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This book comprises the journey of the Indian nation state and its
tryst with destiny, where successive political leaderships, while
governing India, contributed to a better understanding of the idea
of India, its political and strategic culture, and the role that
its military has had to play to develop that culture. Hence, the
journey has been from the backwaters of 'defensive defence' to
create a credible deterrence capacity as well as a doctrine to
implement the same through political will and enter the domain of
global involvement in the strategic, non-strategic as well as
non-traditional areas of security. Thus, the title of the book The
Purpose of India's Security Strategy: Defence, Deterrence and
Global Involvement. It is hoped that this book will serve as a
referral document to understand the polemics of the development of
a strategic culture in India for an era which will be dominated by
the information age and artificial intelligence, without forgetting
that the Indian political leadership has come of age to understand
the role of the military in the process of nation building.
The second half of the past century witnessed a remarkable paradigm
shift in approach to the understanding of igneous rocks. Global
literature records a change from a classical petrographic approach
to emphasis on mineral chemistry, trace element characteristics,
tectonic setting, phase relations, and theoretical simulation of
magma generation and evolution processes. This book contains
contributions by international experts in different fields of
igneous petrology and presents an overview of recent developments.
This book is dedicated to the late Dr Mihir K. Bose, former
professor of the Department of Geology, Presidency College,
Calcutta, India, who actively participated in the development of
this new global view of igneous petrology.
The second half of the past century witnessed a remarkable
paradigm shift in approach to the understanding of igneous rocks.
Global literature records a change from a classical petrographic
approach to emphasis on mineral chemistry, trace element
characteristics, tectonic setting, phase relations, and theoretical
simulation of magma generation and evolution processes. This book
contains contributions by international experts in different fields
of igneous petrology and presents an overview of recent
developments.
This book is dedicated to the late Dr Mihir K. Bose, former
professor of the Department of Geology, Presidency College,
Calcutta, India, who actively participated in the development of
this new global view of igneous petrology.
The world of automotive design knows the name of Paolo Martin, who
is, no doubt, one of Italy’s design greats. Not only has he
designed some of the most important milestone cars from the 1960s
and the 1970s, such as the Fiat 130 Coupé, the Lancia Beta
Montecarlo and the Ferrari Modulo, but he has also been the
creative mind behind several landmark motorcycle and scooter
designs for Benelli, Gilera, Moto Guzzi and Piaggio, as well as
several beautiful boats, industrial products, and even a
typewriter. One of Italy’s most prolific designers, Paolo Martin
writes about his life, his designs, his thinking, and his design
philosophy in Paolo Martin: Visions in Design.
"By organizing the text in the way they have, the authors tie
together several critical areas of international political economy.
The material flows nicely from topic to topic, demonstrating what
we have learned from economic analysis, how political science
approaches the same issue, and then the best results from both
disciplines. It really captures the 'state of the art' in our
field."--Mark R. Brawley, McGill University
""Analyzing the Global Political Economy" shows how a critical
engagement with economics contributes to a thorough understanding
of international political economy. The volume represents an
antidote to approaches that ignore economic rationality and to much
post-9/11 thinking that reduces matters in international relations
to realist impulses. Walter and Sen focus on what really matters,
and provide a smarter, more purposeful introduction to the
field."--Timothy J. Sinclair, University of Warwick
"This book will attract teachers seeking a compact core text
that introduces key findings from economics and political science
in accessible form. The authors are fans of the turn to economics
in international political economy but they also note some of its
shortcomings."--John Odell, University of Southern California
"Walter and Sen do a magisterial job of surveying classic and
contemporary literature across the areas of trade, investment, and
money. Identifying the major literature and arguments, this
textbook is a valuable pedagogical contribution. I know of no other
book that is as thorough and concise."--David Leblang, University
of Colorado
"There is much to admire about this book--it is short,
well-written, and covers the subject matter comprehensively. Itdoes
a good job reviewing the literature on the multilateral trading
system and explaining the trend toward greater exchange rate
flexibility."--Jeffrey A. Hart, Indiana University
Since the unveiling of the Lamborghini Miura – the world’s
first V12-powered mid-engine road car – at the 1966 Geneva Motor
Show, this marque from Sant’Agata Bolognese with the raging bull
emblem has been one of the most famous and desirable purveyors of
the supercar. Valentino Balboni, legendary former Lamborghini test
driver, has been famously quoted as saying “Lamborghini is a
carmaker that makes engines, the job of the designers was to design
the engine cover.” Yet, in its almost six decades long history,
the supercar maker has constructed just four different engines: the
extraordinary Giotto Bizzarrini-designed V12 that powered
Lamborghini’s flagships for the best part of five decades, a
promising V8 that almost brought the company to its knees, a V10
that uses many Audi components and has been the mainstay of the
marque in the last two decades, and lastly another newer V12,
powering the Aventador. However, what has really distinguished
Lamborghini, has been a series of models with remarkable,
groundbreaking shapes, each one a veritable design revolution. Cars
like the Miura, the Espada, the Urraco, the Countach and the Diablo
astounded and startled automotive fans just as much by their daring
shape, form and aesthetic purity, as by their second-to-none
engineering and trendsetting packaging. This book celebrates the
design history of Lamborghini through numerous period reports and
previously unpublished images, delving into the extraordinary
shapes and the intrepid personalities who made Lamborghini what it
is today. .
Many of the iconic vehicles of the second half of the 20th century,
from simple but beautiful Fiats, Citroens and BMWs to astounding
Alfa Romeos, Lancias, Maseratis and Lamborghinis, rolled out of the
coachbuilding facilities of Carrozzeria Bertone and the design
studios of Stile Bertone. A succession of cutting-edge concept
machines during the 1960s and the 1970s further cemented the belief
that Bertone was not only the most audacious, but also arguably the
most progressive and innovative of all the Italian design studios
After the studio closed, several of the important concept cars, as
well as the emblematic production models were either retained or
later collected by the coachbuilder in a private museum housed at
the Stile Bertone near Turin, and this book describes these
extraordinary cars. In over 350 pages and using innovative
photography, the work of 9 Design Directors and 63 of their cars is
described. The book is written by well-known automotive journalist,
Gautam Sen, and former Design Director of the Collection, Michael
Robinson, in both English and Italian. Many of the cars have been
freshly photographed specially for the publication
A design hero for all generations of automotive enthusiasts,
American legend Tom Tjaarda was a designer whose name and fame is
synonymous with marques such as De Tomaso, Ferrari, Fiat, Ford,
Innocenti and Lancia, which include models such as Pantera ,
Deauville, Longchamp, 124 Spider, 365 California and the Fiesta.
Brought up in America when the American Dream was beating out its
rock 'n' roll rhythm, Tom Tjaarda came to live and work in Europe
while the cultural revolution was in full swing. He ha d the
privilege of a ringside seat during the most exciting times,
finding himself at the heart of the most intense of automotive
styling activities in the Mecca of vehicle design, Turin. Even
though Tom Tjaarda may not have designed as many cars as other
prolific designers, the American's influence and importance in the
history of automotive design, specifically in the second half of
the 20th century, is almost unbeaten. Tjaarda, with his charming,
accessible personality and good humor, remains one of the most
popular design legends of all times. Tom Tjaarda: Master of
Proportions is a comprehensive look at the life and times of a
design giant, and features all his automotive, as well as his non -
automotive, designs.
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