This book tells the stories behind some of the world's most disastrous military mistakes, whether caused by faulty information, bad interpretation, cunning plans to deceive the intelligence gatherers or leaders who won't listen to what they are told. It is an analysis of the "intelligence cycle" that turns raw data into useful information about capabilities and intentions and then brings it to the attention of the decision-makers. Who uses many examples of all kinds of extraordinary decisions and deceptions from history to show how often and badly things can go wrong

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Art Kleps - Millbrook, A Narrative of the Early Ye ars of American Psychedelianism, Recension of 2005 (2005).jpg

USA Books - Art Kleps - Millbrook, A Narrative of the Early Years ...rs of American Psychedelianism, Recension of 2005 2005.jpg

A rough outline of major events in the book: In 1960, the author, then a school psychologist, takes a half a gram of pure mescaline sulfate, which he legally orders through the mail, and has a massive visionary trip. Three years later, Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert and Ralph Metzer, Ph.D.s recently ejected from Harvard, move into the Hitchcock property, a 2500-acre estate in Millbrook, wealthy Dutchess County, New York. They were offered a 50 room mansion, the "Big House," by Billy and Tommy Hitchcock, heirs of the Mellon fortune, as a "psychedelic research center." Art Kleps sends Leary a copy of his Neo-Psychopathic Character Test and is invited to visit Millbrook.

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David Bell, Joanne Hollows - Historicizing Lifesty le, Mediating Taste, Consumption And Identity from the 1900s to 1970s (2006).jpg

USA Books - David Bell, Joanne Hollows - Historicizing Lifestyle, ...Consumption And Identity from the 1900s to 1970s 2006.jpg

Lifestyles have a history, and lifestyle media is fundamentally implicated in this history. This original volume examines issues of taste, media and lifestyle from the 1900s to 1970s, providing a wealth of empirical evidence and key debate from a variety of international perspectives. Including examples as diverse as "Good Housekeeping" and "Playboy", it explores the continuities and discontinuities between the past and present to provide a better understanding about the representation of lifestyle and its relationship to the self. The volume demonstrates how ideas about gender, nation and 'race' problematize the taken-for-granted assumptions about lifestyle, with particular emphasis on the new middle classes in the US. The book also looks at the role of advertising and marketing in mediating ideas about lifestyle, and the role of material culture in the construction of cultural hierarchies and the positioning of social groups within wider cartographies of taste. The volume makes a significant contribution to this growing field, and is of interest to academics and students in media and cultural studies, communication studies, cultural history, and sociology.

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Peter Woodward - US Foreign Policy and the Horn of Africa (2006).jpg

Examining US involvement in the Horn of Africa, this volume addresses the relationship between the US and the Islamic movement in this region. Peter Woodward explores the interests of the United States in the region through two cases: Sudan and Somalia. He also discusses the effects of the Eritrean-Ethiopian war on US policy and posture in the region, along with the effects of other regional wars. The book looks at the relationship between US perceptions of Islamism and brings a unique perspective to the ongoing debate over US policy in the Islamic world. It will be of interest to those working in or researching foreign policy, as well as peace, security and conflict issues.

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Claude S. Fisher - America Calling, A Social Histo ry of the Telephone to 1940 (1994).jpg

A warning to those who see technology as having clear and far-reaching consequences in American life: Don't use the telephone as an obvious example. From a user-centered view of technological dispersion, the author argues convincingly that the telephone reinforced social and cultural patterns rather than changed them. Most wealthy and middle-class Americans (and many farmers) adopted the new technology to their own ends prior to World War II--ends not necessarily anticipated or welcomed by industry leaders or technology forecasters. Well researched, with an excellent bibliography and fascinating endnotes, Fischer's study is likely to be a required purchase for comprehensive collections in sociology, business, and the history of technology. It is accessible, however, to a wider audience because of its readability.

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Christopher Cocker - Ethics and War in the 21st Ce ntury (2008).jpg

In an eminently readable and historically informed narrative, Coker demonstrates that we have rules of war, not because we are nice but because we are sensible. These rules are hard to apply to novel situations like the struggle against terrorism, but failure to do so almost inevitably makes victory more elusive and costlier. Statesmen, soldiers, diplomats, scholars, and anyone concerned with the problem of war and ethics, will find this an informative, provocative and helpful book

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Christopher Cocker - Ethics and War in the 21st Ce ntury (2008).pdf

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Malcolm J. Rohrbough - Trans-Appalachian Frontier, Third Edition, People, Societies, and Institution s, 1775-1850 (2007).jpg

USA Books - Malcolm J. Rohrbough - Trans-Appalachian Frontier, Thi...n, People, Societies, and Institutions, 1775-1850 2007.jpg

The definitive history of the subject. Nothing approaches it in the scope of its coverage. I can think of no other book more frequently cited ... on the conquest, settlement, and development of the region between the Appalachians and the Great Plains. [It is] the work of a master historian totally in control of his craft.

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Malcolm J. Rohrbough - Trans-Appalachian Frontier, Third Edition, People, Societies, and Institution s, 1775-1850 (2007).pdf

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Keith Newlin - A Theodore Dreiser Encyclopedia (20 03).jpg

"The new Theodore Dreiser Encyclopedia is a handsome piece of work which shows thorough and responsible attention to its subject and careful quality control. Keith Newlin, the coeditor of Dreiser Studies, has assembled a roster of contributors that includes many of the leading Dreiser scholars of this generation....The entries are notably well-written, and Newlin has delimited his topic intelligently, focusing not only on Dreiser's texts, but also on the biographical and contextual matter of Dreiser's richly varied public and personal life....[a] neatly cross-referenced compendium of information about the life and works of one of our most important authors....This volume will serve its readers very well."-American Literary Realism
Nearly 70 scholars, from well established veterans to newcomers, contribute articles relating American writer Dreiser (1871-1945). They provide general readers and specialists in Dreiser, American literature, or his period with information on people he knew, his massive body of work, themes, places he lived, editors and publishers, inspirations for.

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Suzanne Strempek Shea - Sundays in America, A Year long Road Trip in Search of Christian Faith (2008).jpg

It's a fascinating project: attend 52 different churches in one year and report your first impressions. Shea, a New England novelist and former Catholic, engagingly writes of her initial visits to all kinds of churches: Shaker and Baptist, evangelical and mainline, African-American and Caucasian. Sometimes, these well-written first impressions yield intriguing analysis, as when she notes the total absence of children at the Mother Church of Christ, Scientist. But more often, the book's quick verdicts reinforce the idea that public Sunday worship is just one part of what makes a religion tick, and that it may be unfair to judge churches solely on this basis. Shea seems comfortable enough criticizing other people's intolerance—including that of former president and erstwhile Sunday School teacher Jimmy Carter—but myopically fails to see her own judgmentalism, as when bemoaning the Mennonite presence on a Hopi reservation or taking easy shots at televangelist Joel Osteen. Also, the book has some small factual errors; for instance, Mormons do not believe in the Holy Trinity, as Shea attests. Although the portraits are appealingly personal and often funny, readers may wish for a more rigorous examination of these churches than Shea's impressionistic approach is able to provide.

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Suzanne Strempek Shea - Sundays in America, A Year long Road Trip in Search of Christian Faith (2008).pdf

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John Christgau - The Gambler and the Bug Boy, 1939 Los Angeles and the Untold Story of a Horse Racin g Fix (2007).jpg

USA Books - John Christgau - The Gambler and the Bug Boy, 1939 Los...geles and the Untold Story of a Horse Racing Fix 2007.jpg

“Scandal on the Turf!” the Los Angeles Times proclaimed. It was October 1940, a mere few months after Seabiscuit had won the Santa Anita Derby, and now this bombshell: “Six Jockeys Admit Horse Races Fixed.” The Gambler and the Bug Boy recounts this dark chapter in horse racing history. At its center is Bernard “Big” Mooney, a flashy L.A. bookmaker who began his seedy career by threatening young jockeys with death if they didn’t “pull” their horses. His unwilling partner is Albert Siler, a callow, eighteen-year-old apprentice rider (a so-called bug boy) from eastern Oregon. John Christgau tells how Big Mooney manipulated this promising rider and how Siler tried to escape the gambler’s criminal grip without ruining his career. Christgau's book gives all the harrowing details of the unraveling plot and the botched court case that followed which riveted the attention of the nation. Told in full for the first time, this story brings to light a little-known but important horse racing scandal.

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John Christgau - The Gambler and the Bug Boy, 1939 Los Angeles and the Untold Story of a Horse Racin g Fix (2007).pdf

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Dreck Spurlock Wilson - African American Architect s, A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945 (2004).jpg

Since the end of the Civil War, African-American architects have been responsible for creating houses, schools, research institutes, and other significant buildings throughout the United States. The Widener Library at Harvard University, the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, and Tuskegee Institute's Butler Chapel are just a few examples of prominent buildings designed by African Americans. But even though many of the structures they helped create survive to this day, most of these architects remain virtually unknown.This unique reference source brings the lives and work of these pioneers to light for the first time. Written by over 100 experts, ranging from archivists to architectural historians, this book chronicles African-American architects from the era of Emancipation to the end of World War II, filling a key gap in existing scholarship. The number of architects and the scope of their accomplishments will surprise and fascinate readers. Some 160 illustrated A-Z entries include biographical essays as well as commentary on the work of each architect, offering a wealth of information about their lives, their buildings, and the obstacles many had to overcome. Articles provide insight on the history of architectural education at traditionally black colleges and universities, such as Tuskegee Institute, Howard University, Hampton Institute, Florida A&M, and Prairie View A&M. The book features a helpful introductory overview of African Americans in domestic architecture, and an appendix containing a list of buildings by geographical location and architect makes for a handy reference tool

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Dreck Spurlock Wilson - African American Architect s, A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945 (2004).pdf

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Robert Sloan - Dont Blame the Shorts Why Short Sel lers Are Always Blamed for Market Crashes and How History Is Repeating Itself (2009).jpg

USA Books - Robert Sloan - Dont Blame the Shorts Why Short Sellers...rket Crashes and How History Is Repeating Itself 2009.jpg

His book is a useful corrective to the view of short selling as “unpatriotic” or uniquely anti-social. John Plender, Financial Times Review November 2009

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Robert Sloan - Dont Blame the Shorts Why Short Sel lers Are Always Blamed for Market Crashes and How History Is Repeating Itself (2009).pdf

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Dimitris N. Chorafa - Financial Boom and Gloom, Th e Credit and Banking Crisis of 2007-2009 and Beyon d (2008).jpg

USA Books - Dimitris N. Chorafa - Financial Boom and Gloom, The Cr...redit and Banking Crisis of 2007-2009 and Beyond 2008.jpg

The credit and banking crisis which hit the western world in 2007/2008 has and will continue to have far-reaching after-effects. At their core are Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs) and Credit Default Swaos (CDSs), the main themes of this book.

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Dimitris N. Chorafa - Financial Boom and Gloom, Th e Credit and Banking Crisis of 2007-2009 and Beyon d (2008).pdf

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William McCarthy - Vault Guide to Capitol Hill Car eers, An Inside Look Inside the Beltway (2003).jpg

This Vault guide provides an inside look at the opportunities available in government, public affairs, and politics in the nation’s capital.

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William McCarthy - Vault Guide to Capitol Hill Car eers, An Inside Look Inside the Beltway (2003).pdf

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Stephen G. Brooks, William C. Wohlforth - World Ou t of Balance, International Relations and the Chal lenge of American Primacy (2008).jpg

USA Books - Stephen G. Brooks, William C. Wohlforth - World Out of... Relations and the Challenge of American Primacy 2008.jpg

World Out of Balance is the most comprehensive analysis to date of the constraints on the United States’ use of power in pursuit of its security interests. Stephen Brooks and William Wohlforth overturn conventional wisdom by showing that in a unipolar system, where the United States is dominant in the scales of world power, the constraints featured in international relations theory are generally inapplicable. In fact, the authors argue that the U.S. will not soon lose its leadership position; rather, it stands before a twenty-year window of opportunity for reshaping the international system.

Although American primacy in the world is unprecedented, analysts routinely stress the limited utility of such preeminence. The authors examine arguments from each of the main international relations theories--realism, institutionalism, constructivism, and liberalism. They also cover the four established external constraints on U.S. security policy--international institutions, economic interdependence, legitimacy, and balancing. The prevailing view is that these external constraints conspire to undermine the value of U.S. primacy, greatly restricting the range of security policies the country can pursue. Brooks and Wohlforth show that, in actuality, the international environment does not tightly constrain U.S. security policy. World Out of Balance underscores the need for an entirely new research agenda to better understand the contours of international politics and the United States’ place in the world order.

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Stephen G. Brooks, William C. Wohlforth - World Ou t of Balance, International Relations and the Chal lenge of American Primacy (2008).pdf

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Bryan Fryklund, Jan Reeder - Hunter Travel Adventu res Hawaii, the Big Island, Second Edition (2010).jpg

This guide provides comprehensive information on pretty much everything the Big Island has to offer! Nearly twice the size of any other Hawaiian Island, the Big Island is home to some of the region's most beautiful landscapes - from Mauna Kea, the island's largest volcano, to the pristine reefs that provide shelter to exotic sea life. "Travel Adventures Hawaii: The Big Island" provides you with everything you'll ever need to know for planning a trip to this stunning destination, including the best places to stay and eat - for all tastes and budgets; practical travel advice; and expert info on what to pack and when to go. This superb guide also includes fully-up-to-date information on all the exciting activities available - from snorkelling in the coral gardens to swimming with dolphins, and from a helicopter ride over Hawaii Volcanoes National Park to learning the hula!

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