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Town Creek Indian Mound a Native American legacy / by Coe, Joffre Lanning

Table of Contents: “…Arts, crafts, tools, and weapons -- pt. 5. Interpretations.…”
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Town Creek Indian Mound a Native American legacy / by Coe, Joffre Lanning

Table of Contents: “…Arts, crafts, tools, and weapons -- pt. 5. Interpretations.…”
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From submarines to suburbs selling a better America, 1939-1959 / by Henthorn, Cynthia Lee, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : legacy of the postwar commercial fallout -- Weapons of mass disorder : impediments to mobilization -- Weapons of mass persuasion : mobilization through symbol management -- Positioning machine age heroes and wartime types -- Glimpses into a "better America" -- Home front war : the campaign to save the American way -- Hygienic solutions for the "house of tomorrow" -- Postwar progress : myth or reality? …”
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From submarines to suburbs selling a better America, 1939-1959 / by Henthorn, Cynthia Lee, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : legacy of the postwar commercial fallout -- Weapons of mass disorder : impediments to mobilization -- Weapons of mass persuasion : mobilization through symbol management -- Positioning machine age heroes and wartime types -- Glimpses into a "better America" -- Home front war : the campaign to save the American way -- Hygienic solutions for the "house of tomorrow" -- Postwar progress : myth or reality? …”
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A child from the village by Quṭb, Sayyid, 1906-1966

Table of Contents: “…The magzub -- The gym master -- The sacred school -- Medical mission -- The local doctor -- The afarit -- Cultural activity -- The law of the thieves -- The confiscation of weapons -- The harvest -- Sorrows of the countryside -- The journey.…”
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A child from the village by Quṭb, Sayyid, 1906-1966

Table of Contents: “…The magzub -- The gym master -- The sacred school -- Medical mission -- The local doctor -- The afarit -- Cultural activity -- The law of the thieves -- The confiscation of weapons -- The harvest -- Sorrows of the countryside -- The journey.…”
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Grant money through collaborative partnerships by Maxwell, Nancy Kalikow

Table of Contents: “…Grant development and libraries -- Finding grant developers for collaboration -- Working with grant developers -- Research : the librarian's secret weapon -- Incorporating the library into grant proposals -- How the library can support grant projects -- Partnerships and beyond -- Grant-writing careers for librarians.…”
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Grant money through collaborative partnerships by Maxwell, Nancy Kalikow

Table of Contents: “…Grant development and libraries -- Finding grant developers for collaboration -- Working with grant developers -- Research : the librarian's secret weapon -- Incorporating the library into grant proposals -- How the library can support grant projects -- Partnerships and beyond -- Grant-writing careers for librarians.…”
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Civilian or combatant? a challenge for the twenty-first century / by Engeland, Anisseh van

Table of Contents: “…The distinction between combatants and civilians, a cornerstone of international humanitarian law -- The distinction between civilians and combatants -- Protection afforded to civilians and rights of combatants -- The shift between categories -- Concrete challenges : the evolution of war-asymetric conflicts, terrorism and weapon technology -- People working for the army : civilian or combatant?.…”
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Civilian or combatant? a challenge for the twenty-first century / by Engeland, Anisseh van

Table of Contents: “…The distinction between combatants and civilians, a cornerstone of international humanitarian law -- The distinction between civilians and combatants -- Protection afforded to civilians and rights of combatants -- The shift between categories -- Concrete challenges : the evolution of war-asymetric conflicts, terrorism and weapon technology -- People working for the army : civilian or combatant?.…”
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Israel and Syria the military balance and prospects of war / by Cordesman, Anthony H.

Table of Contents: “…Prospects for peace or war : military developments after the Israeli-Hezbollah War -- Israeli and Syrian alarms and excursions in 2007 -- The prospects for war -- Major trends in force strength -- Israeli force quality versus Syrian force quantity -- Looking at a snapshot of total forces -- Comparative manpower quantity and quality -- Comparative land force strength : active versus mobilized strength -- Comparative land force manpower -- Armor and anti-tank weapons -- Artillery weapons -- Anti-aircraft weapons -- Comparative air strength : quality over quantity -- Comparative air force strength -- Air force manpower -- Air force aircraft, weapons, and technology -- Comparative land-based air defense forces -- Comparative naval strength : peripheral missions -- Shifts in the role of seapower -- Naval manpower -- Naval ships, weapons, and technology -- Total resources : recapitalization, force modernization, and impact on effectiveness -- Comparative trends in military expenditures -- Comparative trends in arms imports -- Recent deals : the importance of the US, Russia and Iran -- The military forces of Israel -- Israel's struggle to maintain its conventional "edge" -- Adapting to asymmetric wars -- Seeking to add an asymmetric "edge" to a conventional one -- Adapting to new threats while retaining conventional military strengths -- Trends in manpower and total force strength before the 2006 Lebanon war : active versus reserve forces -- Israeli defense planning after the 2006 Lebanon war -- Israeli land forces -- Israeli air forces -- Israeli land-based air defenses -- Israeli naval forces -- Israel's counterterrorism and internal security forces -- Israeli weapons of mass destruction and missile defenses -- The military forces of Syria -- Syria's long proxy war with Israel -- Internal stability, Alawite rule, and the Shi'ite crescent -- Syria's broader regional issues -- The trends in Syrian forces -- Syrian land forces -- Syrian air and air defense forces -- Syrian land-based air defenses -- Syrian naval forces -- Syrian paramilitary, security, and intelligence forces -- Syrian weapons of mass destruction -- War on the Golan Heights -- The strategic geography of the Golan Heights -- The new dimensions of the strategic geography of the Golan -- The UN peacekeeping force on the Golan -- Israeli positions on the Golan -- Syrian positions near the Golan -- A Syrian surprise attack or "grab for the Golan -- Israeli options against Syria -- Continuing external asymmetric wars -- Israel's "haves" versus Syria's "haves not" -- The possible impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- Gaming a future Israeli-Hezbollah conflict? …”
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Israel and Syria the military balance and prospects of war / by Cordesman, Anthony H.

Table of Contents: “…Prospects for peace or war : military developments after the Israeli-Hezbollah War -- Israeli and Syrian alarms and excursions in 2007 -- The prospects for war -- Major trends in force strength -- Israeli force quality versus Syrian force quantity -- Looking at a snapshot of total forces -- Comparative manpower quantity and quality -- Comparative land force strength : active versus mobilized strength -- Comparative land force manpower -- Armor and anti-tank weapons -- Artillery weapons -- Anti-aircraft weapons -- Comparative air strength : quality over quantity -- Comparative air force strength -- Air force manpower -- Air force aircraft, weapons, and technology -- Comparative land-based air defense forces -- Comparative naval strength : peripheral missions -- Shifts in the role of seapower -- Naval manpower -- Naval ships, weapons, and technology -- Total resources : recapitalization, force modernization, and impact on effectiveness -- Comparative trends in military expenditures -- Comparative trends in arms imports -- Recent deals : the importance of the US, Russia and Iran -- The military forces of Israel -- Israel's struggle to maintain its conventional "edge" -- Adapting to asymmetric wars -- Seeking to add an asymmetric "edge" to a conventional one -- Adapting to new threats while retaining conventional military strengths -- Trends in manpower and total force strength before the 2006 Lebanon war : active versus reserve forces -- Israeli defense planning after the 2006 Lebanon war -- Israeli land forces -- Israeli air forces -- Israeli land-based air defenses -- Israeli naval forces -- Israel's counterterrorism and internal security forces -- Israeli weapons of mass destruction and missile defenses -- The military forces of Syria -- Syria's long proxy war with Israel -- Internal stability, Alawite rule, and the Shi'ite crescent -- Syria's broader regional issues -- The trends in Syrian forces -- Syrian land forces -- Syrian air and air defense forces -- Syrian land-based air defenses -- Syrian naval forces -- Syrian paramilitary, security, and intelligence forces -- Syrian weapons of mass destruction -- War on the Golan Heights -- The strategic geography of the Golan Heights -- The new dimensions of the strategic geography of the Golan -- The UN peacekeeping force on the Golan -- Israeli positions on the Golan -- Syrian positions near the Golan -- A Syrian surprise attack or "grab for the Golan -- Israeli options against Syria -- Continuing external asymmetric wars -- Israel's "haves" versus Syria's "haves not" -- The possible impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- Gaming a future Israeli-Hezbollah conflict? …”
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Petrostate Putin, power, and the new Russia / by Goldman, Marshall I.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Russia, once again an energy superpower -- Russia as an early energy superpower -- World War II to 1987 : Russia looks inward and outward -- Pirates unleashed : privatization in the post-Soviet era -- Post-1998 recovery : the petroleum export bonanza -- Putin takes over : the return of the czar -- Natural gas : Russia's new secret weapon -- Russia : the unrestrained super energy power.…”
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Missing bodies the politics of visibility / by Casper, Monica J., 1966-

Table of Contents: “…The bodies we see, and some that are not here -- Seen but not heard : consequences of innocence lost -- Calculated losses : taking the measure of infant mortality -- Biodisaster : "the greatest weapon of mass destruction on earth" -- Fluid matters : human biomonitoring as gendered surveillance -- "They used me" : manufacturing heroes in wartime -- It takes balls : Lance Armstrong and the triumph of American masculinity -- Excavations.…”
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Missing bodies the politics of visibility / by Casper, Monica J., 1966-

Table of Contents: “…The bodies we see, and some that are not here -- Seen but not heard : consequences of innocence lost -- Calculated losses : taking the measure of infant mortality -- Biodisaster : "the greatest weapon of mass destruction on earth" -- Fluid matters : human biomonitoring as gendered surveillance -- "They used me" : manufacturing heroes in wartime -- It takes balls : Lance Armstrong and the triumph of American masculinity -- Excavations.…”
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Petrostate Putin, power, and the new Russia / by Goldman, Marshall I.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Russia, once again an energy superpower -- Russia as an early energy superpower -- World War II to 1987 : Russia looks inward and outward -- Pirates unleashed : privatization in the post-Soviet era -- Post-1998 recovery : the petroleum export bonanza -- Putin takes over : the return of the czar -- Natural gas : Russia's new secret weapon -- Russia : the unrestrained super energy power.…”
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Nuclear first strike consequences of a broken taboo / by Quester, George H.

Table of Contents: “…Considering the consequences of nuclear weapons use -- Some scenarios of nuclear escalation -- Likely world reactions -- Likely American popular reactions -- Appropriate United States policy responses -- Some final observations.…”
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Nuclear first strike consequences of a broken taboo / by Quester, George H.

Table of Contents: “…Considering the consequences of nuclear weapons use -- Some scenarios of nuclear escalation -- Likely world reactions -- Likely American popular reactions -- Appropriate United States policy responses -- Some final observations.…”
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The IRA the Irish Republican Army / by Dingley, James

Table of Contents: “…The philosophy and theology of Irish Republicanism -- An history of Irish Ireland and the emergence of the IRA -- The IRA, 1916 to 1923 -- From IRA to PIRA and the "troubles" -- Strategy and tactics -- Weapons and targets -- Organization and structure -- Prison, Sinn Fein, and finance.…”
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The IRA the Irish Republican Army / by Dingley, James

Table of Contents: “…The philosophy and theology of Irish Republicanism -- An history of Irish Ireland and the emergence of the IRA -- The IRA, 1916 to 1923 -- From IRA to PIRA and the "troubles" -- Strategy and tactics -- Weapons and targets -- Organization and structure -- Prison, Sinn Fein, and finance.…”
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