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Analysis of Air-Based Mechanization and Vertical Envelopment Concepts and Technologies

RAND Corporation, 2001

The Army After Next (AAN) concept of rapidly deployable mechanized battleforces in a tactical environment requires the forces to be readilytransported by vertical, or near-vertical, lift aircraft. In the nonlinearAAN battlefield, this may require the forces to be deployed near the enemy1ssecond echelon. The authors examined the performance of the...

Air Quality, Fourth Edition

CRC Press, 2003

...succeeds in giving a lucid overview of the most important principles...
-The Science of the Total Environment

We can only hope it will become a bible for thousands of students over the next few years.
-ENVIRON

Ozone-destroying chemicals, greenhouse gases, and...

The Culture of Critique: An Evolutionary Analysis of Jewish Involvement in Twentieth-Century Intellectual and Political Movements

1stBooks Library, 2002

MacDonald provides a theoretical analysis and review of data on the widespread tendency among certain highly influential, Jewish-dominated intellectual movements to develop radical critiques of gentile culture that are compatible with the continuity of Jewish identification. Particular attention is paid to Boasian anthropology, psychoanalysis,...

Guardians of the Revolution: Iran and the World in the Age of the Ayatollahs

Oxford University Press, 2009

The late imam was the greatest political and military analyst and a great politician. Imam Khomeini was the best possible pattern for all people in all ages and eras,” declared President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2008.1 It is rare for a revolutionary leader to exercise such infl uence over the imagination of his successors two decades after his...

At War with the Weather: Managing Large-Scale Risks in a New Era of Catastrophes

MIT Press, 2009

The United States and other nations are facing large-scale risks at an accelerating pace. In 2005, three major hurricanes—Katrina, Rita, and Wilma—made landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast within an eight-week period. The damage caused by these storms led to insurance reimbursements and federal disaster relief of more than $180...

Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems

John Wiley & Sons, 2001

"If you’re even thinking of doing any security engineering, you need to read this book. It’s the first, and only, end-to-end modern security design and engineering book ever written."–Bruce Schneier

"Many people are anxious about Internet security for PCs and servers," says leading expert Ross Anderson,...

Virtualpolitik: An Electronic History of Government Media-Making in a Time of War, Scandal, Disaster, Miscommunication, and Mistakes

MIT Press, 2009

Today government agencies not only have official Web sites but also sponsor moderated chats, blogs, digital video clips, online tutorials, videogames, and virtual tours of national landmarks. Sophisticated online marketing campaigns target citizens with messages from the government—even as officials make news with digital gaffes involving...

Vietnam at War

Oxford University Press, 2009

For many Westerners, the Vietnam War summons images of American soldiers patrolling rice paddies, battling an elusive enemy as helicopters circle overhead. But there were, in fact, many Vietnam wars--an anti-colonial war with France, a cold war turned hot with the United States, a civil war between North and South Vietnam and among southern...

Managing Security Overseas: Protecting Employees and Assets in Volatile Regions

Auerbach Publications, 2009

Written by a Certified Protection Professional (CPP), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and FBI recognized subject matter expert, Managing Security Overseas: Protecting Employees and Assets in Volatile Regions details the dos and don’ts of protecting people and assets in hostile global settings. The author, Scott Alan Ast,...

Oracle Warehouse Builder 11g: Getting Started

Packt Publishing, 2009

Competing in today's world requires a greater emphasis on strategy, long-range planning, and decision making, and this is why businesses are building data warehouses. Data warehouses are becoming more and more common as businesses have realized the need to mine the information that is stored in electronic form. Data warehouses provide valuable...

Flex 3 with Java

Packt Publishing, 2009

Flex 3 is a great technology for developing Rich Internet Applications for the Web as well as for the desktop. If you are a developer looking to design great-looking and sophisticated user interfaces that resemble desktop-based applications, and want to utilize an existing server technology such as Java to develop RIAs, this book is for you.

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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

Little, Brown and Company, 2000

The Tipping Point is that magical moment when an idea, trend, or social behaviour crosses a threshhold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a sick individual in a crowded store can start can epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend or the popularity of a new restaurant to take off overnightor...

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