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The Nuclear Crisis The Arms Race, Cold War Anxiety, and the German Peace Movement of the 1980s


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English | ISBN: 1785332678 | 2016 | 392 pages | PDF | 4 MB
In 1983, more than one million Germans joined together to protest NATO’s deployment of nuclear missiles in Europe. International media overflowed with images of marches, rallies, and human chains as protesters blockaded depots and agitated for disarmament. Though they failed to halt the deployment, the episode was a decisive one for German society, revealing deep divisions in the nation’s political culture while continuing to mobilize activists. This volume provides a comprehensive reference work on the "Euromissiles" crisis as experienced by its various protagonists, analyzing NATO’s diplomatic and military maneuvering and tracing the political, cultural, and moral discourses that surrounded the missiles’ deployment in East and West Germany.

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Technology-mediated Crisis Response in Language Studies


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English | ISBN: 180050456X | 2024 | 378 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
The COVID-19 crisis was unplanned, unprecedented, and highly unpredictable, leading educators to rethink their pedagogies, policies, practices, technologies, strategies and more. In the months and years following, educational institutions were forced to adjust to new ways of doing their work, refinements with long-term implications for language learning and teaching. Much of the early research in language education which came about as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic focused on its negative effects, such as the lack of infrastructure and preparedness (Tao & Gao, 2022), (in)equitable access for educators and learners (Back, Zavala, & Franco, 2022), perceived lowered outcomes (Moser, Wei & Brenner, 2021), and emotional burdens (MacIntyre, Gregersen, & Mercer, 2020). In this volume, we capture some of the lessons learned during and as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in order to move forward as a field with intention and purpose, and to take advantage of any crisis-prompted innovation. The volume aims to provide implications for other current and future challenges and crises that require our attention in language teaching and technology. Contributions will bring additional depth to the pandemic discussion in each of the four parts: (1) Emergency Response, (2) Problem Solving, (3) Outcomes, and (4) By-Products.

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Russia WW3 From a Ukraine Crisis or Elsewhere in the Future, World War 3 May Yet Arise


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English | ASIN : B00MONO6PG | 2014 | pages | EPUB | 998 KB
The chapter headings are listed below to present the book structure clearly, which mirrors its thesis, namely that a world war is still possible brought about by a theoretically likely crisis whereupon a dictator will arise with a consequent world war, which may terminate the world, though we can avoid this future.

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Diary of a Crisis Israel in Turmoil


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English | September 10, 2024 | ISBN: 1804296783 | 304 pages | PDF | 1.54 Mb
Searching reflections on the crisis in Israel and Gaza by a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of the Holocaust

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Counterinsurgency in Crisis Britain and the Challenges of Modern Warfare


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English | 2015 | ISBN: 0231164270, 0231164262 | EPUB | pages: 248 | 0.3 mb
Long considered the masters of counterinsurgency, the British military encountered significant problems in Iraq and Afghanistan when confronted with insurgent violence. In their effort to apply the principles and doctrines of past campaigns, they failed to prevent Basra and Helmand from descending into lawlessness, criminality, and violence.

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The Financial Crisis Issues in Business, Finance and Global Economics


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English | ISBN: 1612092810 | 2011 | 182 pages | PDF | 5 MB
This book examines the financial crisis and the effect it has had in the global business, finance and economic sectors. Topics discussed include the causes of the financial crisis; the elements needed for the management of a business corporation crisis; global operations management; an analysis of the public debt; the history and recent increases in the debt limit and, the various issues and policies surrounding the economic stimulus.

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Coping with Crisis Europe’s Challenges and Strategies


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English | 2014 | ISBN: 1138815640 | EPUB | pages: 160 | 1.1 mb
How has the economic and financial crisis that started in 2007 affected European integration? Observers have been speculating about whether the crisis will ultimately lead to a strengthening or weakening of the European Union. This book studies the effects of the crisis on EU policy-making and institutional arrangements on one hand, and citizens’ EU attitudes and political parties’ electoral strategies on the other. It concludes that, at least in the short run, the crisis has overall created an opportunity for European integration rather than an obstacle. First, it has triggered events of proposed and actual far-reaching policy and institutional change. Second, negative effects on public opinion have not (yet) systematically translated into tendencies of stagnation or disintegration. The book brings together established scholars of European integration whose diverse research expertise contributes to an improved theoretical and empirical understanding of how the economic and financial crisis has affected EU policies, institutions and citizens.

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