Michael Swaine: 4 books
Fire in the Valley
The Birth and Death of the Personal Computer
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
In the 1970s, while their contemporaries were protesting the computer as a tool of dehumanization and oppression, a motley collection of college dropouts, hippies, and electronics fanatics were engaged in something much more subversive. Obsessed with the idea of getting computer power into their own...
Functional Programming: A PragPub Anthology
Exploring Clojure, Elixir, Haskell, Scala, and Swift
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Explore functional programming and discover new ways of thinking about code. You know you need to master functional programming, but learning one functional language is only the start. In this book, through articles drawn from PragPub magazine and articles written specifically for this book, you'll...
America's Challenge
Engaging a Rising China in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
The emergence of the People's Republic of China on the world scene constitutes the most significant event in world politics since the end of World War II. As the world's predominant political, economic, and military power, the United States faces a particularly significant challenge in responding...
Interpreting China's Grand Strategy
Past, Present, and Future
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2000
China's continuing rapid economic growth and expanding involvement in global affairs pose major implications for the power structure of the international system. To more accurately and fully assess the significance of China's emergence for the United States and the global community, it is necessary...