clausewitz in the twenty-first century dec 2007

... On War in the ﬁrst place—to understand war,not because they are particularly interested in understanding Clausewitz. The presumption in much contemporary comment in the opening yearsof the twenty-ﬁrst ... though they were the exclusive templates for war in the coming century. Striking here is the lack of perspective, which fails to look atother wars going on elsewhere in the world at the same ... by other means, to an explicit engagementwith the ‘fascinating trinity’ of war. In the trinity, which Clausewitz stressedcontained his actual concept of war, and which he saw as the starting...

Cambridge.University.Press.Neuroethics.Challenges.for.the.21st.Century.Aug.2007.pdf

... ourselves, the endlessly fas-cinating, endlessly strange, world of the human being, by under-standing the ways in which our minds function and how theybecome dysfunctional. the mind and the brainThis ... but there is also increasing evidence, thanks in large part to the work of Antonio Damasio, that having the rightfeelings at the right time is indispensable to good decision-making.Moreover, in ... detailedunderstanding of the way in which the brain works. We shall not beexploring the world of neurons, with their dendrites and axons, nor the neuroanatomy of the brain, with its division into hemispheresand...

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Regional diversity in the nineteenth century

... May 15, 2007 16:0Regional diversity in the nineteenth century 179southern africaDuring the early nineteenth century the African peoples of southern Africaused two strategies in attempting to ... semi-independentdynasties in Tunis in 1705 and Tripoli in 1711.Inthe frontier province of Algiers,by contrast, the soldiers remained more alien, electing an ofﬁcer as dey and gov-erning the hinterland by using favoured ... himself’.11 The western savanna also experienced two jihads during the nineteenth century, but they created less stability. The ﬁrst, in 1818, was in the internaldelta of the Niger, hitherto controlled...

Tài liệu Noblewoman aristocracy and power in the twelfth century anglo norman realm pptx

... hertenacity in holding the castle in 1217. Indeed, Nichola’s defence ofpower and portrayal 23 Lincoln in 1217 was a signiﬁcant factor in turning the tide of events in favour of King John. According ... appliesto other twelfth -century saints.44 Women’s testimony and role as sourcesof information on the saint are therefore one way in which they could in uence the shape and content of the text. ... research into the history of women and gender since the 1970s has changed the face of history. Using the insights of feminist theoryand of historians of women, gender historians have explored the...

Tài liệu Social and Economic Control of Alcohol The 21st Amendment in the 21st Century docx

... be justiﬁed depend-ing on the willingness of policy makers to intervene into family life. In addition, there is an argument to be made to intervene on the well-being of the individual. Although ... through the interjection of a reverse economic model originally intended to give the middle tier the monopoly of economic control. As authors in the original text point out, in an ever-expanding ... society.Another type of policy control that aﬀects “total price” is the minimum drink-ing law, which severely increases the cost of drinking if the youth is caught.† Gross-man et al.10 simulate the...

Tài liệu Toward a New Literacy of Cooperation in Business MANAGING DILEMMAS IN THE 21ST CENTURY pdf

... Cooperation in Business: Managing Dilemmas in the 21st Century, we take the first steps in exploring thisemerging field of knowledge and practice, lookingfor ways to think about two key business ... result of the largely unconscious evolution ofinstitutions of collective action. Ostrom has taken the lead in making the management principles forthese institutions explicit, combining theory ... exam-ple, in Ostrom’s study of water-use arrangements in the Los Angeles basin, an outside institution (the U.S. Geological Survey [USGS]) was charged withmonitoring, among other things, the salinity...

Tài liệu The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century pdf

... pounds sterling.[21] In view of the prevailing east wind in these regions, and the maze of reefs, cays and shoals extending far outto sea from the Mosquito Coast, the galleons, in making their course ... workmen, the increase of imposts, and the prejudice against the mechanic arts, industry was being ruined; while the increased depopulation of the realm, the mainmort of ecclesiastical lands, the majorats ... imposing on the out-goingcargoes tyrannical exactions called "indults." The results were fatal. Foreigners often eluded these impositionsby interloping in the West Indies and in the...

Tài liệu FINANCING VACCINES IN THE 21st CENTURY pptx

... Berlin.20 FINANCING VACCINES IN THE 21ST CENTURY health sectors in adapting to foreseeable changes in vaccine development in the decades ahead. The public and private partnership that supports the immunization ... with the addition of new vaccine products to the recommended childhood schedule. In diagnosing the problems facing the vaccine financing system, the Insti-tute of Medicine’s Committee on the ... caresetting. Assuring access and sustaining incentives that contribute to the availability of safe and effective vaccines are the twin goals that mustguide vaccine finance strategies in the 21st century. 16...

Strategic Appraisal - United States Air and Space Power in the 21st Century ppt

... at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. Maintaining stability is likely to become more difficult because the region is producing two rising great powers: China and India. Theyare ... challenge continues to be the continuing inabilityof the United States, its allies, and the Iraqi opposition to get rid of the Iraqi strongman, Saddam Hussein. Through the end of the Clinton administration, ... role in securing U.S. interests, in promot-ing American values, and in protecting human rights. While the USAF has had significant success in employing aerospace power in the recent past, emerging...

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