Re-examines the challenges faced by the military profession in the aftermath of the international terrorist attack on the United States on September 11, 2001. This book shows that the military must respond effectively to the twenty-first century strategic landscape, while undergoing the revolution i[...]
Nine modern short stories that often bristle with caustic humor
Food security and environmental conservation are two of the greatest challenges facing the world today. It is predicted that food production must increase by at least 70% before 2050 to support continued population growth, though the size of the world's agricultural area will remain essentially unch[...]
Portfolio risk forecasting has been and continues to be an active research field for both academics and practitioners. Almost all institutional investment management firms use quantitative models for their portfolio forecasting, and researchers have explored models' econometric foundations, relative[...]
Linda Connor's world-renowned photographs are global and sublime. For thirty years she has created distinctively glowing, contemplative images of nature and religious sites around the world using a large-format camera and glass-plate negatives. This career-spanning retrospective collects Connor's ha[...]
This 1909 book was written in an effort to direct 'the attention of thoughtful minds in Great Britain and Ireland to Irish history'.[...]