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Drug war heresies learning from other vices, times, and places / by MacCoun, Robert J.

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From Melos to My Lai war and survival / by Tritle, Lawrence A., 1946-

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The dust rose like smoke : the subjugation of the Zulu and the Sioux / by Gump, James O. (James Oliver)

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Die Rückkehr der "grossen Männer" Staatsmänner im Krieg : ein deutsch-britischer Vergleich = Bringing personality back in : leadership and war : a British-German comparison, 1740-1945 /

“…Bringing personality back in : leadership and war : a British-German comparison, 1740-1945…”
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Alternative Pathways to Complexity : A Collection of Essays on Architecture, Economics, Power, and Cross-Cultural Analysis /

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René Schickele and Alsace cultural identity between the borders / by McGillicuddy, Áine, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Questions of nationhood and cultural identity in France, Germany and Alsace (1870-1914) -- The wartime drama Hans im Schnakenloch -- Alsace between the wars: politics and cultural identity -- Schickele and inter-war Alsace: selected essays and the novel trilogy Das Erbe am Rhein.…”
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Traitors suspicion, intimacy, and the ethics of state-building /

Table of Contents: “…Xiconhoca: Mozambique's ubiquitous post-independence traitor / Lars Buur -- Denunciatory practices and the constitutive role of collaboration in the Bangladesh War / Nayanika Mookherjee -- Intimacy, loyalty, and state formation: the specter of the "anti-national" / Richard W. …”
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Globalizing tobacco control anti-smoking campaigns in California, France, and Japan / by Reid, Roddey, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Global and local strategies: state and NGO initiatives, community mobilization, and social marketing -- The dynamics of collaboration and community input in the media campaign -- The campaign against secondhand smoke: family, ethical subjects, and the social body -- Revising late modernity: smoking as icon of industrialism and the cold war in public health and media culture -- France: unexceptional exceptionalism? …”
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Understanding Nationalism On Narrative, Cognitive Science, and Identity / by Hogan, Patrick Colm

Table of Contents: “…Understanding identity : what it is and what it does -- Hierarchizing identities : techniques of nationalization -- Metaphors and selves : forefathers, roots, and the voice of the people -- Emplotting the nation : the narrative structures of patriotism -- Heroic nationalism and the necessity of war from King David to George W. Bush -- Sacrificial nationalism and its victims : sin and death in Germany and India -- Romantic love and the end of nationalism : Walt Whitman and Emma Goldman.…”
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Understanding Nationalism : On Narrative, Cognitive Science, and Identity / by Hogan, Patrick Colm

Table of Contents: “…Understanding identity : what it is and what it does -- Hierarchizing identities : techniques of nationalization -- Metaphors and selves : forefathers, roots, and the voice of the people -- Emplotting the nation : the narrative structures of patriotism -- Heroic nationalism and the necessity of war from King David to George W. Bush -- Sacrificial nationalism and its victims : sin and death in Germany and India -- Romantic love and the end of nationalism : Walt Whitman and Emma Goldman.…”
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Birthing models on the human rights frontier : speaking truth to power /

Table of Contents: “…Johnson -- Changing childbirth in China : family support still has its place in maternity care / Ngai Fen Cheung and Anshi Pan -- Implementing the International Childbirth Initiative (ICI) in disaster zones : Bumi Sehat's experience from Aceh, Haiti, the Philippines, and Nepal / Ibu Robin Lim with Robbie Davis-Floyd -- Israeli and Palestinian midwives : birthing peace / Mindy Levy, Sera Bonds, Gomer Ben Moshe, Aisha Al-Saifi -- Scraping maternity care off the back burner in Afghanistan : reminding "multi-sector" funding to include the community / Betty-Anne Daviss -- Three generations of rural community midwifery in the Philippines : through war, earthquake, tsunami, and now a war on homebirth / Edna Beguia -- Cooperative competition among the professions : pizza and other keys to disarmament in Canada / P. …”
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New society models for a new millennium the learning society in Europe and beyond /

Table of Contents: “…New society models for a new millennium : sketching the global discourses about a world vision/ Michael Kuhn -- Inside global learning societies- the "war of ideas" of the good world in the global battle of cultures / Michael Kuhn -- The learning society in Europe : Societies in "old" member states of the European Union -- Lifelong learning and the learning society : the evolution of concepts and research in the UK / John Field -- Knowledge economy, learning society, and lifelong learning : a review of the French literature / Philippe Méhaut -- "Learning society" and "knowledge society" : concepts and controversies in German discourses / Doris Weidemann -- A "blurred" object : the Italian discourses on the concept of the learning society / Paolo Ladri and Domenico Maddaloni -- Education for inclusion in the information society / Esther Oliver & Iolanda Tortajada -- Perspectives on the Finnish learning society / Jari Kolehmainen -- Lifelong learning and the learning society : trends and prospects in Europe / John Field --The learning society in Europe : societies in transition -- The "learning society" in Poland / Ewa Slezak -- Conceptualisation of the learning society in the Czech and Slovak republics / Jaroslav Kalous -- Towards a learning society : the Russian experience / Anna Muraveva -- The learning society beyond Europe -- The learning society in Canada and the US / Daniel Schugurensky -- Globalization, development, and policies of knowledge and learning in the Arab states / André Élias Mazawi -- Towards a learning society : the New Zealand experience / Catherine Casey -- The idea of a learning society : an Australian perspective / Beverley Axford and Terri Seddon -- The lifelong learning society in Korea / Namchul Lee -- The learning society in Japan / Yukiko Sawano -- The learning society in China / Meng HongWei -- Learning society : the East-Asian perspective / Kai-ming Cheng -- Official discourse and challenges of building a learning society in India / Madhu Singh -- Knowledge and the learning society in South African debates / Shirley Walters -- Brazil : the scientific discourse about the information society / Roseli Rodrigues de Mello & Paulo Eduardo Gomes Bento -- Conceptualisation of the "learning society" in South America : official, scientific and civil organization discourses / Donatilla Ferrada.…”
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