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The Russian military :power and policy
Russian military capacity remains a major consideration for global security even in the post-Soviet era. This book assesses today's Russian military and analyzes its possible future direction. The contributors--experts on the subject from both Russia and the West--consider not only how Russia has built its military capacity but also the policies and doctrines that have shaped Russia's defense p…
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- 9780262279857
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 241 pages).
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Relativism and the foundations of philosophy
"A Bradford book."A defense of the view that philosophical propositions are true in some perspectives and false in others, arguing that the rationalist, intuition-driven method of acquiring basic beliefs favored by analytic philosophy is not epistemically superior to such alternate belief-acquiring methods as religious revelation and the ritual use of hallucinogens. The grand and sweeping claim…
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- 9780262274746
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- 1 online resource (x, 216 pages)
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Seeing the forest and the trees :human-environment interactions in forest eco…
'Seeing the Forest and the Trees' examines changes in land cover & land use in forested regions as major contributors to global environmental change.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262280150
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 442 pages) :illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
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Restoring trust in American business
"This book examines the failure of "gatekeepers"--Corporate directors, regulators, auditors, lawyers, investment bankers, and business journalists - to stand between corporate misconduct and the public interest. Prominent scholars and corporate leaders argue that market pressures have made gatekeepers too focused on financial self-interest at the expense of the public good. Stronger professiona…
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- 9780262278560
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- 1 online resource (184 pages)
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Rethinking international trade
Over the past decade, a small group of economists has challenged traditional wisdom about international trade. Rethinking International Trade provides a coherent account of this research program and traces the key steps in an exciting new trade theory that offers, among other possibilities, new arguments against free trade. Over the past decade a small group of economists has challenged traditi…
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- 0585343926
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- 1 online resource (viii, 282 pages) :illustrations
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The shape of actions :what humans and machines can do
What can humans do? What can machines do? How do humans delegate actions to machines? In this book, Harry Collins and Martin Kusch combine insights from sociology and philosophy to provide a novel answer to these increasingly important questions. The authors begin by distinguishing between two basic types of intentional behavior, which they call polimorphic actions and mimeomorphic actions. Pol…
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- 0585075670
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- 1 online resource (xi, 212 pages) :illustrations
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Shadows in the forest :Japan and the politics of timber in Southeast Asia
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- 0585337888
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- 1 online resource (x, 308 pages) :illustrations, map.
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The sexual brain
"A Bradford book."This book examines the biological roots of human sexual behavior. It puts forward the case that the diversity of human sexuality can best be understood in terms of the development, structure, and function of the brain circuits that produce it. Discarding preconceptions about the motivation and purpose of sexuality, LeVay discusses the scientific evidence bearing on such questi…
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- 9780262278218
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 168 pages)
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Sex and Cognition.
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- 9780262277136
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- 1 online resource (230 pages)
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Service to country :personnel policy and the transformation of Western milita…
Motivated, able, and well-trained military personnel are essential to the success of any military, and personnel policies are crucial to getting and keeping qualified servicemen and women. The transformation of personnel policies is an important element of the broader transformation occurring in Western militaries. Across Europe and North America, nations are embracing plans to change military …
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- 9780262273848
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 499 pages) :illustrations.
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