Danielle Shapiro: 2 books
John Vassos
Industrial Design for Modern Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2016
What should a television look like? How should a dial on a radio feel to the touch? These were questions John Vassos asked when the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) asked him to design the first mass-produced television receiver, the TRK-12, which had its spectacular premier at the 1939 New York World’s...
Foundations of the Islamic State
Management, Money, and Terror in Iraq, 2005-2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
Drawing from 140 recently declassified documents, this report comprehensively examines the organization, territorial designs, management, personnel policies, and finances of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) and al-Qa‘ida in Iraq. Analysis of the Islamic State predecessor groups is more than a historical...