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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
An eye-opening account of a world order shaped by spacepower and
the threat of space warfare. Space technology was developed to
enhance the killing power of the state. The Moon landings and the
launch of the Space Shuttle were mere sideshows, drawing public
attention away from the real goal: military and economic control of
space as a source of power on Earth. Today, as Bleddyn E. Bowen
vividly recounts, thousands of satellites work silently in the
background to provide essential military, intelligence and economic
capabilities. No major power can do without them. Beyond
Washington, Moscow and Beijing, truly global technologies have
evolved, from the ground floor of the nuclear missile revolution to
today's orbital battlefield, shaping the wars to come. World powers
including India, Japan and Europe are fully realising the strategic
benefits of commanding Earth's 'cosmic coastline', as a stage for
war, development and prestige. Yet, as new contenders spend more
and more on outer space, there is scope for cautious optimism about
the future of the Space Age-if we can recognise, rather than hide,
its original sin.
Kellis was a village in the Dakhleh Oasis in the Egyptian Western
Desert inhabited continuously from the first to the late fourth
century AD. Previously unexcavated, it has in recent decades
yielded a wealth of data unsurpassed by most sites of the period
due to the excellent state of preservation. We know the layout of
the village with its temples, churches, residential sectors and
cemeteries, and the excavators have retrieved vast quantities of
artefacts, including a wealth of documents. The study of this
material yields an integrated picture of life in the village,
including the transition from ancient religious beliefs to various
branches of Christianity. This volume provides accounts of the
lived-in environment and its material culture, social structure and
economy, religious beliefs and practices, and burial traditions.
The topics are covered by an international team of specialists,
culminating in an inter-disciplinary approach that will illuminate
life in Roman Egypt.
Drawing on an extensive body of literature, The Rehabilitation of
Partner-Violent Men presents an historical account of the policy
changes that have led to rehabilitation programmes for male
perpetrators of intimate partner violence within the criminal
justice system. * Presents a review of the current state of male
partner-violence theory and related intervention programmes in the
UK * Draws on both national and international literature within the
field * Provides an overview of the theoretical foundation behind
current approaches to the rehabilitation of partner-violent men *
Offers an appraisal of the effectiveness of current practicesA and
directions for future advances in intervention and evaluation
science
This series is dedicated to topics such as service quality,
internal marketing, service design, human resources practices and
service systems, using theoretical research and the results of
empirical studies. This volume concentrates on the effect on
information technology on services performance, service quality,
new service development, brand loyalty, and fair service. It also
covers the relational aspects of services management such as the
customer contact, customer-supplier relationships, and the social
aspect of customer service loyalty.
Featuring the first in-depth comparison of the judicial politics of
five under-studied Central American countries, The Achilles Heel of
Democracy offers a novel typology of 'judicial regime types' based
on the political independence and societal autonomy of the
judiciary. This book highlights the under-theorized influences on
the justice system - criminals, activists, and other societal
actors - and the ways that they intersect with more overtly
political influences. Grounded in interviews with judges, lawyers,
and activists, it presents the 'high politics' of constitutional
conflicts in the context of national political conflicts as well as
the 'low politics' of crime control and the operations of
trial-level courts. The book begins in the violent and often
authoritarian 1980s in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and
Nicaragua, and spans through the tumultuous 2015 'Guatemalan
Spring'; the evolution of Costa Rica's robust liberal judicial
regime is traced from the 1950s.
Applying strategic theory to outer space and drawing out the
implications for international relations Offers a definitive and
original vision of space warfare that theorises often-overlooked
aspects of contemporary space activities based in the discipline of
Strategic Studies. This original research draws out the
implications of spacepower for wider debate in grand strategy and
IR. Applies the theory in a topical and contentious area within
contemporary grand strategy - anti-access and area-denial warfare
in the Taiwan Strait between China and America. Key principles are
summarised in seven propositions to make the key take-aways of
theory applicable and memorable for researchers and practitioners.
This book presents a theory of spacepower and considers the
implications of space technology on strategy and international
relations. The spectre of space warfare stalks the major powers as
outer space increasingly defines geopolitical and military
competition. As satellites have become essential for modern
warfare, strategists are asking whether the next major war will
begin or be decided in outer space. Only strategic theory can
explore the decisiveness and effects of war in space upon `grand
strategy' and international relations. The author applies the
wisdom of military strategy to outer space, and presents a
compelling new vision of Earth orbit as a coastline, rather than an
open ocean or an extension of airspace as many have assumed. Rooted
in the classical military works of Clausewitz, Mahan, and Castex to
name a few, this book presents comprehensive principles for
strategic thought about space that explain the pervasive and
inescapable influence of spacepower on strategy and the changing
military balance of the 21st century.
Featuring the first in-depth comparison of the judicial politics of
five under-studied Central American countries, The Achilles Heel of
Democracy offers a novel typology of 'judicial regime types' based
on the political independence and societal autonomy of the
judiciary. This book highlights the under-theorized influences on
the justice system - criminals, activists, and other societal
actors - and the ways that they intersect with more overtly
political influences. Grounded in interviews with judges, lawyers,
and activists, it presents the 'high politics' of constitutional
conflicts in the context of national political conflicts as well as
the 'low politics' of crime control and the operations of
trial-level courts. The book begins in the violent and often
authoritarian 1980s in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and
Nicaragua, and spans through the tumultuous 2015 'Guatemalan
Spring'; the evolution of Costa Rica's robust liberal judicial
regime is traced from the 1950s.
The adoption of Christianity by the Egyptian populace was well
underway by the late third century, but evidence for its presence
in the archaeological record from the Nile valley is sparse. This
is due, in part, to the loss of ancient settlement sites beneath
modern cultivation. By comparison, Ismant al-Kharab, ancient
Kellis, in Dakhleh Oasis, was abandoned at the end of the fourth
century and many of its structures survive intact. The villagers,
moreover, left behind a wealth of artefacts and documentation. By
the late third century some had converted to Christianity and by
the early fourth century three churches were built to accommodate
their growing numbers. The churches afford an unparalleled window
into three ecclesiastical complexes that served a single village.
The Large East Church, moreover, is the earliest surviving example
of a purpose-built basilica in Egypt known thus far. It provides a
better understanding of the development of Egyptian church
architecture and has forced a reappraisal of the dates of certain
features that were previously attributed to the fifth century. The
community established three burial grounds: Kellis 2, with an
estimated 3,500â4,000 graves, a funerary church and associated
graveyard, and in a reused monumental mausoleum. Christian
cemeteries are known throughout North Africa, Europe, and Britain,
but in Egypt few are published in anything but a cursory manner. At
Kellis, 800+ graves have been excavated; the earliest burials date
to the late third century confirming the evidence of an early
conversion by some villagers and its rapid expansion thereafter.
This volume provides the first detailed publication of the churches
and Christian burial grounds. It incorporates a discussion of the
spread of Christianity in Egyptâs Southern Oasis, drawing upon
data from the rich textual documentation from the site. The
material culture is presented in detail, especially the extensive
collection of ceramics, glass, and coins.
Human health and well-being are tied to the vitality of the global
ocean and coastal systems on which so many live and rely. We engage
with these extraordinary environments to enhance both our health
and our well-being. But, we need to recognize that introducing
contaminants and otherwise altering these ocean systems can harm
human health and well-being in significant and substantial ways.
These are complex, challenging, and critically important themes.
How the human relationship to the oceans evolves in coming decades
may be one of the most important connections in understanding our
personal and social well-being. Yet, our understanding of this
relationship is far too limited. This remarkable volume brings
experts from diverse disciplines and builds a workable
understanding of breadth and depth of the processes both social and
environmental that will help us to limit future costs and enhance
the benefits of sustainable marine systems. In particular, the
authors have developed a shared view that the global coastal
environment is under threat through intensified natural resource
utilization, as well as changes to global climate and other
environmental systems. All these changes contribute individually,
but more importantly cumulatively, to higher risks for public
health and to the global burden of disease. This pioneering book
will be of value to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate
students taking courses in public health, environmental, economic,
and policy fields. Additionally, the treatment of these complex
systems is of essential value to the policy community responsible
for these questions and to the broader audience for whom these
issues are more directly connected to their own health and
well-being. "The seas across this planet and their effects on human
society and its destiny are a fascinating subject for analysis and
insights derived from intellectual inquiry. This diverse and
complex subject necessarily requires a blending of knowledge from
different disciplines, which the authors of this volume have
achieved with remarkable success." "The following pages in this
volume are written in a lucid and very readable style, and provide
a wealth of knowledge and insightful analysis, which is a rare
amalgam of multi-disciplinary perspectives and unique lines of
intellectual inquiry. It is valuable to get a volume such as this,
which appeals as much to a non-specialist reader as it does to
those who are specialists in the diverse but interconnected
subjects covered in this volume." (From the "Foreword" written by,
R K Pachauri, Director General, TERI and Chairman, IPCC)
Part of a series which offers an interdisciplinary approach to the
latest research and practice in services, this volume discusses a
variety of topics in the field.
Drawing on an extensive body of literature, The Rehabilitation of
Partner-Violent Men presents an historical account of the policy
changes that have led to rehabilitation programmes for male
perpetrators of intimate partner violence within the criminal
justice system. * Presents a review of the current state of male
partner-violence theory and related intervention programmes in the
UK * Draws on both national and international literature within the
field * Provides an overview of the theoretical foundation behind
current approaches to the rehabilitation of partner-violent men *
Offers an appraisal of the effectiveness of current practicesA and
directions for future advances in intervention and evaluation
science
This is a new release of the original 1946 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1930 edition.
Young Black girl in 1930's rural Georgia fights off her White
attacker and thinking she may have killed him flee's her home and
works her way from a waitress in a greasy spoon in Memphis to the
mean streets of Chicago, New York and finally Los Angeles where she
makes a fortune selling what she fought so hard to protect.
A collection of short stories that reflect the struggles yet
strength of African American women
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