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Assessing War

The Challenge of Measuring Success and Failure

de Leo J. Blanken, Hy Rothstein, Jason J. Lepore, Scott Sigmund Gartner, John Grenier0, Edward G. Lengel1, Brooks D. Simpson2, Col. Michael Richardson3, Brian McAllister Linn4, D. Scott Stephenson5, Gehrard Weinberg6, Conrad C. Crane7, Gregory Daddis8, William C. Hix9, Kalev I. Sepp0, Alejandro S. Hernandez1, Julian Ouellet2, Christopher J. Nannini3, Mark Stout4, Bradley J. Strawser5, Russell Muirhead6, Dorothy Denning7, Robert Reilly8, Aric P. Shafran9, Anthony H. Cordesman0 ...

Today's protracted asymmetrical conflicts confuse efforts to measure progress, often inviting politics and wishful thinking to replace objective evaluation.In Assessing War, military historians, social scientists, and military officers explore how observers have analyzed the trajectory of war in American conflicts from the Seven Years’ War through the war in Afghanistan. Drawing on decades of ... Leer más

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Today's protracted asymmetrical conflicts confuse efforts to measure progress, often inviting politics and wishful thinking to replace objective evaluation.In Assessing War, military historians, social scientists, and military officers explore how observers have analyzed the trajectory of war in American conflicts from the Seven Years’ War through the war in Afghanistan. Drawing on decades of
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Elvis’s Army

Cold War GIs and the Atomic Battlefield

de Brian McAllister Linn ...

When the U.S. Army drafted Elvis Presley in 1958, it quickly set about transforming the King of Rock and Roll from a rebellious teen idol into a clean-cut GI. Trading in his gold-trimmed jacket for standard-issue fatigues, Elvis became a model soldier in an army facing the unprecedented challenge of building a fighting force for the Atomic Age.In an era that threatened Soviet-American ... Leer más

$30.99 USD

When the U.S. Army drafted Elvis Presley in 1958, it quickly set about transforming the King of Rock and Roll from a rebellious teen idol into a clean-cut GI. Trading in his gold-trimmed jacket for standard-issue fatigues, Elvis became a model soldier in an army facing the unprecedented challenge of building a fighting force for the Atomic Age.In an era that threatened Soviet-American
... Leer más
Roadmap

The Get-It-Together Guide for Figuring Out What to Do with Your Life

de Roadtrip Nation, Nathan Gebhard, Brian McAllister, Mike Marriner ...

This welcome antidote to the conventional career guide answers the old question—"So, what are you going to do with your life?"—in a groundbreaking way. From the team behind the campus and online resource and the inspirational TV series in its eleventh season, ROADMAP helps emerging careerists think deeply about how they can enter the workforce and thrive, using Roadtrip Nation's interest-based ... Leer más

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This welcome antidote to the conventional career guide answers the old question—"So, what are you going to do with your life?"—in a groundbreaking way. From the team behind the campus and online resource and the inspirational TV series in its eleventh season, ROADMAP helps emerging careerists think deeply about how they can enter the workforce and thrive, using Roadtrip Nation's interest-based
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The Philippine War, 1899-1902

de Brian McAllister Linn ...

Series series Modern War Studies
Winner: Society for Military History Distinguished Book AwardThis year begins the centennial of the Philippine War, one of the most controversial and poorly understood events in American history. The war thrust the U.S. into the center of Pacific and Asian politics, with important and sometimes tragic consequences. It kept the Filipinos under colonial overlordship for another five decades and ... Leer más

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Winner: Society for Military History Distinguished Book AwardThis year begins the centennial of the Philippine War, one of the most controversial and poorly understood events in American history. The war thrust the U.S. into the center of Pacific and Asian politics, with important and sometimes tragic consequences. It kept the Filipinos under colonial overlordship for another five decades and
... Leer más
Roadmap

Second Edition: The Get-It-Together Guide for Figuring Out What To Do with Your Life (Career Change Advice Book, Self Help Job Workbook)

de Roadmap Nation, Brian McAllister, Mike Marriner, Nathan Gebhard ...

The New York Times bestseller is back! The career workbook Roadmap is better than ever.Roadmap has been updated and expanded with tons of brand new content—including chapters on changing directions mid-career and not letting your past define your future.Through inspirational stories and interviews, journal-like prompts, and practical career development information, this helpful re... ... Leer más

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The New York Times bestseller is back! The career workbook Roadmap is better than ever.Roadmap has been updated and expanded with tons of brand new content—including chapters on changing directions mid-career and not letting your past define your future.Through inspirational stories and interviews, journal-like prompts, and practical career development information, this helpful re...
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Real Soldiering

The US Army in the Aftermath of War, 1815-1980

de Brian McAllister Linn ...

Series series Modern War Studies
What happens to the US Army after the battles are over, the citizen soldiers depart, and all that remains is the Regular Army? In this pathbreaking work, Brian Linn argues that in each decade following every major conflict since the War of 1812 the postwar army has undergone a long, painful, and remarkably consistent recovery process as it struggled to build a new model force to replace the “Old ... Leer más

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What happens to the US Army after the battles are over, the citizen soldiers depart, and all that remains is the Regular Army? In this pathbreaking work, Brian Linn argues that in each decade following every major conflict since the War of 1812 the postwar army has undergone a long, painful, and remarkably consistent recovery process as it struggled to build a new model force to replace the “Old
... Leer más

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Guardians of Empire

The U.S. Army and the Pacific, 1902-1940

de Brian McAllister Linn ...

In a comprehensive study of four decades of military policy, Brian McAllister Linn offers the first detailed history of the U.S. Army in Hawaii and the Philippines between 1902 and 1940. Most accounts focus on the months preceding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. By examining the years prior to the outbreak of war, Linn provides a new perspective on the complex evolution of events in the ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

In a comprehensive study of four decades of military policy, Brian McAllister Linn offers the first detailed history of the U.S. Army in Hawaii and the Philippines between 1902 and 1940. Most accounts focus on the months preceding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. By examining the years prior to the outbreak of war, Linn provides a new perspective on the complex evolution of events in the
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Real Soldiering

The US Army in the Aftermath of War, 1815-1980

de Brian McAllister Linn ...

Narrado por Jonathan Todd Ross ...

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11 hora 20 minutos

What happens to the US Army after the battles are over, the citizen soldiers depart, and all that remains is the Regular Army? In this pathbreaking work, Brian Linn argues that in each decade following every major conflict since the War of 1812 the postwar army has undergone a long, painful, and remarkably consistent recovery process as it struggled to build a new model force to replace the "Old ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

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What happens to the US Army after the battles are over, the citizen soldiers depart, and all that remains is the Regular Army? In this pathbreaking work, Brian Linn argues that in each decade following every major conflict since the War of 1812 the postwar army has undergone a long, painful, and remarkably consistent recovery process as it struggled to build a new model force to replace the "Old
... Leer más

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Roadmap

The Get-It-Together Guide for Figuring Out What To Do with Your Life

de Roadtrip Nation, Brian McAllister, Mike Marriner, Nathan Gebhard ...

Narrado por Maya Tuttle ...

Completo

6 hora 10 minutos

The New York Times bestseller is back! The career workbook Roadmap isbetter than ever.Roadmap has been updated and expanded with tons of brand new content—including chapters on changing directions mid-career and not letting your past define your future.Through inspirational stories and interviews, and practical career development information, this helpful resource will steer students, recent gradu ... Leer más

$25.99 USD

Disponible también en: eBook

The New York Times bestseller is back! The career workbook Roadmap isbetter than ever.Roadmap has been updated and expanded with tons of brand new content—including chapters on changing directions mid-career and not letting your past define your future.Through inspirational stories and interviews, and practical career development information, this helpful resource will steer students, recent gradu
... Leer más

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The Connector Manager

Why Some Leaders Build Exceptional Talent - and Others Don't

de Jaime Roca, Sari Wilde ...

Narrado por René Ruiz, Melinda Wade ...

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6 hora 39 minutos

There are four distinct types of managers. One performs much worse than the rest, and one performs far better. Which type are you?Based on a first-of-its-kind, wide-ranging global study of over 9,000 people, analysts at the global research and advisory firm Gartner were able to classify all managers into one of four types:Teacher managers, who develop employees' skills based on their own expertise ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

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There are four distinct types of managers. One performs much worse than the rest, and one performs far better. Which type are you?Based on a first-of-its-kind, wide-ranging global study of over 9,000 people, analysts at the global research and advisory firm Gartner were able to classify all managers into one of four types:Teacher managers, who develop employees' skills based on their own expertise
... Leer más

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Alibaba

The House that Jack Ma Built

de Duncan Clark ...

Narrado por Jim Meskimen ...

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9 hora 9 minutos

An engrossing, insider’s account of how a teacher built one of the world’s most valuable companies—rivaling Walmart & Amazon—and forever reshaped the global economy.In just a decade and half Jack Ma, a man from modest beginnings who started out as an English teacher, founded and built Alibaba into one of the world’s largest companies, an e-commerce empire on which hundreds of millions of Chinese ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

Disponible también en: eBook

An engrossing, insider’s account of how a teacher built one of the world’s most valuable companies—rivaling Walmart & Amazon—and forever reshaped the global economy.In just a decade and half Jack Ma, a man from modest beginnings who started out as an English teacher, founded and built Alibaba into one of the world’s largest companies, an e-commerce empire on which hundreds of millions of Chinese
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To Explain the World

The Discovery of Modern Science

de Steven Weinberg ...

Narrado por Tom Perkins ...

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10 hora 43 minutos

In this rich, irreverent, and compelling history, Nobel Prize–winning physicist Steven Weinberg takes us across centuries, from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad and Oxford, from Plato's Academy and the Museum of Alexandria to the cathedral school of Chartres and the Royal Society of London. He shows that the scientists of ancient and medieval times not only did not understand what we understand ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

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In this rich, irreverent, and compelling history, Nobel Prize–winning physicist Steven Weinberg takes us across centuries, from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad and Oxford, from Plato's Academy and the Museum of Alexandria to the cathedral school of Chartres and the Royal Society of London. He shows that the scientists of ancient and medieval times not only did not understand what we understand
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