wirtschaftlichen Abhangigkeit von den Anbietern? Konnen Social Games den realen Umgang miteinander sensibler machen? Das Buch sammelt verschiedene Standpunkte aus Wissenschaft, Medienpraxis sowie Medienkritik und Theologie zu aktuellen digitalen Medien und fokussiert sich dabei insbesondere auf Scripted Reality und Social Games