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NATO's gamble : combining diplomacy and airpower in the Kosovo crisis, 1998-1999 / by Henriksen, Dag

Table of Contents: “…Operation Allied Force: how NATO stumbled into war -- The first week of OAF -- Prelude to war: setting the stage for Operation Allied Force --The airpower debate and OAF -- From Vietnam to Kosovo: U.S. foreign policy and the use of force -- Lessons from Bosnia -- The international handling of the Kosovo crisis -- The crisis emerges: NATO becomes responsible for crisis management -- Shift in U.S. policy toward the KLA--and the summer offensive -- NATO threatens air strikes: silence before the storm -- Račak--and the Rambouillet Conference -- NATO crisis management in perspective -- Diplomacy and airpower.…”
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Paul through Mediterranean eyes : cultural studies in 1 Corinthians / by Bailey, Kenneth E.

Table of Contents: “…Prelude: prophetic homily style and its interpretation -- The cross and Christian unity: 1 Corinthians 1:10-4:16 -- Sex: men and women in the human family: 1 Corinthians 4:17-7:40 -- Christian and pagan: freedom and responsibility: 1 Corinthians 8:1-11:1 -- Worship: men and women in the church: 1 Corinthians 11:2-14:40 -- Resurrection: faith, Christ and victory: 1 Corinthians 15:1-58 -- Appendix 1: common themes in 1 Corinthians and Amos -- Appendix 2: evidence from the oriental version noted in this study.…”

Missions and empire

Table of Contents: “…Prelude: the Christianizing of British America / Eliga H. …”
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The gods of Diyala transfer of command in Iraq / by Cage, Caleb S., 1979-

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments -- Map of Baquba and Buhriz -- Evolution -- Genesis -- Insurgency : a prelude -- The Easter offensive -- Insurgency : a primer -- All things conventional -- June -- Insurgency : a practicum -- IEDs : the menace beneath -- A city upon a hill : the urban morass -- A city upon a hill : the high ground -- Good things, bad people, and the pictures to prove it -- The moral fight : photogs -- Regime change -- Revisionistas : an interlude -- Holidays : Orient and Occident -- Ramadan in America -- Christmas in Iraq -- The eve of a nation -- Reformation -- Hope and salvation -- To be or not to be -- Up to the task -- Security -- Democracy.…”
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Cuisine and empire : cooking in world history / by Laudan, Rachel, 1944-

Table of Contents: “….-800 C.E -- Islam transforms the cuisines of central and west Asia, 800-1650 C.E -- Christianity transforms the cuisines of Europe and the Americas, 100-1650 C.E -- Prelude to modern cuisines: Europe, 1650-1840 -- Modern cuisines in the industrializing regions, 1810-1920 -- The globalization of modern cuisines, 1920-2000.…”
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Beyond talent creating a successful career in music / by Beeching, Angela Myles

Table of Contents: “…Prelude : confessions of a career counselor -- Mapping success in music -- Making connections : schmoozing for success -- Building your image : creating promotional materials that work -- Expanding your impact : demos and CDs -- Online promotion : using the Internet to advance your career -- Interlude : fundamental questions -- Booking concerts like a pro -- Building your reputation, growing your audience : the media, publicity, and you -- Connecting with audiences : residency, educational, and community programming -- Performing at your best -- The freelance lifestyle : managing your gigs, time, and money -- Raising money for music projects -- Getting it together : your career package.…”
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Failed diplomacy the tragic story of how North Korea got the bomb / by Pritchard, Charles L.

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Prelude to crisis -- Part I : The Role of Rhetoric : getting to yes -- Confrontation over highly enriched uranium -- Influencing the Bush team -- Establishing a multilateral framework -- Part II : Origin of the six-party talks -- Washington and Seoul : a falling out -- The players -- Part III : Six-party talks -- Six party talks : a scorecard -- Rounds four and five : false start or cause for optimism? …”
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Kabuki's forgotten war 1931-1945 / by Brandon, James R.

Table of Contents: “…Kabuki's foreign adventure: 1931-1939 -- Prelude to war -- Kabuki and the Manchurian and Shanghai incidents: 1931-1934 -- Kabuki and the Marco Polo Bridge incident: 1937-1938 -- The darkening storm: 1939 -- Fruits of victory: 1940-1942 -- Kabuki and 2,600 years of imperial rule: 1940 -- Confrontation with America and Britain: 1941 -- Japan and kabuki at the zenith: 1942 -- Defeat and survival: 1943-1945 -- Kabuki and Japan's "decisive battle": 1943 -- Kabuki is a luxury: 1944 -- The agony ends: 1945 -- War plays in kabuki, a retrospection: August 1945 -- Kabuki outlasts the occupation: 1945-1947 -- Inventing classic kabuki: 1945-1947.…”
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The new Black politician Cory Booker, Newark, and post-racial America / by Gillespie, Andra

Table of Contents: “…The Clash of Two Black Americas -- Black Political Entrepreneurship, 21st Century Style : The Theory of Elite Displacement -- Prelude : The Rise of Cory Booker -- Losing : The 2002 Mayoral Election -- pt. 2. …”
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Making the European monetary union the role of the Committee of Central Bank Governors and the origins of the European Central Bank / by James, Harold, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…List of figures -- Foreword / by Mario Draghi -- A Napoleonic prelude -- The origins of the committee -- The response to global monetary turbulence : Barre and Werner -- The snake and other animals -- Negotiating the European monetary system -- The malaise of the 1980s -- The Delors committee and the relaunching of the central bank governors -- Designing a central bank -- The EMS crises -- Conclusion: the euro and the legacy of the Committee of Governors -- Appendix A: The governors' drafts and the treaty text of the statutes of the ECB and EMI -- Appendix B: Members of the committee of governors -- Appendix C: Dramatis personae -- Appendix D: Chronology -- Appendix E: Figures -- Abbreviations used in the text -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.…”
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Mussolini's army in the French Riviera : Italy's occupation of France / by Sica, Emanuele, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…The Armistice Period : June 1940-November 1942 -- The Italian Armistice Commission with France (CIAF) -- Italian Irredentism and French Patriotism in the Cote d'Azur -- A Prelude to Full Occupation -- Part III. The Italian Occupation of Southeastern France : November 1942-September 1943 -- The November 1942 Invasion -- The Italians Settle In -- Life under the Occupation -- Military Repression, Civilian Resistance -- Collaboration and Accommodation -- The Italian Jewish Policy in France -- Drawing the Curtain on the Occupation -- Conclusion.…”
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Inside national health reform by McDonough, John E. (John Edward)

Table of Contents: “…-- Social strategy : Massachusetts Avenue -- Political will I : prelude to a health reform campaign -- Political will II : a health reform campaign -- Title I : the three-legged stool -- Title II : Medicaid, CHIP, and the governors -- Title III : medical care, Medicare, and the cost curve -- Title IV : money, mammograms, and menus -- Title V : who will provide the care? …”
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Loneliness & lament a journey to receptivity / by Huntington, Patricia J.

Table of Contents: “…Prelude: A wayfarer's song -- Part I: Life is song : the quest for music and meaning -- Fitful dreams -- Life and the fight for word -- Primitive aloneness : our true home -- Receptivity and the quest for meaning-filled living -- Loneliness and deliverance -- Part II: Lamentation and woe : the quest for the mother -- Shadows of sorrow-filled lamentation -- Ode to the cup of bitterness -- Pain and bearing -- Lamentation and sorrow -- Tears for want of comforting protection -- Loneliness whom I must befriend -- Where joy and sorrow meet -- Part III: Intimacy and bearing : the quest for the Father -- Life's masculine character -- For what are we set up? …”
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Red cosmos K.E. Tsiolkovskii, grandfather of Soviet rocketry / by Andrews, James T., 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Prelude before Tsiolkovskii: Russian rocketry from Peter the Great to the nineteenth century -- Introduction envisioning the cosmos: K. …”
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I'll be here in the morning the songwriting legacy of Townes Van Zandt / by Atkinson, Brian T.

Table of Contents: “…Prelude: Vince Bell -- Guy Clark -- Ray Wylie Hubbard -- Peter Rowan -- Rodney Crowell -- Kris Kristofferson -- Verse: Cory Chisel -- Billy Joe Shaver -- Chip Taylor -- Tom Russell -- Graham Leader and Heartworn Highways -- Steve Young -- Verse: Jay Farrar -- Ramblin' Jack Elliott -- David Olney -- Todd Snider -- Shawn Camp -- Chorus: Ben Nichols -- James McMurtry -- Lucinda Williams -- Lyle Lovett -- John Gorka -- Bridge: Bianca Deleon -- Michael Timmins -- Kelly Joe Phelps -- Steve Turner -- David Broza -- Michael Weston King -- Verse: Jewel -- Dave Alvin -- Josh Ritter -- Scott Avett -- Jim James -- Adam Duritz -- Kasey Chambers -- Chorus: Darden Smith -- Kevin Russell -- Terri Hendrix -- Butch Hancock -- Jack Ingram -- Coda: Grace Potter.…”
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Ending Africa's wars progressing to peace /

Table of Contents: “…/ Gerry Cleaver and Simon Massey -- A long prelude to peace : African involvement in ending Burundi's war / Roger Southall -- A sustainable peace? …”
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Mrs. Dred Scott a life on slavery's frontier / by VanderVelde, Lea

Table of Contents: “…Peter's Agency -- Winters deep -- 1836 : spring and the change of the guard -- Celestial explorers -- Call of the wood as a prelude to treaty -- 1837 : treaty made before her eyes -- Marriage : together alone -- Traveling the length of the river -- New baby in a new land -- Deteriorating community -- Battles and baptisms -- Taliaferro's last stand -- Leaving Minnesota and its new tribunals -- While the doctor was away : St. …”
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Contested commonwealths essays in American history / by Pencak, William, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Crandall) -- The social structure of revolutionary Boston : evidence from the Great Fire of 1760 -- Play as prelude to revolution : Boston, 1765-1776 -- "The fine theoretic government of Massachusetts is prostrated to the earth" : the response to Shays's Rebellion reconsidered -- Politics and ideology in eighteenth-century almanacs : Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard and Nathanael Ames, Sr.'…”
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The Art of Fugue : Bach Fugues for Keyboard, 1715–1750 / by Kerman, Joseph, 1924-2014

Table of Contents: “…Fugue in C major : The well-tempered clavier, book 1 -- Fugue in C minor : The well-tempered clavier, book 1 -- Fughetta in C major, BWV 952 -- Fugue in C-sharp minor : The well-tempered clavier, book 1 -- Contrapunctus 1 : The art of fugue -- Contrapunctus 10 : The art of fugue -- Chromatic fantasy and fugue, BWV 903 -- Prelude and fugue in E-flat major : The well-tempered clavier, book 1 -- Fugue in E major : The well-tempered clavier, book 2 -- Fugue on "Jesus Christus unser Heiland" : Clavierübung, book 3 -- Fugue in F-sharp minor : The well-tempered clavier, book 1 -- Gigue : English suite no. 3 in G minor -- Fugue in A-flat major : The well-tempered clavier, book 1 -- Fugue in A minor : Fantasy and fugue in A minor, BWV 904 -- Fugue in B-flat major : The well-tempered clavier, book 2 -- Fugue in B major : The well-tempered clavier, book 2.…”
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The art of fugue Bach fugues for keyboard, 1715-1750 / by Kerman, Joseph, 1924-

Table of Contents: “…Fugue in C major : The well-tempered clavier, book 1 -- Fugue in C minor : The well-tempered clavier, book 1 -- Fughetta in C major, BWV 952 -- Fugue in C-sharp minor : The well-tempered clavier, book 1 -- Contrapunctus 1 : The art of fugue -- Contrapunctus 10 : The art of fugue -- Chromatic fantasy and fugue, BWV 903 -- Prelude and fugue in E-flat major : The well-tempered clavier, book 1 -- Fugue in E major : The well-tempered clavier, book 2 -- Fugue on "Jesus Christus unser Heiland" : Clavierübung, book 3 -- Fugue in F-sharp minor : The well-tempered clavier, book 1 -- Gigue : English suite no. 3 in G minor -- Fugue in A-flat major : The well-tempered clavier, book 1 -- Fugue in A minor : Fantasy and fugue in A minor, BWV 904 -- Fugue in B-flat major : The well-tempered clavier, book 2 -- Fugue in B major : The well-tempered clavier, book 2 -- Afterword -- Notes -- Notes to the CD -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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