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 Kees Boterbloem, "The Dirty Secret of Early Modern Capitalism: The Global Reach of the Dutch Arms Trade, Warfare and Mercenaries in the Se" English | ISBN: 1138692883 | 2019 | 244 pages | EPUB | 567 KB This book shows how the Dutch accumulation of great wealth was closely linked to their involvement in warfare. By charting Dutch activity across the globe, it explores Dutch participation in the international arms trade, and in wars both at home and abroad. In doing so, it ponders the issue of how capitalism has often historically thrived best when its practitioners are ruthless and ignore the human cost of their search for riches. This complicates the traditional Marxist understanding of capitalists as middle-class exploiters in arguing for a much greater agency among lower-class Dutch soldiers and sailors in their efforts to benefit from skills that were in high demand.
 Stephan Kieninger, "The Diplomacy of Détente: Cooperative Security Policies from Helmut Schmidt to George Shultz " English | ISBN: 1138500089 | 2018 | 222 pages | EPUB | 414 KB This book investigates the underlying reasons for the longevity of détente and its impact on East-West relations.  Sara Davies, "The Difference that Gender Makes to International Peace and Security" English | ISBN: 1138607614 | 2018 | 124 pages | EPUB | 524 KB Fifteen years after the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 which establishes the Women, Peace and Security agenda, there is now a need to assess the impacts of gender equality efforts, and to understand why and how gender equality reforms have advanced to the extent that they have. This book examines how international peace and security is re-envisioned from a gender perspective by mostly focusing on the nuances presented by the Asia Pacific region. It argues that despite the diversity of political, socio-cultural and economic systems in the Asia Pacific, women and girls in the region continue to experience similar forms of insecurities. Several countries in the Asia Pacific have demonstrated relative peace and stability. In addition, women's leadership and participation in peacebuilding are and continue to be increasingly recognized in the region too. However, as the chapters in this book demonstrate, applying a critical gender analysis allows for the interrogation of 'veneers' of political order which can then mask or normalise everyday gendered insecurities. The analysis of country cases such as Myanmar, Cambodia and Fiji underscores a rethinking of the political order in the Asia Pacific which leaves existing gender inequalities intact.
 The Dictionary of the Book : A Glossary for Book Collectors, Booksellers, Librarians, and Others by Sidney E. Berger English | 2016 | ISBN: 1442263393 | 334 Pages | True ePUB | 21 MB  Joseph Goulden, "The Dictionary of Espionage: Spyspeak into English " English | ISBN: 0486483487 | 2012 | 272 pages | EPUB | 335 KB "In this accessibly written book, Washington author Joseph C. Goulden illuminates and defines much of the standard jargon of the intelligence community with refreshing asides about many of spying's urban legends." - The Washington TimesWhat's a black bag job, a dead-letter drop, a honey trap? Who invented the microdot, and why do they call Green Berets "snake-eaters"? More than just an alphabetical series of definitions, this volume offers a fascinating insider's view of the lingo and operations of the CIA and the FBI, MI5 and MI6, Mossad, the KGB, and other top-secret organizations.  Kirk Tyvela, "The Dictator Dilemma: The United States and Paraguay in the Cold War " English | ISBN: 0822965739 | 2019 | 261 pages | EPUB | 819 KB The Dictator Dilemmatells the story of US bilateral relations with the Alfredo Stroessner dictatorship (1954-1989). Tyvela focuses on how and why that diplomatic relationship changed during the Cold War from cooperation, based on mutual opposition to communism, to conflict, based on clashing expectations concerning democratic reforms and human rights. The policy debates by officials in Washington and in Asunción brought out a tension that has defined US diplomacy for more than a century: how can the United States partner with tyrants while credibly proclaiming to advance a democratic mission in the world? Tyvela argues that the Stroessner regime was symbolic of a broader foreign policy struggle to perpetuate, enforce, and ultimately redefine the importance of friendly dictators to US global and hemispheric interests.  Sarah Bartels, "The Devil and the Victorians " English | ISBN: 0367444208 | 2021 | 236 pages | EPUB | 312 KB In recent decades, there has been a growing recognition of the significance of the supernatural in a Victorian context. Studies of nineteenth-century spiritualism, occultism, magic, and folklore have highlighted that Victorian England was ridden with spectres and learned magicians. Despite this growing body of scholarship, little historiographical work has addressed the Devil. This book demonstrates the significance of the Devil in a Victorian context, emphasising his pervasiveness and diversity. Drawing on a rich array of primary material, including theological and folkloric works, fiction, newspapers and periodicals, and broadsides and other ephemera, it uses the diabolic to explore the Victorians' complex and ambivalent relationship with the supernatural. Both the Devil and hell were theologically contested during the nineteenth century, with an increasing number of both clergymen and laypeople being discomfited by the thought of eternal hellfire. Nevertheless, the Devil continued to play a role in the majority of English denominations, as well as in folklore, spiritualism, occultism, popular culture, literature, and theatre.
 Frederick Hertz, "The Development of the German Public Mind: A Social History of German Political Sentiments, Aspirations and Ideas The Mi" English | ISBN: 0367245779 | 2019 | 526 pages | EPUB | 958 KB Originally published in 1957, this study shows what the various sections of the Germans of every rank and class were thinking of the ruling men, how far they supported or opposed them, what were their wishes, hopes and fears, prejudices, ideals and standards of right and wrong. The influence of foreign thought, and parallels with the development of other nations is also discussed. The diverse sources used for research for this volume include religious and legal writings, literature, broadsheets, verses of minstrels, folk-songs and later, newspapers.
 Jean-Paul Gaudilliere, "The Development of Scientific Marketing in the Twentieth Century: Research for Sales in the Pharmaceutical Industry " English | ISBN: 1848935595 | 2015 | 284 pages | EPUB | 2 MB The global pharmaceutical industry is currently estimated to be worth $1 trillion. Contributors chart the rise of scientific marketing within the industry from 1920-1980. This is the first comprehensive study into pharmaceutical marketing, demonstrating that many new techniques were actually developed in Europe before being exported to America.
 Kieran Walsh, "The Development of Child Protection Law and Policy: Children, Risk and Modernities " English | ISBN: 0367276313 | 2020 | 236 pages | EPUB | 430 KB This book examines how child protection law has been shaped by the transition to late modernity and how it copes with the ever-changing concept of risk. |
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