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Germany's success in the Second World War was built upon its tank forces; however, many of its leading generals, with the notable exception of Heinz Guderian, are largely unknown. This biographical study of four German panzer army commanders ser[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-00-928281-9 Article on page: 321 p. Descriptors: 3.40 Literature > Literary forms and genres > Prose > Biographies
6.15 Politics and government > Political doctrines > Totalitarianism > Nazism
Class number: 940.541 343 092 Tags: World War, 1939-1945--Biography ; World War, 1939-1945 Germany ; Regimental histories ; Tank warfare--History ; Germany. Heer--Biography ; Generals--Germany--Biography ; Admirals--Germany--Biography ; Marshals--Germany--Biography ; Germany--Armed forces--Biography Languages: English Books
This is a ground-breaking study of German operational command during a critical phase of the First World War from November 1916 to the eve of the third battle of Ypres. The situation faced by the German army on the Western Front in 1917 was very[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-108-83023-2 Article on page: 326 p. Descriptors: Class number: 940.343 Tags: Germany. Heer--History--20th century--Case studies ; World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front ; World War, 1914-1918--Germany ; Operational art (Military science)--Case studies ; Command of troops ; Military doctrine--Germany--History--20th century--Case studies Languages: English Books
Counterinsurgency, the violent suppression of armed insurrection, is among the dominant kinds of war in contemporary world politics. Often linked to protecting populations and reconstructing legitimate political orders, it has appeared in other [...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-00-922582-3 Descriptors: Class number: 355.021 8 Tags: Counterinsurgency ; Political science ; Insurgency Languages: English Books
'Professor Yong Deng presents a comprehensive, careful, and well-researched analysis of China's external policy over the past twenty years. He highlights the subtle but strategic shift in China's pursuit of 'strategic opportunity,' from the pu[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-00-910113-4 Article on page: XII, 235 p. Descriptors: 6.20 International relations > International relations > Foreign relations > Foreign policy
Class number: 327.51 Tags: China Foreign relations 21st century ; China Politics and government 2002- ; Diplomatic relations Languages: English Books
What is narrative? How does it work and how does it shape our lives? H. Porter Abbott emphasizes that narrative is found not just in literature, film, and theatre, but everywhere in the ordinary course of people's lives. This widely used introdu[...]
Edition statement: 3rd.ed ISBN (or other code): 978-1-108-83078-2 Article on page: XIX, 273 p. Descriptors: 1.60 Teaching and training > Teaching methods > Group instruction > Story telling
3.40 Literature > National literatures > Littérature anglaise
Class number: 808 Tags: Narration (Rhetoric) ; Fiction--Technique ; English literature Languages: English Books
'For anyone wishing to understand the story of global jihad, understanding the life and thought of Abdallah Azzam is essential. Hegghammer provides a first-rate guidebook. Meticulously researched, this reads like a Graham Greene thriller - only [...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-521-76595-4 Article on page: 695 p. Descriptors: 6.20 International relations > International conflicts > War > Religious aspects > Jihad
7.40 Ethnic and religious groupings > Arab States > Palestine
Class number: 297.72 Tags: Jihad--Afghanistan (E) ; Arabes Languages: English Books
Can foreign capital empower dictatorship? This groundbreaking book develops a unified theory that links three prominent forms of international capital to the endurance of dictatorships. International capital empowers governments to finance two k[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-108-72685-6 Article on page: vii., 188 p. Descriptors: 6.15 Politics and government > Political science > Politics
Class number: 338.910 917 24 Tags: Developing countries ; Economic assistance--Political aspects ; Economic development--Political aspects ; Investments, Foreign--Political aspects Languages: English Books
Addressing both scholars of international law and political science as well as decision makers involved in cybersecurity policy, the book tackles the most important and intricate legal issues that a state faces when considering a reaction to a m[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-108-47986-8 Article on page: XI, 325 p. Descriptors: Class number: 341.58 Tags: Self-defense (International law) ; Unilateral acts (International law) ; Cyberspace operations (International law) ; Information warfare(International law) ; Self-defense ; Cyberterrorism ; Information warfare Languages: English Books
The idea of military necessity lies at the centre of the law of armed conflict and yet it is less than fully understood. This book analyses which legal limits govern the commander's assessment of military necessity, and argues that military nece[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-108-49392-5 Article on page: XXII, 428 p. Descriptors: Class number: 341.63 Tags: Necessity (International law)., Aggression (International law)., Armed Forces Law and legislation., Military necessity., War (International law) Languages: English Books
Policymakers, legislators, scientists, thinkers, military strategists, academics, and all those interested in understanding the future want to know how twenty-first century scientific advance should be regulated in war and peace. This book tri[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-108-74012-8 Article on page: XXI, 504 p. Descriptors: Class number: 341.6 Tags: Technological innovations--Law and legislation ; Military art and science--Technological innovations ; War (International law) Languages: English Books
The cognitive abilities of birds are remarkable: hummingbirds integrate spatial and temporal information about food sources, day-old chicks have a sense of numbers, parrots can make and use tools, and ravens have sophisticated insights in social[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-107-46546-6 Article on page: IX, 339 p. Descriptors: Class number: 598.15 Tags: Birds--Behavior., Birds--Psychology., Cognition in animals Languages: English Books
Gil, Terry, Publisher ; Dieter Fleck, Publisher ; William h. Boothby, Publisher ; Alfons Vanheusden, Publisher | Cambridge University Press | 2017The Leuven Manual is the authoritative, comprehensive overview of the rules that are to be followed in peace operations conducted by the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the African Union and other organisations, with detailed comment[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-108-44113-1 Article on page: V, 403 p. Descriptors: Class number: 341.584 Tags: Peacekeeping forces ; International law Languages: English Books
Dimitris g. Manolakis, Author ; Lockwood, Ronald B., Author ; W. Cooley, Thomas, Author | Cambridge University Press | 2016A practical and self-contained guide to the principles, techniques, models and tools of imaging spectroscopy. Bringing together material from essential physics and digital signal processing, it covers key topics such as sensor design and calibra[...]
Edition statement: 1rd ed. ISBN (or other code): 978-1-107-08366-0 Article on page: 685 p. Descriptors: 5.30 Information sources > Visual materials > Illustrations
5.40 Information technology (software) > Data processing > Digitization
Class number: 771 Tags: Multispectral imaging ; Remote-sensing images ; Image processing--Digital techniques ; Imaging systems Languages: English Books
Gurtin, Morton E., Author ; Fried, Eliot, Author ; Anand, Lallit, Author | Cambridge University Press | 2013A consolidated treatment of continuum mechanics and thermodynamics that stresses the universal status of the basic balances and the entropy imbalance. The Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Continua is written for engineers, physicists and mathemat[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-107-61706-3 Article on page: xxi, 694 p. Descriptors: 2.15 Mathematics and statistics > Mathematics
2.20 Physical sciences > Thermodynamics > Thermochimie, thermodynamique
Class number: 531 Tags: Thermodynamics--Mathematics ; Continuum mechanics--Mathematics Languages: English Books
Of all the thinkers of the century of genius that inaugurated modern philosophy, none lived an intellectual life more rich and varied than Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716). Maria Rosa Antognazza's pioneering biography provides a unified por[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-107-62761-1 Article on page: XXVII, 623 p. Descriptors: 3.15 Philosophy and ethics > Philosophy > Philosophy of mind
3.40 Literature > Literary forms and genres > Prose > Biographies
Class number: 193 Tags: Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716 ; Mathematicians ; Philosophers ; Germany Languages: English