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...In his book The Quest: Haywood Hansell and American Strategic Bombing in World War II, Charles Griffith makes a major contribution in detailing the role played by General Hansell from his early days as an instructor at the Air Corps Tactical School to the heady days and nights as a young war plann...

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.... . . . . . . . . 53 3 PLANNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 4 THE FRICTIONS OF WAR . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 5 THE GLOBAL BOMBER FORCE . . . . . . . . .129 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 6 TRIUMPH . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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...F) monograph project, also known as the Karlsruhe project, through which the US Air Force employed former Luftwaffe generals to record the history of World War II from the German perspective....

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...1 AN OVERVIEW OF AMERICAN WORLD WAR II OFFICIAL MILITARY HISTORY PROJECTS . . . .1 The von Rohden Project (1945–47) . . . . . . . 4 The Naval Historical Team, Bremerhaven (1949–52) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 The US Army’s Ger...

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...1 THE INFANCY OF AIRPOWER. . . . . . . . . .3 2 NAVAL AVIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3 AIRPOWER IN WORLD WAR I . . . . . . . . . 11 4 LAYING THE INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATIONS, 1919–1931 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5 AN AGE OF INNOVATION, 1931–1941 . . . . 19 6 NAVAL AVIATION BETWEEN THE WARS . . . .23 7 WOR...

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...euver and firepower, mass and economy of force, etc. True operational art manifests itself when the right balance of these combinations is applied to war fighting. This paper analyzes one such combination; ground maneuver and air interdiction. Indeed, this is a treatise on the synchronization of land power and air power, and how these two vital elements can better contribu...

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...5 Ground Maneuver . . . . 5 Air Interdiction . . . . . . 6 The Relationship . . . . . 9 Notes . . . . . 11 3 HISTORICAL PRECEDENTS . . . . . 13 World War I . . . . . 13 World War II . . . . 14 Korean War . . . . . 16 Vietnam War . . . . 17 Desert Storm . . . . 18 Summary . . . . . . 19 Notes . . . . . 19 4 CURRENT MILITARY DOCTRINE . . . . . 21 Army Doctrine ...

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...e several generations of residents of the community of Rapidan going all the way back to my great grandfather’s time. There were tales of the Civil War, the railroad, milling, flooding of the Rapidan River at twenty year intervals, and other Rapidan themes. In organizing this diversity of information, I have primarily attempted to give a history of the “community” of R...

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...Wolftown. [Emma (Beeler) Strother by Pat Hurst 11,60] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5. Chapter II. The Settlers. In 1772 at the area known as Alexander Waugh's Ford, wagons camped along the river carrying goods between the Shenandoah valley and Fredericksburg. A miller, and land grantee, "Gentleman Billy" Willis, pe...

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...Contents CHAPTER I OF PROFIT AND HONESTY................................................................................... 4 CHAPTER II OF REPENTANCE ................................................................................................. 21 CHAPTER III OF THREE COMMERCES ...............................................................................

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................................................................... 4 CHAPTER II OF REPENTANCE ............................................................. ...he vast sea, to witness from land the peril of other persons.”— Lucretius, ii. I.] of the seeds of which qualities, whoever should divest man, would d... ...de, preserved himself by his moderation in that universal shipwreck of the world, amongst so many mutations and diversities? For private man, as he wa... ...s; and thus Gelo, the tyrant of Syracuse, suspended his inclination in the war betwixt the Greeks and barbarians, keeping a resi- dent ambassador with... ...gainst his will. And yet even those who wholly engage themselves in such a war may behave them- selves with such temper and moderation, that the storm... ...nd I know, amongst those who behave themselves most bravely in the present war, some whose manners are so gentle, obliging, and just, that they will c... ...rmerly called me to the public service, and my own advancement towards the world’s opinion, I know I should, in spite of all my own arguments to the c... ... I will not deprive deceit of its due; that were but ill to understand the world: I know it has often been of great use, and that it maintains and sup... ...tenders to the kingdom of Thrace—[Rhescuporis and Cotys. T acitus, Annal., ii. 65]—were fallen into dispute about their title; the emperor hindered th...

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...s if the mental eye gain’d power to gaze Beyond the limits of the existing world. Such hours of shadowy dreams I better love Than all the gross realit... ...n of chil- dren, excepting only that which attends their entrance into the world. We were a large family, of very different disposi- tions and constit... ... once belonged to my father (whose family was of some consideration in the world), and was sold by patches to remedy distresses in which he involved h... ... which I have not dared to ask myself. The answer de- pends on the fate of war. I shall, of course, go to headquarters, wherever they may happen to be... ...e; deliver my let- ters of introduction; learn as much of the noble art of war as may suffice a poor interloping amateur; and then take a glance at th... ...ited, and devoid of strength of mind, whether natural or acquired. CHAPTER II A s she received no further news of Sir Philip, whether directly or indi...

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...on birth. Thus, if the erstwhile first citizen of India faces such humiliation, what will be the plight of the last man who is a Dalit? As one of the world’s largest socio-economically oppressed, culturally subjugated and politically marginalized group of people, the 138 million Dalits in India suffer not only from the excesses of the traditional oppressor castes, but also...

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...tion, what will be the plight of the last man who is a Dalit? As one of the world’s largest socio-economically oppressed, culturally subjugated an... ...nsupervised one. The FCMs work on the opinion of 14 experts. FCMs model the world as a collection of classes and causal relations between classes.... ...at the notion of neutrosophic logic play a vital role in several of the real world problems like law, medicine, industry, finance, IT, stocks and s... ...agistrate and he held 29 honorary positions at that time in banks, libraries, war recruitment committee, merchant associations, school committees e... ...pposed this imposition of a language and organized a campaign against it on a war footing. On 26 December 1935, at a conference convened in Tiruchi,... ...ces resigned on 29 October 1939, following the outbreak of the Second World War. They protested against the British rulers involving India in the ... ...ined slaves of the Brahmins. [Viduthalai, 27-12-1956] Kings and Brahmins II What was the integrity of our kings? There was a king called Vall... ...nashrama religion—must be annihilated. [Viduthalai, 28-12-1956] Buddhism II Now Buddha’s doctrines have become like a religion. Just like the ... ...he social set-up. [Viduthalai, 09-10-1957] Gandhi and Untouchability II When Gandhi and the Congress spoke of the eradication of untoucha...

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...fluences on our perceptions of Leaders 48 ii Part Four: Surviving the Change 1. When to recognize our Econo... ...hat can he do to fix things, and what is his New Deal? Many people around the world look at the election of President Obama, as a great moment of pos... ...and the crash of 2009. People own more, expect more, and the economies of the World are very different. Between 1989 and 2008, most people's lives i... ...fferent. Between 1989 and 2008, most people's lives improved in the developed World, and attitudes changed with these improvements. Poverty means in... ...p with China, and it could turn China to look for strategic allies in a trade war, were national interests become more important than International ... ...ficially over 15% of Americans collecting welfare. Only when the Second World War started did America become prosperous again. During the 1930... ...hy "Non- Germans and anti-fascists." It was based on wealth redistribution, a war economy, on cheap slave labor, and trade protectionism. Communism...

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...Battle of the Networks—19 3 Cybersecurity and the Generative Dilemma—36 Part II After the Stall—63 4 The Generative Pattern—67 5 T ethered Appliances,... ..., the twenty-one-year-old Jobs, wearing his first suit, ex- hibited the Apple II personal computer to great buzz amidst “10,000 walking, talking comput... ... to great buzz amidst “10,000 walking, talking computer freaks.” 2 The Apple II was a machine for hobbyists who did not want to fuss with soldering ir... ...ntroduced the first killer application for the Apple II in 1979—VisiCalc, the world’s first spreadsheet program—sales of the ungainly but very cool mach... ... off dramatically. 3 An Apple running VisiCalc helped to convince a skeptical world that there was a place for the PC at every- one’s desk and hence a ... ...- novations that Apple (and its exclusive carrier, AT&T) wanted. Whereas the world would innovate for the Apple II, only Apple would innovate for the ... ...n time to de- velop effective countermeasures and best practices. Rather, the war is being lost across the board. Operating system developers struggle ... ...s and benefit from one another’s activities. Benkler, on the other hand, sees war between the amateur authors empowered by generative systems and the i... ...a ripple effect on long-standing cyberlaw problems, many of which are tugs-of-war between individuals with a real or perceived injury from online activ...

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...utional orientations to taxation more than research and education. By the 1960s, agribusiness contrasted with small-holders. Thailand is one of the world's few major agricultural exporters, leading in rice, rubber, canned pineapple, black tiger prawn, and regional chicken meat production and export, and feeding four times its population from less intensive agriculture th...

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...er control; its global leadership in production and export of a number of agricultural commodities; its agribusiness sector which includes one of the world’s huge multinational 14 conglomerates; the negotiating approaches of the culture over several centuries; potential for further large increases in productivity from known technologies, and an open culture which has all...

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...velopment Traders and Early Agribusiness Summary Chapter 6 - Agriculture and Politics: From the 1930s Agricultural Policies from 1932 Policies Post-World War II Agro-Social Change Highland Agriculture Agribusiness and The State The Culture of Irrigation Environmental Change Summary Chapter 7 - Thai Agriculture to the 1990s Agricultural Planning Context Planning History...

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...The third world continues to grow in its importance to the United States . Often possessing a wealth of vital natural resources or a geographic position astride crucial lines of communications, third world nations have, in many cases,...

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...Capabilities . . . . . . . . 3 Options in Selecting Land-Based AirPower. . . .5 Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2 THE THIRD WORLD ANDTHEUNITED STATES: PROBLEMS, ASSUMPTIONS, AND OUTLOOKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Problems and Assumptions . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Blind Alleys . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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... Walter Herzog was born in a small town outside of Frankfurt to an emotionally detached mother and a Nazi-sympathizing stepfather at the tail end of World War II. Teenage Walter and his pals come to school drunk and oversexed; eventually, they skip classes altogether to make out with girls and earn drinking money. Over the years, restless Walter finds himself loving numer...

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...s' use. Germany's infrastructure had been destroyed by British and American bombing and by fighting on the ground. Twelve months after the end of the war in Europe, it still took seventy-two hours to travel by rail from Munich to Hamburg. Heavy war reparations had to be paid by the remaining Germans. The alleged father of the baby, Friedrich Herzog, had yet to return from...

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...Darkness USA Encore Homecoming A New Chapter Arrangements The East Greece Turkey Mehmed Persia Afghanistan India Going North Roof of The World Journey through the interior of India Dravida Approaching Territory Transition Alternative Course New Life Perception Internal Affairs The Becoming of an Author Cyclic Devastation The Road to Dead End Resurr...

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...I. European Union and NATO – The Competing Alliances II. The War in Iraq III. How the West Lost the East IV. Left and Right in a Divided Europe V. Forward to the Past – Capitalism in Post-Communist Europe VI. Transition in Context VII. Eastern Advantages VIII. Europ...

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...cloud puts on, By darkening my clear sun. My lord, farewell. [Exeunt.] SCENE II: The same. The council chamber. [Cornets. Enter KING HENRY VIII, lean... ...NG HENRY VIII : Arise, and take place by us: half Henry VIII, Act I, scene ii 12 your suit Never name to us; you have half our power: The other moi... ...re Most pestilent to the bearing; and, to bear ‘em, Henry VIII, Act I, scene ii 13 The back is sacrifice to the load. They say They are devised by yo... ...ke voice, And to what end is this? Nay, ladies, fear not; By all the laws of war you’re privileged. [Re enter Servant .] Chamberlain: How now! what i... ...; For then my guiltless blood must cry against ‘em. For further life in this world I ne’er hope, Nor will I sue, although the king have mercies More t... ...r, name and all That made me happy at one stroke has taken For ever from the world. I had my trial, And, must needs say, a noble one; which makes me, ... ... How you do talk! I swear again, I would not be a queen For all the world. Old Lady : In faith, for little England Henry VI... ... bellied women, That had not half a week to go, like rams In the old time of war, would shake the press, And make ‘em reel before ‘em. No man living C...

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...ese forces are at work in every aspect of life: family, economy, politics, ecology, and health. Bail Yourself Out: How You Can Emerge Strong from the World Crisis is a guide to mastering these forces on the personal, national, and global levels. With this knowledge, we hold the key to success by harnessing them to our benefit....

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...in a unique position to offer a broad, hopeful perspective on the current world crisis. a Professor of o ntology, a Ph.d . in Philosophy and Kabbala... ...ocess will guarantee that we and our families can indeed prosper in a new world of peace and plenty. Michael laitMan, P hD b lack and PmS 186 LAITMA... ...el Laitman, PhD Bail Yourself Out How You Can Emerge Strong from the World Crisis BAIL YoURSELf oUT : How YoU C AN EMERgE S TRoNg fR oM THE w... ..... 38 Chapter 7: Stepping off the Mount .......................... 40 PART II: LEARNINg fR oM N ATURE ................. 45 Chapter 8: A way out of the... ...ther ado, let us see how we can bring the desire to give into our lives. II Learning from Nature T he surest way to correct mistakes is to lear... ...anet and is being punished for its sins with chaos, end- less heat waves, war, and depletion of food and water. But art should not confine itself to...

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...e truth; he cannot see that no glory or success or fortune can induce the world to accept the position. Very well, as it is now, so it will be with e... ...are the benefit but not the risk—a thing that seems abhorrent to the whole world, even to scoun- drels. Oh, he would despise himself, he would repent;... ...entiful indul- gence to young men of Lucien’s stamp; they are popular, the world is fascinated by their external gifts and good looks. Nothing is aske... ...d; through their manner of conducting their case, a suit becomes a kind of war waged on the lines laid down by the first Marshal Biron, who, at the si... ...c Council; let them avoid all decisive measures, and they shall carry on a war for ever. Maitre Cachan, Petit-Claud, and Doublon, did better than the ... ... kind hearts will give Marion and Kolb a tear of sympathy? All through the war Kolb sat on a chair in the doorway, acting as watch-dog, when David had... ...partment Victorine Massimilla Doni Letters of T wo Brides Gaudissart II To return to the Electronic Classics Series, go to http://www.hn.psu.edu...

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...ince the Great Depression of the 1930s. The crisis which originated in developed countries quickly spread to developing countries and the rest of the world. The turbulence in financial systems was followed by a significant reduction in real economic activity throughout the world. The crisis has highlighted that financial markets are inherently unstable and market failures ...

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...nd Development US United States of America WOS Wholly Owned Subsidiary WTO World Trade Organization 8 Fixing Global Finance Data Notes Million is 1,0... ... Global Finance 1 The Unfolding of Global Financial Crisis Since 2008, the world economy is in the midst of a severe crisis. The housing market meltdo... ... financial crises over the past decades which originated in the developing world (“periphery”), the current crisis originated in the “epicenter” of gl... ...in the global economy which contracted in 2009, the first time since World War II. There is not a single country in the world which has not been affec... ...he global economy which contracted in 2009, the first time since World War II. There is not a single country in the world which has not been affected ... ...procyclicality in the banking system. It has become evident that the Basel II Accord and international accounting rules encourage a pro-cyclical behav... ...aos in the 1920s and 1930s. Capital controls were widely used in the inter-war years and immediately after World War II. Given the fact that reconstru... ...ls were widely used in the inter-war years and immediately after World War II. Given the fact that reconstructing economies and resuming foreign trade... ... trade was the primary concern, most of the controls in the immediate post war period were associated with foreign trade. At that time, the basic link...