R John: 1297 books
by John R. Sabin, Erkki J. Brandas
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Advances in Quantum Chemistry presents surveys of current topics in this rapidly developing field that has emerged at the cross section of the historically established areas of mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology. It features detailed reviews written by leading international researchers....
by Colonel John R. Quantrill
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
On 21 June 1941 Churchill relieved General Archibald Wavell from command in the Middle East. This action followed a series of set-backs in the theatre during which Churchill had direct dealings with Wavell. Given the significant internal conflict within the British High Command during World War I,...
by Major John R. Carter
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
The belief that airpower is inherently offensive is a recurrent theme throughout airpower theory and doctrine. Before World War I, dogmatic belief in the dominance of the offense in land warfare affected the military decisions which resulted in the disaster of the trenches. Termed the “cult of the...
Britain and Disarmament
The UK and Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Weapons Arms Control and Programmes 1956-1975
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Since the use of poison gas during the First World War and the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan at the end of the Second World War, nuclear, biological or chemical (NBC) weapons have registered high on the fears of governments and individuals alike. Recognising both the particular horror of these...
British Nuclear Weapons and the Test Ban 1954-1973
Britain, the United States, Weapons Policies and Nuclear Testing: Tensions and Contradictions
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
In 1962 Dean Acheson famously described Britain as having lost an Empire but not yet found a role. Perhaps nowhere is this more apparent than in the realms of nuclear weapons. An increasingly marginal world power, successive post-war British governments felt that an independent nuclear deterrent was...
Identity Research and Communication
Intercultural Reflections and Future Directions
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2012
The concept of identity has steadily emerged in importance in the field of intercultural communication, especially over the last two decades. In a transnational world marked by complex connectivity as well as enduring differences and power inequities, it is imperative to understand and continuously...
by John R. Vile
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
The carefully selected and edited readings in this book are chronologically arranged so that students can trace the progression of events and understand the thoughts of those living during the critical Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
• Provides readers with annotated primary sources...
by John R. Vile
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2018
This title is a comprehensive resource for understanding all aspects of the American flag and its relationship to the American people. The encyclopedia provides a thorough historical examination of key developments in the flag's design as well as laws and court decisions related to the flag and the...
by John R. Vile
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
This A-to-Z encyclopedia surveys the history, meaning, and enduring impact of the Declaration of Independence by explaining its contents and concepts, profiling the Founding Fathers, and detailing depictions of the Declaration in art, music, and literature.
• Contains more than 200 encyclopedia...
by John R. Vile
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
This book is the most comprehensive review of all the major proposals to rewrite, revise, or even replace the U.S. Constitution, covering more than 170 proposals from the nation's beginnings to the present day.
• Discusses more than 170 proposed major alterations in—or alternatives to—the...
Second Track Citizens' Diplomacy
Concepts and Techniques for Conflict Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2003
Almost all current wars are primarily intra-state, involving complex societal conflicts with at least one party a non-state community. Second Track/ Citizens' Diplomacy is broadly defined as facilitated dialogue to address conflict issues between unofficial representatives or equivalent opinion leaders...
by C Loring Brace, Kaye Brown, Matt Cartmill
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2009
Histories of American Physical Anthropology in the Twentieth Century chronicles the history of physical anthropology_or, as it is now known, biological anthropology_from its professional origins in the late 1800 up to its modern transformation in the late 1900s. In this edited volume, 13 contributors...
Pain, Pleasure and Perversity
Discourses of Suffering in Seventeenth-Century England
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Luther’s 95 Theses begin and end with the concept of suffering, and the question of why a benevolent God allows his creations to suffer remains one of the central issues of religious thought. In order to chart the processes by which religious discourse relating to pain and suffering became marginalized...
by John R. Musick
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009