Автор: Patterson Robert Porter Название: Arming the Nation for War: Mobilization, Supply, and the American War Effort in World War II ISBN: 1572338725 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781572338722 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 52670.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: A decorated World War I veteran, Federal Judge Robert P. Patterson knew all too well the needs of soldiers on the battlefield. He was thus dismayed by America’s lack of military preparedness when a second great war engulfed Europe in 1939–40. With the international crisis worsening, Patterson even resumed military training—as a forty-nine-year old private—before being named assistant secretary of war in July 1940. That appointment set the stage for Patterson’s central role in the country’s massive mobilization and supply effort which helped the Allies win World War II.In Arming the Nation for War, a previously unpublished account long buried among the late author’s papers and originally marked confidential, Patterson describes the vast challenges the United States faced as it had to equip, in a desperately short time, a fighting force capable of confronting a formidable enemy. Brimming with data and detail, the book also abounds with deep insights into the myriad problems encountered on the domestic mobilization front—including the sometimes divergent interests of wartime planners and industrial leaders—along with the logistical difficulties of supplying far-flung theaters of war with everything from ships, planes, and tanks to food and medicine. Determined to remind his contemporaries of how narrow the Allied margin of victory was and that the war’s lessons not be forgotten, Patterson clearly intended the manuscript (which he wrote between 1945 and ’47, when he was President Truman’s secretary of war) to contribute to the postwar debates on the future of the military establishment. That passage of the National Security Act of 1947, to which Patterson was a key contributor, answered many of his concerns may explain why he never published the book during his lifetime.A unique document offering an insider’s view of a watershed historical moment, Patterson’s text is complemented by editor Brian Waddell’s extensive introduction and notes. In addition, Robert M. Morgenthau, former Manhattan district attorney and a protégé of Patterson’s for four years prior to the latter’s death in a 1952 plane crash, offers a heartfelt remembrance of a man the New York Herald-Tribune called “an example of the public-spirited citizen.”
Автор: Shiller Robert J. Название: Irrational Exuberance ISBN: 0691166269 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691166261 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 24230.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание:
In this revised, updated, and expanded edition of his "New York Times" bestseller, Nobel Prize winning economist Robert Shiller, who warned of both the tech and housing bubbles, now cautions that signs of irrational exuberance among investors have only increased since the 2008 9 financial crisis. With high stock and bond prices in the United States, and rising housing prices in many countries, the post-subprime boom may well turn out to be another illustration of Shiller s influential argument that psychologically driven volatility is an inherent characteristic of all asset markets. In other words, "Irrational Exuberance" is as relevant as ever.
But" Irrational Exuberance" is about something far more important than the current situation in any given market because the book explains the forces that move all markets up and down. It shows how investor euphoria can drive asset prices up to dizzying and unsustainable heights, and how, at other times, investor discouragement can push prices down to very low levels.
Previous editions covered the stock and housing markets and famously predicted their crashes. This new edition expands its coverage to include the bond market, so that the book now addresses all of the major investment markets. This edition also includes updated data throughout, as well as Shiller s 2013 Nobel Prize lecture, which puts the book in broader context.
In addition to diagnosing the causes of asset bubbles, "Irrational Exuberance" recommends urgent policy changes to lessen their likelihood and severity and suggests ways that individuals can decrease their risk before the next bubble bursts. No one whose future depends on a retirement account, a house, or other investments can afford not to read it.
For more information, including new developments and regular data updates, please go to www.irrationalexuberance.com"
Автор: Duvall John N., Marzec Robert P. Название: Narrating 91 1 ISBN: 1421417383 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781421417387 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 32210.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: Narrating 9/11 pushes beyond a critical focus on domestic realism, offering chapters that examine speculative and genre fiction, postmodernism, climate change, and the evolving security state, as well as the television series Lost and the film Paradise Now.
Автор: Erin Muschla,Judith A. Muschla,Gary Robert Muschla Название: Teaching the Common Core Math Standards with Hands–On Activities, Grades K–2 ISBN: 111871024X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781118710241 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 26390.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Start young children off with Common Core math using these innovative activities Teaching the Common Core Math Standards with Hands-On Activities, Grades K-2 provides teachers with the help they need to begin teaching to the new standards right away.
Автор: Allen Robert Название: The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters: C. L. Dellums and the Fight for Fair Treatment and Civil Rights ISBN: 1612055494 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781612055497 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 38780.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: C. L. Dellums and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters helped to precipitate a sea of change in labor and race relations in California and the nation. Fundamental issues of unfair employment practices, discrimination, and segregation were confronted in new ways with consequences for all Americans. For the first time in U.S. history, a black labor union played a central role in shaping labor and civil rights policy. Based on interviews and archival research, this new book tells the story of Dellums and the impact nationally of his groundbreaking work. The BSCP, the first national union of black workers, was founded in 1925. C. L. Dellums, who worked as a porter in Oakland, became the West Coast organizer and was elected vice president in 1929. He held that position until 1968, when he succeeded A. Philip Randolph as president. In 1937, the BSCP made history when it compelled one of the largest U.S. corporations -the Pullman Company- to recognize and negotiate a contract with a black workers' union. This was unprecedented and almost inconceivable in the context of prior U.S. history. In 1941, at the beginning of World War II, the leadership of the BSCP, with the support of civil rights leaders, pushed U.S. President Roosevelt to issue Executive Order 8802 requiring the ending of racial discrimination in defense industries. Tens of thousands of black men and women would be hired to work alongside whites in wartime plants across the nation. C. L. Dellums was not only a labor leader. In 1948, he was chosen to be the first West Coast Regional Director of the NAACP. He also led the long struggle to get a fair employment practices law passed in California. The successful struggle contributed to the emergence of civil rights activism nationally and to equal treatment legislative initiatives in California and elsewhere.
Автор: Schanke Robert A Название: Queer Theatre and the Legacy of Cal Yeomans ISBN: 1137349425 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137349422 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 23280.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A forgotten yet award-winning playwright, Cal Yeomans was one of the founders of gay theater whose work was fueled by gay liberation and extinguished by the AIDS epidemic. Schanke`s examination of his life and legacy allows a rare exploration into this pivotal moment of gay American history.
Автор: Muschla Judith A., Muschla Gary Robert, Muschla Er Название: Math Starters: 5- To 10-Minute Activities Aligned with the Common Core Math Standards, Grades 6-12 ISBN: 1118449797 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781118449790 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 26390.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Suitable for math teachers, this book includes more than 650 ready-to-use math starter activities that get kids quickly focused and working as soon as they enter the classroom.
Автор: Audi Robert Название: Democratic Authority and the Separation of Church and State ISBN: 0199371563 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199371563 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 29030.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book clarifies the relation between religion and ethics, articulates principles governing religion in politics, and outlines a theory of civic virtue. It frames institutional principles to guide governmental policies toward religion and counterpart standards to guide individual citizens.
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