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Terrain and Tactics (Hardcover): Patrick O'Sullivan Terrain and Tactics (Hardcover)
Patrick O'Sullivan
R2,686 Discovery Miles 26 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Throughout history, wars have been invariably fought over the control of territory. While political geography addresses the causes of such conflicts, military geography consists of the use of geographical knowledge to describe and analyze the deployment of armed forces. In this work, Patrick O'Sullivan offers an academic and impersonal study of military geography, weighing the balance of advantage for combatants in different geographic settings. He fully explores the effect of geographical circumstances on the outcome of violent conflict, and examines the lessons learned from recent wars about the effects of global position and environmental conditions on the interplay of geostrategy, tactical decisions, and results. The study begins with a look at the global variety of physical habitats and their human occupation, as well as a survey of the geography of war since 1945 including the current geography of conflict. A geographical analysis of selected ancient and modern battles follows, out of which O'Sullivan characterizes classical tactical ploys. A broad examination of modern weapons, tactics, and the required appreciation of the battlefield form the central portion of the book, with two particular topics--guerrilla/counterinsurgency operations and warfare on urban terrain--receiving extensive treatment. The volume concludes by drawing together political geography, strategy, and tactics in a description of the urban-based British Army/IRA conflict, and with an examination of the geographical aptitudes and attitudes of soldiers. This unique work will be an important source for courses in military geography, history, and tactics, and a valuable addition to college and university libraries.

Transport Network Planning: Patrick O'Sullivan, Gary D. Holtzclaw, Gerald Barber Transport Network Planning
Patrick O'Sullivan, Gary D. Holtzclaw, Gerald Barber
R919 Discovery Miles 9 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1979 and with a case-study from Indonesia, this volume examines the question of planning the provision of transport facilities as a special case of the general planning problem. It deals with the modelling (including conceptual short-comings of it), analysis, estimation and control of transport planning and the challenges associated with planning in uncertainty. As well as devoting specific chapters to network planning, the book also provides background material on transport planning, locational theory and economics.

Economic Methodology and Freedom to Choose (Routledge Revivals) (Paperback): Patrick O'Sullivan Economic Methodology and Freedom to Choose (Routledge Revivals) (Paperback)
Patrick O'Sullivan
R1,340 Discovery Miles 13 400 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

First published in 1987, Professor O'Sullivan's work provides an in depth philosophical examination of the foundations of method in Economics and other human sciences. The argument is unabashedly dialectical in the great Socratic-Platonic tradition, and the reissue will be very welcome to all students of methodology, in particular those students of economic methodology seeking a refreshing alternative to yet more mathematical game playing. In an age dominated and perhaps to an extent perplexed by an ultimately non-committal postmodernism the book provides a root and branch critique of the epistemological relativism which must lie at the root of the whole post-modernist approach; and in reasserting the fundamental importance not only for the methods of science but also for European civilisation of the pursuit of truth it takes a stance which is very much against the tide of the times. A heterodox perspective is also provided and defended in detail regarding the real nature of economic methodology whereby it is shown that Economics epitomises a teleological mode of explanation which is significantly different from the efficient causal modes of explanation of the natural sciences. In fact Economics is the ultimate subjectivist/interpretative discipline in the methodological sense of Max Weber and Alfred Schutz, a fact which has only been recognised (and welcomed) in the Austrian school of Economics.

Euripides: Cyclops and Major Fragments of Greek Satyric Drama (Paperback): Euripides Euripides: Cyclops and Major Fragments of Greek Satyric Drama (Paperback)
Euripides; Edited by Patrick O'Sullivan, Christopher Collard
R839 Discovery Miles 8 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Satyric is the most thinly attested genre of Greek drama, but it appears to have been the oldest and according to Aristotle formative for tragedy. By the 5th Century BC at Athens it shared most of its compositional elements with tragedy, to which it became an adjunct; for at the annual great dramatic festivals, it was performed only together with, and after, the three tragedies which each poet was required to present in competition. It was in contrast with them, aesthetically and emotionally, its plays being considerably shorter and simpler; coarse and half-way to comedy, it burlesqued heroic and tragic myth, frequently that just dramatised and performed in the tragedies. Euripides'Cyclops is the only satyr-play which survives complete. It is generally held to be the poet's late work, but its companion tragedies are not identifiable. Its title alone signals its content, Odysseus' escape from the one-eyed, man-eating monster, familiar from Book 9 of Homer's Odyssey. Because of its uniqueness, Cyclops could afford only a limited idea of satyric drama's range, which the many but brief quotations from other authors and plays barely coloured. Our knowledge and appreciation of the genre have been greatly enlarged, however, by recovery since the early 20th Century of considerable fragments of Aeschylus, Euripides' predecessor, and of Sophocles, his contemporary - but not, so far, of Euripides himself. This volume provides English readers for the first time with all the most important texts of satyric drama, with facing-page translation, substantial introduction and detailed commentary. It includes not only the major papyri, but very many shorter fragments of importance, both on papyrus and in quotation, from the 5th to the 3rd Centuries; there are also one or two texts whose interest lies in their problematic ascription to the genre at all. The intention is to illustrate it as fully as practicable.

Transport Network Planning (Hardcover): Gary D. Holtzclaw, Gerald Barber, Patrick O'Sullivan Transport Network Planning (Hardcover)
Gary D. Holtzclaw, Gerald Barber, Patrick O'Sullivan
R2,743 Discovery Miles 27 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1979 and with a case-study from Indonesia, this volume examines the question of planning the provision of transport facilities as a special case of the general planning problem. It deals with the modelling (including conceptual short-comings of it), analysis, estimation and control of transport planning and the challenges associated with planning in uncertainty. As well as devoting specific chapters to network planning, the book also provides background material on transport planning, locational theory and economics.

The Philosophy, Politics and Economics of Finance in the 21st Century - From Hubris to Disgrace (Hardcover): Patrick... The Philosophy, Politics and Economics of Finance in the 21st Century - From Hubris to Disgrace (Hardcover)
Patrick O'Sullivan, Nigel Allington, Mark Esposito
R5,463 Discovery Miles 54 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Since 2008, the financial sector has been the subject of extensive criticism. Much of this criticism has focused on the morality of the actors involved in the crisis and its extended aftermath. This book analyses the key moral and political philosophical issues of the crisis and relates them to the political economy of finance. It also examines to what extent the financial sector can or should be reformed. This book is unified by the view that the financial sector had been a self-serving and self-regulating elite consumed by greed, speculation and even lawlessness, with little sense of responsibility to the wider society or common good. In light of critical analysis by authors from a variety of backgrounds and persuasions, suggestions for reform and improvement are proposed, in some cases radical reform. By placing the world of finance under a microscope, this book analyses the assumptions that have led from hubris to disgrace as it provides suggestions for an improved society. Rooted in philosophical reflection, this book invites a critical reassessment of finance and its societal role in the 21st century. This book will be of interest to academics, politicians, central bankers and financial regulators who wish to improve the morality of finance.

Business Ethics - A Critical Approach: Integrating Ethics Across the Business World (Hardcover): Patrick O'Sullivan, Mark... Business Ethics - A Critical Approach: Integrating Ethics Across the Business World (Hardcover)
Patrick O'Sullivan, Mark Smith, Mark Esposito
R5,442 Discovery Miles 54 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Events such as Trafigura's illegal dumping of toxic waste in C te d Ivoire and BP's environmentally disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have highlighted ethical issues in international business at a time when business leaders, academics and business schools were reflecting on their own responsibilities following the global financial crisis. The scope and scale of the global operations of multinational businesses means that decisions taken in different parts of the world have far reaching consequences beyond the national settings where employees are located or where firms are registered and as such, an awareness of these responsibilities needs to be integrated into all levels and all subjects.

Using four guiding principles a critical multi-level approach rooted in the tradition of European social theory, a comparative and international perspective, a global rather than just a European or American stand point and engaging with subject-specific issues this book aims to 'mainstream' business ethics into the work of teachers and students in business schools. This comprehensive volume brings together contributions from a range of experts in different areas of business studies thereby facilitating and encouraging a move away from business ethics being a box to be ticked to being an integrated consideration across the business disciplines.

This impressive book brings ethical considerations back to the heart of the business curriculum and in doing so, provides a companion for the progressive business student throughout their university career.

Economic Methodology and Freedom to Choose (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover): Patrick O'Sullivan Economic Methodology and Freedom to Choose (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover)
Patrick O'Sullivan
R4,279 Discovery Miles 42 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1987, Professor O'Sullivan's work provides an in depth philosophical examination of the foundations of method in Economics and other human sciences. The argument is unabashedly dialectical in the great Socratic-Platonic tradition, and the reissue will be very welcome to all students of methodology, in particular those students of economic methodology seeking a refreshing alternative to yet more mathematical game playing. In an age dominated and perhaps to an extent perplexed by an ultimately non-committal postmodernism the book provides a root and branch critique of the epistemological relativism which must lie at the root of the whole post-modernist approach; and in reasserting the fundamental importance not only for the methods of science but also for European civilisation of the pursuit of truth it takes a stance which is very much against the tide of the times. A heterodox perspective is also provided and defended in detail regarding the real nature of economic methodology whereby it is shown that Economics epitomises a teleological mode of explanation which is significantly different from the efficient causal modes of explanation of the natural sciences. In fact Economics is the ultimate subjectivist/interpretative discipline in the methodological sense of Max Weber and Alfred Schutz, a fact which has only been recognised (and welcomed) in the Austrian school of Economics.

Revolution at the Waldorf 2022 - America and the Irish War of Independence (Paperback): Patrick O'Sullivan Greene Revolution at the Waldorf 2022 - America and the Irish War of Independence (Paperback)
Patrick O'Sullivan Greene
R571 R518 Discovery Miles 5 180 Save R53 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Freight Flows and Spatial Aspects of the British Economy (Paperback): Michael Chisholm, Patrick O'Sullivan Freight Flows and Spatial Aspects of the British Economy (Paperback)
Michael Chisholm, Patrick O'Sullivan
R930 Discovery Miles 9 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1973, this book reports experiments in the modelling of freight flows in Great Britain, on the basis of 78 origin-destination zones covering the entire country. Its central purpose is to establish whether gravity model or linear programming approaches provide the most appropriate way of describing the existing spatial distribution of freight volumes and hence of predicting future flows, given possible allocations of population. Linear programming appears to be the msot useful way to approach freight modelling on this scale. The model outputs allow the authors to probe the problem of regional comparative advantage in terms of the volume of transport inputs. Although there is some association with the accessibility of regions, it is not true that the peripheral areas are at a serious disadvantage. Furthermore, evidence on the structure of transport costs indicates that movement costs are a surprisingly low proportion of total transport costs - thus further reducing the effects of location. The study concludes with a review of the lines along which work might proceed.

Business Ethics - A Critical Approach: Integrating Ethics Across the Business World (Paperback, New): Patrick O'Sullivan,... Business Ethics - A Critical Approach: Integrating Ethics Across the Business World (Paperback, New)
Patrick O'Sullivan, Mark Smith, Mark Esposito
R2,327 Discovery Miles 23 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Events such as Trafigura's illegal dumping of toxic waste in Cote d Ivoire and BP's environmentally disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have highlighted ethical issues in international business at a time when business leaders, academics and business schools were reflecting on their own responsibilities following the global financial crisis. The scope and scale of the global operations of multinational businesses means that decisions taken in different parts of the world have far reaching consequences beyond the national settings where employees are located or where firms are registered and as such, an awareness of these responsibilities needs to be integrated into all levels and all subjects.

Using four guiding principles a critical multi-level approach rooted in the tradition of European social theory, a comparative and international perspective, a global rather than just a European or American stand point and engaging with subject-specific issues this book aims to 'mainstream' business ethics into the work of teachers and students in business schools. This comprehensive volume brings together contributions from a range of experts in different areas of business studies thereby facilitating and encouraging a move away from business ethics being a box to be ticked to being an integrated consideration across the business disciplines.

This impressive book brings ethical considerations back to the heart of the business curriculum and in doing so, provides a companion for the progressive business student throughout their university career.

Geographical Economics (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016): Patrick O'Sullivan Geographical Economics (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016)
Patrick O'Sullivan
R1,552 Discovery Miles 15 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Philosophy, Politics and Economics of Finance in the 21st Century - From Hubris to Disgrace (Paperback): Patrick... The Philosophy, Politics and Economics of Finance in the 21st Century - From Hubris to Disgrace (Paperback)
Patrick O'Sullivan, Nigel Allington, Mark Esposito
R1,830 Discovery Miles 18 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Since 2008, the financial sector has been the subject of extensive criticism. Much of this criticism has focused on the morality of the actors involved in the crisis and its extended aftermath. This book analyses the key moral and political philosophical issues of the crisis and relates them to the political economy of finance. It also examines to what extent the financial sector can or should be reformed. This book is unified by the view that the financial sector had been a self-serving and self-regulating elite consumed by greed, speculation and even lawlessness, with little sense of responsibility to the wider society or common good. In light of critical analysis by authors from a variety of backgrounds and persuasions, suggestions for reform and improvement are proposed, in some cases radical reform. By placing the world of finance under a microscope, this book analyses the assumptions that have led from hubris to disgrace as it provides suggestions for an improved society. Rooted in philosophical reflection, this book invites a critical reassessment of finance and its societal role in the 21st century. This book will be of interest to academics, politicians, central bankers and financial regulators who wish to improve the morality of finance.

Quite Possibly Final (Paperback): Patrick O'Sullivan Quite Possibly Final (Paperback)
Patrick O'Sullivan
R521 Discovery Miles 5 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Quite Possibly True (Paperback): Patrick O'Sullivan Quite Possibly True (Paperback)
Patrick O'Sullivan
R291 Discovery Miles 2 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Quite Possibly False (Paperback): Patrick O'Sullivan Quite Possibly False (Paperback)
Patrick O'Sullivan
R258 Discovery Miles 2 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Quite Possibly Allies (Paperback): Patrick O'Sullivan Quite Possibly Allies (Paperback)
Patrick O'Sullivan
R641 Discovery Miles 6 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Quite Possibly Heroes (Paperback): Patrick O'Sullivan Quite Possibly Heroes (Paperback)
Patrick O'Sullivan
R731 Discovery Miles 7 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Quite Possibly Alien (Paperback): Patrick O'Sullivan Quite Possibly Alien (Paperback)
Patrick O'Sullivan
R539 Discovery Miles 5 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
I Call You Friends - Friendship with Jesus in Daily Life (Paperback): Patrick O'Sullivan I Call You Friends - Friendship with Jesus in Daily Life (Paperback)
Patrick O'Sullivan
R415 R343 Discovery Miles 3 430 Save R72 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Green One for Woody (Paperback): Patrick O'Sullivan A Green One for Woody (Paperback)
Patrick O'Sullivan
R415 Discovery Miles 4 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"A Green One for Woody" is a true story about a boy becoming a man. And while themes of abuse and alcoholism are common in memoirs, there is nothing common about how Patrick O'Sullivan patiently peels away the textured layers of his life to reveal truths that will cause readers to both marvel and despair, and, sometimes, celebrate. From the author..."My dad had been anointed to resurrect our family name, sullied for decades by alcoholism and suicide. He was big, bright and handsome, and blessed with a silver tongue and athletic prowess. The Tigers and the Cubs wanted him. Instead, his dad insisted he attend the University of Michigan, but a broken leg on the practice field ended his big league dreams. Then he met my mom and she got pregnant, and with my heart beating inside, she denied to her preacher dad that I was there." Years of boozing and abuse took their toll; being poor didn't help, and his dad continued his downward spiral across the years of the author's young life. But over another decade, buoyed by friendships and uncommon love, Patrick O'Sullivan was propelled forward by an inimitable sense of humor and a faith anchored in hope. This is his story of becoming a man.

Love Death and Whiskey - 40 Songs (Paperback): Patrick O'Sullivan Love Death and Whiskey - 40 Songs (Paperback)
Patrick O'Sullivan
R351 Discovery Miles 3 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Breaking Away - A Harrowing True Story of Resilience, Courage, and Triumph (Paperback): Patrick O'Sullivan Breaking Away - A Harrowing True Story of Resilience, Courage, and Triumph (Paperback)
Patrick O'Sullivan
R399 R354 Discovery Miles 3 540 Save R45 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Letters to the Earth (Paperback, illustrated edition): Patrick O'Sullivan, Jeanette Dunne Letters to the Earth (Paperback, illustrated edition)
Patrick O'Sullivan, Jeanette Dunne
R224 Discovery Miles 2 240 Out of stock

Nature is a hundred different things all at once. It puts a value on slowness in a world that makes rushing a virtue. It is the fox and the lark and the crest of the ocean wave. It is the gorse and the heather and the promise of summer. It is winter shining. It is the very breath of earth itself, the green grass warm and growing. Nature is part of what we are, part of our humanity. Letters to the Earth is a celebration of nature in all its diversity and richness. Written as a series of letters, this book reflects on the beauty of the changing seasons. In describing the uniqueness of Irish flora and fauna, it contains a very simple and gentle philosophy about relating to and drawing inspiration from nature. In an age that values only material success and takes no account of the spirit Letters to the Earth reminds us of the importance of paying homage to our natural world.

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