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Children and war a historical anthology /

Table of Contents: “…Lewis -- Japanese children and the culture of death, January-August 1945 / Owen Griffiths -- The antifascist narrative : memory lessons in the schools of the Soviet occupation zone, 1945-1949 / Benita Blessing -- Humanitarian sympathy for children in times of war and the history of children's rights, 1919-1959 / Dominique Marshall -- "These unfortunate children" : sons and daughters of the Regiment in revolutionary and Napoleonic France / Thomas Cardoza -- Children and the New Zealand wars : an exploration / Jeanine Marie Graham -- Stolen generations and vanishing Indians : the removal of indigenous children as a weapon of war in the United States and Australia, 1870-1940 / Victoria Haskins and Margaret D. …”
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Castles, battles, & bombs how economics explains military history / by Brauer, Jurgen, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Economics -- Economics -- Principle I: Opportunity cost -- Principle II: Expected marginal costs and benefits -- Principle III: Substitution -- Principle IV: Diminishing marginal returns -- Principle V: asymmetric information and hidden characteristics -- Principle VI: Hidden actions and incentive alignments -- Conclusion: economics--and military history -- The high Middle Ages, 1000-1300: The case of the medieval castle and the opportunity cost of warfare -- Opportunity cost and warfare -- The ubiquity of castles -- The cost of castling -- The advantages of castles -- The cost of armies -- Castle building and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The Renaissance, 1300-1600: the case of the condottieri and the military labor market -- The principal-agent problem -- Demand, supply, and recruitment -- Contracts and pay -- Control and contract evolution -- The development of permanent armies -- Condottieri and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of battle, 1618-1815: the case of costs, benefits, and the decision to offer battle -- Expected marginal costs and benefits of battle -- The 1600s: Gustavus Adolphus and Raimondo de Montecuccoli -- The 1700s: Marlborough, de Saxe, and Frederick the Great -- Napoleonic warfare -- The age of battle and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of revolution, 1789-1914: the case of the American Civil War and the economics of information asymmetry -- Information and warfare -- North, South, and the search for information -- Major Eastern campaigns through Gettysburg -- Grant in Virginia -- The American Civil War and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of the world wars, 1914-1945: the case of diminishing marginal returns to the strategic bombing of Germany in World War II -- A strategic bombing production function -- Bombing German war production -- Bombing the supply chain and the civilian economy -- Bombing German morale -- Assessing the effect of strategic bombing -- Strategic bombing and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of the Cold War, 1945-1991: the case of capital-labor substitution and France's Force de Frappe -- History of the Force de Frappe -- The force post-De Gaulle -- Justifying the force -- The force's effect on France's conventional arms -- Substituting nuclear for conventional forces -- The Force de Frappe and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- Economics and military history in the twenty-first century -- Economics of terrorism -- Economics of military manpower -- Economics of private military companies -- Economics, historiography, and military history -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.…”
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The military and society in Russia 1450-1917 /

Table of Contents: “…Breyfogel -- The Response of the Population of Moscow to the Napoleonic Occupation of 1812 -- Alexander M. Martin -- The Holy Sepulcher and the Origin of the Crimean War -- David Goldfrank -- Military Reform, Moral Reform, and the End of the Old Regime -- Josh Sanbor -- The Russian Military and the Jews in Galicia, 1914-15 -- Alexander V Prusin.…”
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Children and war a historical anthology /

Table of Contents: “…Lewis -- Japanese children and the culture of death, January-August 1945 / Owen Griffiths -- The antifascist narrative : memory lessons in the schools of the Soviet occupation zone, 1945-1949 / Benita Blessing -- Humanitarian sympathy for children in times of war and the history of children's rights, 1919-1959 / Dominique Marshall -- "These unfortunate children" : sons and daughters of the Regiment in revolutionary and Napoleonic France / Thomas Cardoza -- Children and the New Zealand wars : an exploration / Jeanine Marie Graham -- Stolen generations and vanishing Indians : the removal of indigenous children as a weapon of war in the United States and Australia, 1870-1940 / Victoria Haskins and Margaret D. …”
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Castles, battles, & bombs how economics explains military history / by Brauer, Jurgen, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Economics -- Economics -- Principle I: Opportunity cost -- Principle II: Expected marginal costs and benefits -- Principle III: Substitution -- Principle IV: Diminishing marginal returns -- Principle V: asymmetric information and hidden characteristics -- Principle VI: Hidden actions and incentive alignments -- Conclusion: economics--and military history -- The high Middle Ages, 1000-1300: The case of the medieval castle and the opportunity cost of warfare -- Opportunity cost and warfare -- The ubiquity of castles -- The cost of castling -- The advantages of castles -- The cost of armies -- Castle building and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The Renaissance, 1300-1600: the case of the condottieri and the military labor market -- The principal-agent problem -- Demand, supply, and recruitment -- Contracts and pay -- Control and contract evolution -- The development of permanent armies -- Condottieri and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of battle, 1618-1815: the case of costs, benefits, and the decision to offer battle -- Expected marginal costs and benefits of battle -- The 1600s: Gustavus Adolphus and Raimondo de Montecuccoli -- The 1700s: Marlborough, de Saxe, and Frederick the Great -- Napoleonic warfare -- The age of battle and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of revolution, 1789-1914: the case of the American Civil War and the economics of information asymmetry -- Information and warfare -- North, South, and the search for information -- Major Eastern campaigns through Gettysburg -- Grant in Virginia -- The American Civil War and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of the world wars, 1914-1945: the case of diminishing marginal returns to the strategic bombing of Germany in World War II -- A strategic bombing production function -- Bombing German war production -- Bombing the supply chain and the civilian economy -- Bombing German morale -- Assessing the effect of strategic bombing -- Strategic bombing and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- The age of the Cold War, 1945-1991: the case of capital-labor substitution and France's Force de Frappe -- History of the Force de Frappe -- The force post-De Gaulle -- Justifying the force -- The force's effect on France's conventional arms -- Substituting nuclear for conventional forces -- The Force de Frappe and the other principles of economics -- Conclusion -- Economics and military history in the twenty-first century -- Economics of terrorism -- Economics of military manpower -- Economics of private military companies -- Economics, historiography, and military history -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.…”
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Fictional names : a critical study of some theories not committed to the existence of fictional entities / by Napoleone, Angelo

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Fictional names : a critical study of some theories not committed to the existence of fictional entities / by Napoleone, Angelo

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The Dao of capital Austrian investing in a distorted world / by Spitznagel, Mark, 1971-

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The Dao of capital Austrian investing in a distorted world / by Spitznagel, Mark, 1971-

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A Vietnamese Moses : Philiphe Binh and the Geographies of Early Modern Catholicism / by Dutton, George Edson

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A Vietnamese Moses : Philiphe Binh and the Geographies of Early Modern Catholicism / by Dutton, George Edson

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Reconsidering Constitutional Formation I National Sovereignty A Comparative Analysis of the Juridification by Constitution /

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Reconsidering Constitutional Formation I National Sovereignty A Comparative Analysis of the Juridification by Constitution /

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Race and culture in New Orleans stories : Kate Chopin, Grace King, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, and George Washington Cable / by Nagel, James

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Race and culture in New Orleans stories : Kate Chopin, Grace King, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, and George Washington Cable / by Nagel, James

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