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Technocrats of the Imagination : Art, Technology, and the Military-Industrial Avant-Garde / by Beck, John, 1963-, Bishop, Ryan, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…. -- Feedback: Expertise, LACMA and the Think Tank -- How to Make the World Work -- Heritage of Our Times.…”
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Technocrats of the Imagination : Art, Technology, and the Military-Industrial Avant-Garde / by Beck, John, 1963-, Bishop, Ryan, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…. -- Feedback: Expertise, LACMA and the Think Tank -- How to Make the World Work -- Heritage of Our Times.…”
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On flexibility recovery from technological and doctrinal surprise on the battlefield / by Finkel, Meir, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Prediction and intelligence : the dominant approach in force planning and its failure to answer the challenge of technological and doctrinal surprise -- Conceptual and doctrinal flexibility -- Organizational and technological flexibility -- Cognitive and command and control (C2) flexibility -- The mechanism for lesson learning and rapid dissemination -- The German recovery from the surprise of British chaff -- The German recovery from the Soviet T-34 tank surprise -- The Israeli recovery from the Egyptian Sagger missile surprise -- The Israeli air force recovery from the Arab anti-aircraft missile surprise -- The slow British recovery from the German armor and anti-tank tactics -- The slow Soviet recovery from the surprise of low-intensity conflict in Afghanistan -- The French failure to recover from the surprise of the German blitzkrieg.…”
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On flexibility recovery from technological and doctrinal surprise on the battlefield / by Finkel, Meir, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Prediction and intelligence : the dominant approach in force planning and its failure to answer the challenge of technological and doctrinal surprise -- Conceptual and doctrinal flexibility -- Organizational and technological flexibility -- Cognitive and command and control (C2) flexibility -- The mechanism for lesson learning and rapid dissemination -- The German recovery from the surprise of British chaff -- The German recovery from the Soviet T-34 tank surprise -- The Israeli recovery from the Egyptian Sagger missile surprise -- The Israeli air force recovery from the Arab anti-aircraft missile surprise -- The slow British recovery from the German armor and anti-tank tactics -- The slow Soviet recovery from the surprise of low-intensity conflict in Afghanistan -- The French failure to recover from the surprise of the German blitzkrieg.…”
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The struggle / by Gerali, Steve

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Watch out for that armored tank! -- Still struggling in silence? -- Confront these modern-day myths! …”
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Use of lightweight materials in 21st century army trucks

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Use of lightweight materials in 21st century army trucks

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The Power of Systems : How Policy Sciences Opened Up the Cold War World /

The power of systems : how policy sciences opened up the Cold War world /

by Rindzevičiūtė, Eglė

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The Power of Systems : How Policy Sciences Opened Up the Cold War World /

The power of systems : how policy sciences opened up the Cold War world /

by Rindzevičiūtė, Eglė

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Cure for the common life : living in your sweet spot / by Lucado, Max

Table of Contents: “…-- Section I: Use your uniqueness -- Unpack your bag -- Read your life backward -- Study your s.t.o.r.y -- Don't consult your greed -- Section II: To make a big deal out of God -- Take big risks for God -- Come to the sweetest spot in the universe -- Applaud God, loud and often -- Join God's family of friends -- Tank your reputation -- Section III: Every day of your life -- Take your job and love it -- Pause on purpose -- Trust little deeds -- Decode your kid's code -- Don't be too big to do something small -- Sweet spots : two people who found theirs.…”
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Cure for the common life : living in your sweet spot / by Lucado, Max

Table of Contents: “…-- Section I: Use your uniqueness -- Unpack your bag -- Read your life backward -- Study your s.t.o.r.y -- Don't consult your greed -- Section II: To make a big deal out of God -- Take big risks for God -- Come to the sweetest spot in the universe -- Applaud God, loud and often -- Join God's family of friends -- Tank your reputation -- Section III: Every day of your life -- Take your job and love it -- Pause on purpose -- Trust little deeds -- Decode your kid's code -- Don't be too big to do something small -- Sweet spots : two people who found theirs.…”
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Tiananmen moon inside the Chinese student uprising of 1989 / by Cunningham, Philip J.

Table of Contents: “…I: New moon -- In search of the real China -- The new May fourth spirit -- Ten thousand bicycles -- II: Waxing moon -- Hunger strike -- Laying claim to the square -- Looking for Gorbachev -- Working-class heroes -- Rising tide of rebellion -- Everyone an emperor -- Breaking the fast -- III: Waning moon -- Martial law -- Provincial vagabonds -- Egg on the face of Mao -- Tiananmen headquarters -- Radical camp -- Last will and testament -- Clandestine interview -- Going underground -- Midnight rendezvous -- IV: No moon -- Troops are coming -- Of tanks and men -- Eve of destruction -- The sky is crying.…”
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Tiananmen moon inside the Chinese student uprising of 1989 / by Cunningham, Philip J.

Table of Contents: “…I: New moon -- In search of the real China -- The new May fourth spirit -- Ten thousand bicycles -- II: Waxing moon -- Hunger strike -- Laying claim to the square -- Looking for Gorbachev -- Working-class heroes -- Rising tide of rebellion -- Everyone an emperor -- Breaking the fast -- III: Waning moon -- Martial law -- Provincial vagabonds -- Egg on the face of Mao -- Tiananmen headquarters -- Radical camp -- Last will and testament -- Clandestine interview -- Going underground -- Midnight rendezvous -- IV: No moon -- Troops are coming -- Of tanks and men -- Eve of destruction -- The sky is crying.…”
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Backlash against welfare mothers past and present / by Reese, Ellen, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Dreams deferred, broken families, and hardship : the impacts of welfare reform -- Attacking welfare, promoting work and marriage : continuity and change in welfare opposition -- The first welfare backlash (1945/1979) -- The 1950s welfare backlash and federal complicity -- Explaining the postwar rise of welfare opposition -- The Southern welfare backlash : Georgia and Kentucky -- The Northern and Western welfare backlashes : California and New York -- Setting the stage : the failures of liberal innovation -- The contemporary welfare backlash (1980/2004) -- The rise of the Republican right and new Democrats -- Business interests, conservative think tanks, and the assault on welfare -- The contemporary welfare backlash, 1980/2004 -- Rebuilding the welfare state : forging a new deal for working families.…”
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Backlash against welfare mothers past and present / by Reese, Ellen, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Dreams deferred, broken families, and hardship : the impacts of welfare reform -- Attacking welfare, promoting work and marriage : continuity and change in welfare opposition -- The first welfare backlash (1945/1979) -- The 1950s welfare backlash and federal complicity -- Explaining the postwar rise of welfare opposition -- The Southern welfare backlash : Georgia and Kentucky -- The Northern and Western welfare backlashes : California and New York -- Setting the stage : the failures of liberal innovation -- The contemporary welfare backlash (1980/2004) -- The rise of the Republican right and new Democrats -- Business interests, conservative think tanks, and the assault on welfare -- The contemporary welfare backlash, 1980/2004 -- Rebuilding the welfare state : forging a new deal for working families.…”
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A journey through the Cold War a memoir of containment and coexistence / by Garthoff, Raymond L.

Table of Contents: “…-- The Cold War begins : the formative years, 1945-50 -- The view from a think tank : Soviet affairs expert at RAND -- The thaw : observing the Soviet Union after Stalin -- CIA and intelligence analysis and estimates -- "Foreign affairs adviser" at the Pentagon -- Intelligence excursions in the Soviet Union -- The espionage game -- Department of State : the Kennedy years (I) -- Department of State : the Kennedy years (II) -- The Cuban Missile Crisis : turning point of the Cold War -- Department of State : the Johnson years -- The diplomacy of East-West relations -- Negotiating on strategic arms : SALT and the ABM Treaty -- Developing détente in U.S.…”
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A journey through the Cold War a memoir of containment and coexistence / by Garthoff, Raymond L.

Table of Contents: “…-- The Cold War begins : the formative years, 1945-50 -- The view from a think tank : Soviet affairs expert at RAND -- The thaw : observing the Soviet Union after Stalin -- CIA and intelligence analysis and estimates -- "Foreign affairs adviser" at the Pentagon -- Intelligence excursions in the Soviet Union -- The espionage game -- Department of State : the Kennedy years (I) -- Department of State : the Kennedy years (II) -- The Cuban Missile Crisis : turning point of the Cold War -- Department of State : the Johnson years -- The diplomacy of East-West relations -- Negotiating on strategic arms : SALT and the ABM Treaty -- Developing détente in U.S.…”
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Creating the Modern Army : Citizen-Soldiers and the American Way of War, 1919–1939 / by Woolley, William J.

Table of Contents: “…The quest for a national military policy, 1878-1920 -- Creating the citizen Army, 1919-1925 -- Disappointment and disillusionment : the Army and the nation, 1920-1925 -- The heart of the policy creating the new citizen Army -- The Army in the era of stability, 1926-1929 : creating the branches -- Stabilizing the relationship : the Army and the nation in the era of stability -- The civilian components in the era of stability -- Creating orthodoxy and predictability : professional military education in the Army, 1919-1939 -- Building a throne for the queen : infantry branch organization and branch culture in the 1920s -- Branch stagnation : American field artillery in the interwar period -- End of the big guns : mission and branch identity crisis in the coastal artillery, 1919-1939 -- Mechanizing the Army, 1930-1939 -- The Army besieged : the Army and the nation in the decade of the Depression, 1930-1939 -- Stability amidst crisis : the civilian components in the 1930s -- Modern weapons and traditional tactics, the infantry and tanks, 1920-1939 -- Mounts or motors? The cavalry and the response to mechanization, 1920-1939.…”
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Creating the Modern Army : Citizen-Soldiers and the American Way of War, 1919–1939 / by Woolley, William J.

Table of Contents: “…The quest for a national military policy, 1878-1920 -- Creating the citizen Army, 1919-1925 -- Disappointment and disillusionment : the Army and the nation, 1920-1925 -- The heart of the policy creating the new citizen Army -- The Army in the era of stability, 1926-1929 : creating the branches -- Stabilizing the relationship : the Army and the nation in the era of stability -- The civilian components in the era of stability -- Creating orthodoxy and predictability : professional military education in the Army, 1919-1939 -- Building a throne for the queen : infantry branch organization and branch culture in the 1920s -- Branch stagnation : American field artillery in the interwar period -- End of the big guns : mission and branch identity crisis in the coastal artillery, 1919-1939 -- Mechanizing the Army, 1930-1939 -- The Army besieged : the Army and the nation in the decade of the Depression, 1930-1939 -- Stability amidst crisis : the civilian components in the 1930s -- Modern weapons and traditional tactics, the infantry and tanks, 1920-1939 -- Mounts or motors? The cavalry and the response to mechanization, 1920-1939.…”
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Understanding ultrasonic level measurement by Milligan, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…Installation -- Topics -- Select the right transducer -- Location -- Obstructions -- Closed vessels -- Tanks -- Tank access -- Open vessels -- Open channel meters: weirs and flumes -- Flumes -- Transducer location -- Lift stations -- Position control -- Hazardous approvals -- Approvals -- Controller installation -- Summary --…”
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