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The book describes the control exercised by the National Socialist
state over academic libraries and analyses their collaboration, in
particular in the theft of books and the identification of 'Enemies
of the Reich'. In addition, it deals with aspects of the
identification and restitution of books stolen and confiscated
between 1933 and 1945. This account presents the provisional
findings of a research project conducted since 2006 by the Berlin
State Library a " Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the Max
Planck Historical Institute/Max Planck Institute for the History of
Science and funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation.
Fraud costs the United Kingdom a reported GBP198 billion per year
and the Crime Survey for England and Wales (March 2016) estimates
that there are over 5 million incidents of fraud and 2 million
cyber-related crimes committed annually. Preventing and
investigating fraud has become a priority for police officers and
establishing successful, effective strategies to tackle this new
volume crime represents a significant and persistent challenge for
the police service. Investigation of Fraud and Economic Crime is
written by experts from, and affiliated to, the City of London
Police, the lead force for fraud in the UK and home to Action Fraud
and the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB). It offers
practical, straightforward advice to law enforcement agencies
dealing with fraud and economic crimes. The book identifies more
than fifty different types of fraud and sets out the different
strategic and tactical considerations in preventing, investigating,
and disrupting each one. At the centre of the book is the Fraud
Investigation Model (FIM), an effective framework encompassing
multiagency working, recovery of evidence and victim management, as
well as a range of useful features designed to demystify fraud
terminology and provide accessible operational guidance. These
include key point boxes, highlighting important learning points and
investigation best practice; definition boxes, to cut through legal
terminology and connect the law to everyday police work; and flow
charts, which tackle complex operational and legal procedures and
break them down into simple, easy to follow steps.
A native of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Major General Logan Feland
(1869--1936) played a major role in the development of the modern
Marine Corps. Highly decorated for his heroic actions during the
battle of Belleau Wood in World War I, Feland led the hunt for
rebel leader Augusto Cesar Sandino during the Nicaraguan revolution
from 1927 to 1929 -- an operation that helped to establish the
Marines' reputation in guerrilla warfare and search-and-capture
missions. Yet, despite rising to become one of the USMC's most
highly ranked and regarded officers, Feland has been largely
ignored in the historical record. In Kentucky Marine, David J.
Bettez uncovers the forgotten story of this influential soldier of
the sea. During Feland's tenure as an officer, the Corps expanded
exponentially in power and prestige. Not only did his command in
Nicaragua set the stage for similar twenty-first-century operations
in Iraq and Afghanistan, but Feland was one of the first
instructors in the USMC's Advanced Base Force, which served as the
forerunner of the amphibious assault force mission the Marines
adopted in World War II. Kentucky Marine also illuminates Feland's
private life, including his marriage to successful soprano singer
and socialite Katherine Cordner Feland, and details his
disappointment at being twice passed over for the position of
commandant. Drawing from personal letters, contemporary news
articles, official communications, and confidential correspondence,
this long-overdue biography fills a significant gap in
twentieth-century American military history.
These 19 characters can be played with a minimum of 9 actors
doubling, if preferred. A riotous reworking of Shakespeare's
Hamlet. Featuring Ophelia, her maid, St Joan and a couple of locals
-- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. (7 male, 12 female).
From five thousand children marching in a parade, singing, "Johnnie
get your hoe.... Mary dig your row," to communities banding
together to observe Meatless Tuesdays and Wheatless Wednesdays,
Kentuckians were loyal supporters of their country during the First
World War. Kentucky had one of the lowest rates of draft dodging in
the nation, and the state increased its coal production by 50
percent during the war years. Overwhelmingly, the people of the
Commonwealth set aside partisan interests and worked together to
help the nation achieve victory in Europe. David J. Bettez provides
the first comprehensive analysis of the impact of the Great War on
Bluegrass society, politics, economy, and culture, contextualizing
the state's involvement within the national experience. His
exhaustively researched study examines the Kentucky Council of
Defense -- which sponsored local war-effort activities -- military
mobilization and preparation, opposition and dissent, and the role
of religion and higher education in shaping the state's response to
the war. It also describes the efforts of Kentuckians who served
abroad in military and civilian capacities, and postwar
memorialization of their contributions. Kentucky and the Great War
explores the impact of the conflict on women's suffrage, child
labor, and African American life. In particular, Bettez
investigates how black citizens were urged to support a war to make
the world "safe for democracy" even as their civil rights and
freedoms were violated in the Jim Crow South. This engaging and
timely social history offers new perspectives on an overlooked
aspect of World War I.
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