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Safe from the battlefields of Europe and Asia, the United States
led the post - World War II global economic recovery through
international assistance and foreign direct investment. With an
ardent decolonization agenda and a postwar legitimacy, the United
States attempted to construct a world characterized by cooperation.
When American optimism clashed with Soviet expansionism, the United
States started on a path to global hegemony. In US Foreign Policy
and Defense Strategy, the authors analyze the strategic
underpinnings of hegemony, assess the national security
establishment that sustains dominance, consider the impact on
civil-military relations, and explore the intertwining
relationships between foreign policy, defense strategy, and
commercial activities. Eschewing conventional analyses, the volume
not only identifies drivers and continuities in foreign policy, but
it also examines how the legacy of the last sixty-five years will
influence future national security policy that will be
characterized by US leadership in an increasingly competitive
world. From civil-military relations to finance, and from competing
visions of how America should make war to its philosophy of
securing peace through reconstruction and reconciliation, US
Foreign Policy and Defense Strategy offers unique insights into the
links between military and commercial power as it charts the rise
of a historical rarity: the incidental superpower. This accessibly
written book is suitable for students and general readers as well
as scholars.
The Himalaya and surrounding regions are amongst the world's most
linguistically diverse places. Of an estimated 600 languages spoken
here at Asia's heart, few are researched in depth and many
virtually undocumented. Historical developments and relationships
between the region's languages also remain poorly understood. This
book brings together new work on under-researched Himalayan
languages with investigations into the complexities of the area's
linguistic history, offering original data and perspectives on the
synchrony and diachrony of the Greater Himalayan Region. The volume
arises from papers given and topics discussed at the 16th Himalayan
Languages Symposium in London in 2010. Most papers focus on
Tibeto-Burman languages. These include topics relating to
individual - mostly small and endangered - languages, such as
Tilung, Shumcho, Rengmitca, Yongning Na and Tshangla; comparative
research on the Tibetic, East Bodish and Tamangic language groups;
and several papers whose scope covers the whole language family.
The remaining paper deals with the origins of Burushaski, whose
genetic affiliation remains uncertain. This book will be of special
interest to scholars of Tibeto-Burman, and historical as well as
general linguists.
The work described in this PhD thesis is a study of a real
implementation of a track-finder system which could provide
reconstructed high transverse momentum tracks to the first-level
trigger of the High Luminosity LHC upgrade of the CMS experiment.
This is vital for the future success of CMS, since otherwise it
will be impossible to achieve the trigger selectivity needed to
contain the very high event rates. The unique and extremely
challenging requirement of the system is to utilise the enormous
volume of tracker data within a few microseconds to arrive at a
trigger decision. The track-finder demonstrator described proved
unequivocally, using existing hardware, that a real-time
track-finder could be built using present-generation FPGA-based
technology which would meet the latency and performance
requirements of the future tracker. This means that more advanced
hardware customised for the new CMS tracker should be even more
capable, and will deliver very significant gains for the future
physics returns from the LHC.
The work described in this PhD thesis is a study of a real
implementation of a track-finder system which could provide
reconstructed high transverse momentum tracks to the first-level
trigger of the High Luminosity LHC upgrade of the CMS experiment.
This is vital for the future success of CMS, since otherwise it
will be impossible to achieve the trigger selectivity needed to
contain the very high event rates. The unique and extremely
challenging requirement of the system is to utilise the enormous
volume of tracker data within a few microseconds to arrive at a
trigger decision. The track-finder demonstrator described proved
unequivocally, using existing hardware, that a real-time
track-finder could be built using present-generation FPGA-based
technology which would meet the latency and performance
requirements of the future tracker. This means that more advanced
hardware customised for the new CMS tracker should be even more
capable, and will deliver very significant gains for the future
physics returns from the LHC.
Betty Thomas Owens grew up near Dahlonega, Georgia. Born in 1937,
her childhood was quite different than those of today's youth. In
Simpler Times, Betty recounts how farm folks lived in the rural
foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Enjoy this quaint
reminiscence about a time when people worked hard, didn't complain,
and enjoyed a simpler life.
Three authors and four tales of vampires, things that go bump in
the night, and bad little girls. It's a trip into the darker side
with the never to be forgotten night of "Blood Moon," a little girl
who should have listened to her father's warnings in "Young Bones,"
a new home owner who didn't look into her home's history in "Every
Night," and an offer that could change history in "From Whence Does
My Help Come." Inspired by such classics of horror as DRACULA, THE
HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, and oh yes, the Brothers Grimm, the authors
ask "what if?" and conjure up 4 answers that may entertain, amuse,
even terrify readers of all ages.
""This short history has been compiled mainly from the War Diaries.
My reason for undertaking the task is that there was no one else to
do it, the units composing the Division being scattered far and
wide, and there being no Divisional habitat with local historians
as in the case of Territorial and New Army Divisions. My object is
that all who served with the Division for any period between
1914-1919 may have a record to show that they belonged to a
Division which played no inconspicuous part in the Great War.""
This book is part of the World War One Centenary series; creating,
collating and reprinting new and old works of poetry, fiction,
autobiography and analysis. The series forms a commemorative
tribute to mark the passing of one of the world's bloodiest wars,
offering new perspectives on this tragic yet fascinating period of
human history. Each publication also includes brand new
introductory essays and a timeline to help the reader place the
work in its historical context.
"All we need is a pumpkin, a wand, and six white mice." Sherlock
Holmes, the world's greatest detective, has taken on such opponents
as Dracula, Dr. Fu Manchu, and Jack the Ripper. Now Holmes is
presented with a puzzle that even he admits "This is outside my
realm. Dealing with demon hounds on the moors was one thing, but to
take on a fairy godmother? No " Holmes and Watson seek the answer
to the question of who is the mysterious masked woman who charmed a
prince with her beauty, wit, and intelligence. It's a puzzle the
duo have never faced before as they seek to unlock the secrets
behind one of England's wealthiest families. The story of
Cinderella, a young woman who rises above adversity to find
happiness, is one of the most beloved in world literature. She
appears in stories as old as ancient Egypt and the Incas, as far
flung as Africa to Russia, as Mexico to China. Now with Holmes and
Watson there is a new spin on an old tale. All your elements are
here: the Prince, the Stepmother, the masked ball, but things do
not turn out as they have in the past because this is a modern
Cinderella.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:
++++ Dear Old Wales: A Patriotic Love Story Thomas Owen Charles
null Sarah Farley Allan Press of American Printing Co., 1912 Wales
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