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United States Travel and Tourism Industry


Free Download Danielle P. Moore, "United States Travel and Tourism Industry "
English | ISBN: 1612091113 | 2011 | 140 pages | PDF | 5 MB
The U.S. travel and tourism sector, the main economic and employment engine in a number of states, suffered a steep decline in 2008 and 2009 as the nation sank into recession. Though the United States remained the world’s top travel destination by dollar value, spending by foreign visitors in the country plunged 15% in 2009. Travel and tourism, which account for 6% of U.S. employment, began to rebound in 2010, but there have been concerns about a possible decline in business along the Gulf Coast due to the April 2010 BP oil spill. This new book examines the U.S. travel and tourism industry today and the challenges and issues for the future

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United Nations Peacekeeping in the 21st Century


Free Download Efram R. Isely, "United Nations Peacekeeping in the 21st Century "
English | ISBN: 1607415623 | 2010 | 174 pages | PDF | 12 MB
A major issue facing the United Nations, the United States, and the 110th Congress is the extent to which the United Nations has the capacity to restore or keep the peace in the changing world environment. Associated with this issue is the expressed need for a reliable source of funding and other resources for peacekeeping and improved efficiencies of operation. Since 1998, UN peacekeeping operations have taken on increasingly ambitious mandates, taken place in more challenging environments, and grown in size and scope. UN operations are also taking place in volatile, less developed countries. Most of the UN operations are located in some of the most politically unstable countries, as measured by the World Bank. The operations have become larger, more complex, and more resource intensive. This book delves into the increasing threats posed to the United Nations and the increases in both resources and personnel needed to keep the peace between nations. This book consists of public documents which have been located, gathered, combined, reformatted, and enhanced with a subject index, selectively edited and bound to provide easy access.

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Buddhist-Based Universities in the United States Searching for a New Model in Higher Education


Free Download Tanya Storch, "Buddhist-Based Universities in the United States: Searching for a New Model in Higher Education"
English | ISBN: 0739184083 | 2015 | 136 pages | PDF | 865 KB
Buddhist-Based Universities in the United States: Searching for a New Model in Higher Education investigates in depth four American Buddhist universities, namely, the Dharma Realm Buddhist University, the University of the West, the Soka University of America, and the Naropa University, all of which offer degrees in liberal arts and professional fields, and at the same time educate their students in the philosophy and practices of Buddhism. Buddhist universities in the United States are unique because there are no comparable universities based on the philosophy and practices of other Asian religions also popular in the United States, such as Hinduism, Confucianism, or Sikhism. Even the Jewish community has created only two universities in which professional skills and liberal arts are taught from the position of the moral-philosophical principles of Judaism. This book presents the institutional history and academic programs of four Buddhist universities in America and analyzes Buddhist-based pedagogical principles, as well as teaching and learning techniques, which can be very useful for other colleges and universities in the United States.

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The Good Allies How Canada and the United States Fought Together to Defeat Fascism during the Second World War


Free Download The Good Allies: How Canada and the United States Fought Together to Defeat Fascism during the Second World War by Tim Cook
English | September 17th, 2024 | ISBN: 0735248206 | 576 pages | PDF | 56 Mb
From our country’s most important war historian, a gripping account of the turbulent relationship between Canada and the US during the Second World War. The two nations entered the war amidst rivalry and mutual suspicion, but learned to fight together before emerging triumphant and bound by an alliance that has lasted to this day.

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Conservative Christian Politics in Russia and the United States


Free Download John Anderson, "Conservative Christian Politics in Russia and the United States"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 0367600226 | EPUB | pages: 196 | 0.8 mb
This book explores the politics of conservative Christian churches and social movements in Russia and the United States, focusing on their similar concerns but very different modes of political engagement.

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Civil Defense In The United States Bandaid For A Holocaust


Free Download Thomas J Kerr, "Civil Defense In The United States: Bandaid For A Holocaust?"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 0865315868, 036716972X | EPUB | pages: 268 | 1.1 mb
This book traces the endeavor in U.S. to develop a means of protecting the people from the effects of nuclear war. It shows how the policies that have emerged are as much products of the political process as of weapons technology.

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