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Rethinking Humanitarian Intervention
A Fresh Legal Approach Based on Fundamental Ethical Principles in International Law and World Religions
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2002
Few foreign policy issues in the past decade have elicited as much controversy as the use of military force for humanitarian purposes. In this book Brian Lepard offers a new method for analyzing humanitarian intervention that seeks to resolve conflicts among legal norms by identifying ethical principles...
by Gary L. Hauck
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
Ever since the days when horse-drawn buggies brought resorters to enjoy the charm of the area more than 130 years ago, Clifford Lake Inn has been continuously providing hospitality to those who visit. It remains a touchstone of history and of progress.
The first telegraph line was stretched...
by M. Yu. Kagan
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
This book concisely presents the latest trends in the physics of superconductivity and superfluidity and magnetism in novel systems, as well as the problem of BCS-BEC crossover in ultracold quantum gases and high-Tc superconductors. It further illuminates the intensive exchange of ideas between these...
Once Upon a Time in Texas
A Liberal in the Lone Star State
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
Once upon a time in Texas...there were liberal activists of various stripes who sought to make the state more tolerant and more tolerable. David Richards was one of them. In this fast-paced, often humorous memoir, he remembers the players, the strategy sessions, the legal and political battles, and...
by Fran Capo
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
From its beginning as a small but sought-after European outpost, New Jersey has played a key role in the establishment and growth of the New World. One of the thirteen original Colonies, New Jersey today is well known for its progressive-minded residents who take pride in their state’s long history....
by Mohammad Rehman
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
Since the 9/11 attacks, Islam has been tarnished by hypocrisy, and has been globally linked to Islamic fundamentalists spreading the idea of hate and violence. It is imperative, however, to look at the actual word preached by the Quran to ascertain the true meaning of Islam, and the reasons that changed...
Islam in Pakistan
A History
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
The first book to explore the modern history of Islam in South Asia
The first modern state to be founded in the name of Islam, Pakistan was the largest Muslim country in the world at the time of its establishment in 1947. Today it is the second-most populous, after Indonesia. Islam in Pakistan...
Major Issues in Islam
The Challenges Within and Without
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
This book explores matters that have negatively affected the public image and led to distorted depictions of Islam from the late nineteenth century to the present. The areas of uneasiness and debate among Muslims and non-Muslims alike include Islamic values and identity in the post-caliphate era,...
Between a Man and a Woman?
Why Conservatives Oppose Same-Sex Marriage
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2010
Through a probing investigation of conservative Christianity and its response to an issue that, according to the statistics of conservative Christian groups, affects only a small number of Americans, Ludger Viefhues-Bailey alights on a profound theological conundrum: in today's conservative Christian...
Taming the Gods
Religion and Democracy on Three Continents
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
For eight years the president of the United States was a born-again Christian, backed by well-organized evangelicals who often seemed intent on erasing the church-state divide. In Europe, the increasing number of radicalized Muslims is creating widespread fear that Islam is undermining Western-style...
by Judy Ferguson
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Celebrating Alaska’s 50-year statehood anniversary, Bridges to Statehood features the last territorial governor, Mike Stepovich. Over the Chilkoot Trail’s icy steps, these immigrants came—Stepovich, Butrovich, Dapcevich, Begich, Paskvan, and Peratrovich—to guide Alaska from a raw land to statehood,...
Remember Goliad!
A History of La Bahía
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
When Sam Houston's revolutionary soldiers won the Battle of San Jacinto and secured independence for Texas, their battle cry was "Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!" Everyone knows about the Alamo, but far fewer know about the stirring events at Goliad. Craig Roell's lively new study of Goliad brings...
Violence in Lincoln County, 1869-1881
Facsimile of 1957 Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2007
Lincoln County, New Mexico was once one of the largest counties in the United States and was the setting for a famous feud which lit up the horizon of history. Here between 1869 and 1881 were all the explosive ingredients for violence. On one side of the county was the Mescalero Apache reservation....
by Various Anonymous Naval Personnel, Bridged Books Group
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
This is an excellent primer about and electronic theory and electronic components. It also goes into detail about regulation and filtering of power supplies and transformers. A perfect addition to the book shelf of any curious science buff, handy do-it-yourselfer, or backyard mad scientist.
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