Breaking ranks Iraq veterans speak out against the war / by Gutmann, Matthew C., 1953-

Table of Contents: “…A different kind of war story -- Innocence -- Recruiting volunteers -- Training -- First missions -- War's crucible -- Inside Iraq, on the outskirts of hell -- Face to face with Iraqi civilians -- Awakenings -- Aftermath and activism -- Homecoming traumas -- Speaking out -- Six soldiers.…”
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Angels in the machinery gender in American party politics from the Civil War to the progressive era / by Edwards, Rebecca, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…1. The Political Crucible of the Civil War -- 2. Suffragists, Prohibitionists, and Republicans -- 3. …”
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Adversity is my angel the life and career of Raúl H. Castro / by Castro, Raul H., 1916-

Table of Contents: “…Ancestors and immigrants -- High school and the world beyond -- Crucible of optimism: higher education at Arizona State Teachers College in Flagstaff -- Return to the borderlands -- The law -- Pima County attorney -- Superior court judge -- Ambassador to El Salvador and LBJ -- Ambassador to Bolivia -- Governor of Arizona -- Ambassador to Argentina.…”
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Adversity is my angel the life and career of Raúl H. Castro / by Castro, Raul H., 1916-

Table of Contents: “…Ancestors and immigrants -- High school and the world beyond -- Crucible of optimism: higher education at Arizona State Teachers College in Flagstaff -- Return to the borderlands -- The law -- Pima County attorney -- Superior court judge -- Ambassador to El Salvador and LBJ -- Ambassador to Bolivia -- Governor of Arizona -- Ambassador to Argentina.…”
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A short history of the Weimar Republic / by Storer, Colin

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Prussia, Germany and the crucible of war -- Timeline -- Years of crisis, 1918-23 -- The struggle for moderation : Weimar political culture -- The great inflation and Weimar economics -- Revisionism and the search for stability : Weimar foreign policy -- Weimar society and culture -- Crisis and collapse, 1929-33 -- Did Weimar fail?…”
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A short history of the Weimar Republic / by Storer, Colin

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Prussia, Germany and the crucible of war -- Timeline -- Years of crisis, 1918-23 -- The struggle for moderation : Weimar political culture -- The great inflation and Weimar economics -- Revisionism and the search for stability : Weimar foreign policy -- Weimar society and culture -- Crisis and collapse, 1929-33 -- Did Weimar fail?…”
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Creating the welfare state in France, 1880-1940 by Smith, Timothy B. (Timothy Beresford)

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The French social service landscape prior to World War I : localism vs. centralization -- The crucible of war -- Building mini-welfare states, 1920-1940 -- The decline of traditional charitable medicine, the emergence of limited national health insurance -- Unemployment policy, 1914-1940 : from the local to the national.…”
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Creating the welfare state in France, 1880-1940 by Smith, Timothy B. (Timothy Beresford)

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The French social service landscape prior to World War I : localism vs. centralization -- The crucible of war -- Building mini-welfare states, 1920-1940 -- The decline of traditional charitable medicine, the emergence of limited national health insurance -- Unemployment policy, 1914-1940 : from the local to the national.…”
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Islam its history, teaching, and practices / by Nigosian, S. A. (Solomon Alexander)

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Islam its history, teaching, and practices / by Nigosian, S. A. (Solomon Alexander)

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Ireland's great famine in Irish-American history / by Kelly, Mary C., 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Irish hunger: Irish American crucible -- Floodtide: framing famine memory between 1845 and 1900 -- Latent memory: constructing Irish-American identity in the early 1900s -- Ethnic progression: selective memory by the mid-1900s -- "Where past and present mingle": roadways to remembrance -- Long threatening: from confrontation to commemoration in the 1990s.…”
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Ireland's great famine in Irish-American history / by Kelly, Mary C., 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Irish hunger: Irish American crucible -- Floodtide: framing famine memory between 1845 and 1900 -- Latent memory: constructing Irish-American identity in the early 1900s -- Ethnic progression: selective memory by the mid-1900s -- "Where past and present mingle": roadways to remembrance -- Long threatening: from confrontation to commemoration in the 1990s.…”
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The Rise of Democracy : Revolution, War and Transformations in International Politics since 1776 / by Hobson, Christopher (Professor of political science)

Table of Contents: “…Fear and faith: the founding of the United States -- 4. The crucible of democracy: the French revolution -- 5. …”
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The Rise of Democracy : Revolution, War and Transformations in International Politics since 1776 / by Hobson, Christopher (Professor of political science)

Table of Contents: “…Fear and faith: the founding of the United States -- 4. The crucible of democracy: the French revolution -- 5. …”
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Handbook of Astrobiology /

Table of Contents: “…Chemical Origin of Life: Prebiotic Chemistry -- Chapter 5.1 Prebiotic Chemistry That Led to LifeJuli Peret -- Chapter 5.2 Prebiotic Chemical Pathways to RNA And the Importance of Its CompartmentationPeter Strazewski -- Chapter 5.3 The Hydrothermal Impact Crater-Lakes: The Crucibles of Lifes OriginSankar Chatterjee -- Chapter 5.4 Prebiotic Chemistry in Hydrothermal Vent SystemsMara Coln-Garca -- Chapter 5.5 Prebiotic Reactions in Water, On Water, In Supercritical Water, Solvent less, And in The Solid StateVera M. …”
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Handbook of Astrobiology /

Table of Contents: “…Chemical Origin of Life: Prebiotic Chemistry -- Chapter 5.1 Prebiotic Chemistry That Led to LifeJuli Peret -- Chapter 5.2 Prebiotic Chemical Pathways to RNA And the Importance of Its CompartmentationPeter Strazewski -- Chapter 5.3 The Hydrothermal Impact Crater-Lakes: The Crucibles of Lifes OriginSankar Chatterjee -- Chapter 5.4 Prebiotic Chemistry in Hydrothermal Vent SystemsMara Coln-Garca -- Chapter 5.5 Prebiotic Reactions in Water, On Water, In Supercritical Water, Solvent less, And in The Solid StateVera M. …”
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Veiled visions the 1906 Atlanta race riot and the reshaping of American race relations / by Godshalk, David Fort

Table of Contents: “…Atlanta : junction of everything finest and most foul -- Chivalry's multiple meanings -- Voicing Black manliness -- Testing loyalties and identities in the crucible of riot -- Competing national constructions of manhood and mayhem -- Interracial cooperation's profits and costs -- God, give us men! …”
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Finding your true north a personal guide / by George, Bill (William W.)

Table of Contents: “…-- Why leaders lose their way -- Leadership development in the crucible -- Build your self-awareness -- Live your values -- Find the sweet spot of your motivated capabilities -- Build your support team -- Integrate your life -- Lead with purpose -- Empower others to lead -- Optimize your leadership effectiveness -- Create your personal leadership development plan.…”
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Cauldron of resistance Ngo Dinh Diem, the United States, and 1950s southern Vietnam / by Chapman, Jessica M. (Jessica Miranda), 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Anti-colonialism in Vietnam's wild south -- The crucible of southern Vietnamese nationalism and America's Cold War -- Sink or swim with Ngo Dinh Diem -- The sect crisis of 1955 and America's miracle man in Vietnam -- Destroying the sources of demoralization : Ngo Dinh Diem's national revolution -- A different democracy : South Vietnam's referendum to depose Bao Dai -- The making of a revolution in South Vietnam.…”
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Cauldron of resistance Ngo Dinh Diem, the United States, and 1950s southern Vietnam / by Chapman, Jessica M. (Jessica Miranda), 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Anti-colonialism in Vietnam's wild south -- The crucible of southern Vietnamese nationalism and America's Cold War -- Sink or swim with Ngo Dinh Diem -- The sect crisis of 1955 and America's miracle man in Vietnam -- Destroying the sources of demoralization : Ngo Dinh Diem's national revolution -- A different democracy : South Vietnam's referendum to depose Bao Dai -- The making of a revolution in South Vietnam.…”
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