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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.
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Transport Network Planning
Patrick O'Sullivan, Gary D. Holtzclaw, Gerald Barber
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
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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