Author: David W. Wragg
Publisher: Sutton Publishing
ISBN: 9780750924740
Category : Geschichte
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
At many points in the 20th century, failures in command or political direction have resulted in military campaigns and operations failing to achieve their objectives. This text explores a selection of such instances including Pearl Harbor, the Bay of Pigs, the Falklands and Serbia in 1999.
Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory
Author: David W. Wragg
Publisher: Sutton Publishing
ISBN: 9780750924740
Category : Geschichte
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
At many points in the 20th century, failures in command or political direction have resulted in military campaigns and operations failing to achieve their objectives. This text explores a selection of such instances including Pearl Harbor, the Bay of Pigs, the Falklands and Serbia in 1999.
Publisher: Sutton Publishing
ISBN: 9780750924740
Category : Geschichte
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
At many points in the 20th century, failures in command or political direction have resulted in military campaigns and operations failing to achieve their objectives. This text explores a selection of such instances including Pearl Harbor, the Bay of Pigs, the Falklands and Serbia in 1999.
Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions
Author: Martin John Yate
Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers
ISBN: 0749451963
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
This new edition of the best-selling job-hunting book of all time should be your essential companion if you are looking for a job. Dealing with the whole process, from creating an outstanding CV and answering the most dreaded interview questions to negotiating a salary, it is suitable for job-seekers at any stage of their career. Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions is full of examples of tough questions that interviewers like to throw at you, showing you how to answer them in a way that will advance your application and help you to secure your dream job.
Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers
ISBN: 0749451963
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
This new edition of the best-selling job-hunting book of all time should be your essential companion if you are looking for a job. Dealing with the whole process, from creating an outstanding CV and answering the most dreaded interview questions to negotiating a salary, it is suitable for job-seekers at any stage of their career. Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions is full of examples of tough questions that interviewers like to throw at you, showing you how to answer them in a way that will advance your application and help you to secure your dream job.
On Language
Author: William Safire
Publisher: Avon Books
ISBN: 9780380564576
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Includes chapters on slang, jargon, and neologisms.
Publisher: Avon Books
ISBN: 9780380564576
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Includes chapters on slang, jargon, and neologisms.
The Light Shines on in the Darkness
Author: Fr. Robert J. Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D
Publisher: Ignatius Press
ISBN: 1586179578
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Why would an all-loving God allow suffering? Aren't suffering and love opposed to one another? Does suffering have any benefit for this life? Does it have any benefit for eternal life? Is there any objective evidence for God – for a soul that will survive bodily death – for the resurrection of Jesus? If there is testable, objective evidence for a resurrection, what is this resurrection like? Who is God anyway – benevolent and loving or angry and retributive? Father Spitzer gives a comprehensive explanation of contemporary evidence for God, the soul, and the resurrection, and helps us understand how God uses suffering to lead us to the resurrection, and to compassion for others. He also shows how the Holy Spirit guides us through times of suffering toward our salvation – and other's salvation, explaining the signs and interior movements that reveal the Spirit's actions. But even armed with this eternal perspective, serious questions remain. If God has power over nature, why doesn't He just perform a lot more miracles when we pray for them so that we won't have to suffer? Why did God make the natural world imperfect in the first place? Wouldn't it have been better to create us in a world without suffering – without challenge, need, and self-sacrifice? Father Spitzer not only addresses the perplexing questions associated with suffering but he teaches us how to suffer well. He points out some of the most common errors we make in interpreting God's motives for and alleviation of suffering. He explains why suffering – in combination with love – is one of the most powerful motivating agents for personal, cultural, and societal development. Suffering and love are inextricably bound up with one another on the highest levels of human meaning.
Publisher: Ignatius Press
ISBN: 1586179578
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Why would an all-loving God allow suffering? Aren't suffering and love opposed to one another? Does suffering have any benefit for this life? Does it have any benefit for eternal life? Is there any objective evidence for God – for a soul that will survive bodily death – for the resurrection of Jesus? If there is testable, objective evidence for a resurrection, what is this resurrection like? Who is God anyway – benevolent and loving or angry and retributive? Father Spitzer gives a comprehensive explanation of contemporary evidence for God, the soul, and the resurrection, and helps us understand how God uses suffering to lead us to the resurrection, and to compassion for others. He also shows how the Holy Spirit guides us through times of suffering toward our salvation – and other's salvation, explaining the signs and interior movements that reveal the Spirit's actions. But even armed with this eternal perspective, serious questions remain. If God has power over nature, why doesn't He just perform a lot more miracles when we pray for them so that we won't have to suffer? Why did God make the natural world imperfect in the first place? Wouldn't it have been better to create us in a world without suffering – without challenge, need, and self-sacrifice? Father Spitzer not only addresses the perplexing questions associated with suffering but he teaches us how to suffer well. He points out some of the most common errors we make in interpreting God's motives for and alleviation of suffering. He explains why suffering – in combination with love – is one of the most powerful motivating agents for personal, cultural, and societal development. Suffering and love are inextricably bound up with one another on the highest levels of human meaning.
In a Manner of Speaking
Author: Colin McNairn
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1632208989
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
What do “the whole kit and caboodle,” “the whole shebang,” “the whole megillah,” “the whole enchilada,” “the whole nine yards,” “the whole box and dice,” and “the full Monty” have in common? They’re all expressions that mean “the entire quantity,” and they’re all examples of the breadth and depth of the English-speaking world’s vocabulary. From the multitude of words and phrases in daily use, the author of this delightful exploration into what we say and why we say it zeroes in on those expressions and sayings and their variations that are funny, quirky, just plain folksy, or playfully dressed up in rhyme or alliteration. Some may have become clichés that, as it’s said with “tongue in cheek,” should be “avoided like the plague.” Others have been distorted, deemed politically incorrect, or shrouded in mystery and must bear some explanation. Among the topics the author delves into are expressions that shouldn’t be taken literally (“dressed to kill” and “kick the bucket”), foreign expressions that crept into English (“carte blanche,” “carpe diem,” and “que sera, sera”), phrases borrowed from print ads and TV commercials (“where there’s life, there’s Bud” and “where the rubber meets the road”), animal images (“a barrel of monkeys” and “chasing your tail”), and food and drink (“cast your bread upon the water,” “chew the fat,” “bottom’s up!”, and “drink as a lord”). Here’s a book for everyone who delights in the mysteries of language and the perfect gift for all the “wordies” in your life.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1632208989
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
What do “the whole kit and caboodle,” “the whole shebang,” “the whole megillah,” “the whole enchilada,” “the whole nine yards,” “the whole box and dice,” and “the full Monty” have in common? They’re all expressions that mean “the entire quantity,” and they’re all examples of the breadth and depth of the English-speaking world’s vocabulary. From the multitude of words and phrases in daily use, the author of this delightful exploration into what we say and why we say it zeroes in on those expressions and sayings and their variations that are funny, quirky, just plain folksy, or playfully dressed up in rhyme or alliteration. Some may have become clichés that, as it’s said with “tongue in cheek,” should be “avoided like the plague.” Others have been distorted, deemed politically incorrect, or shrouded in mystery and must bear some explanation. Among the topics the author delves into are expressions that shouldn’t be taken literally (“dressed to kill” and “kick the bucket”), foreign expressions that crept into English (“carte blanche,” “carpe diem,” and “que sera, sera”), phrases borrowed from print ads and TV commercials (“where there’s life, there’s Bud” and “where the rubber meets the road”), animal images (“a barrel of monkeys” and “chasing your tail”), and food and drink (“cast your bread upon the water,” “chew the fat,” “bottom’s up!”, and “drink as a lord”). Here’s a book for everyone who delights in the mysteries of language and the perfect gift for all the “wordies” in your life.
Trial by Fear
Author: David Pennington
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 1591603838
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Ryan Pennington became ensnared by a whirlwind of paralyzing fear as he began to weigh in his mind his standing with God. He began to believe that at any moment he could die and go to hell. Tormented with this thought, he gradually became totally depleted physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. God in His amazing grace brought Ryan back to a place of faith and confidence in his standing with God. Learn from this book the ten elements that any potential trial presents and how to deal with them biblically.
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 1591603838
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Ryan Pennington became ensnared by a whirlwind of paralyzing fear as he began to weigh in his mind his standing with God. He began to believe that at any moment he could die and go to hell. Tormented with this thought, he gradually became totally depleted physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. God in His amazing grace brought Ryan back to a place of faith and confidence in his standing with God. Learn from this book the ten elements that any potential trial presents and how to deal with them biblically.
The Art of War in an Asymmetric World
Author: Barry Scott Zellen
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441195556
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
This book examines the post Cold War security environment and how the U.S. has learned to wage war in this complex assymetrical world of conflict.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441195556
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
This book examines the post Cold War security environment and how the U.S. has learned to wage war in this complex assymetrical world of conflict.
Industrial Megaprojects
Author: Edward W. Merrow
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119893178
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 503
Book Description
The most up-to-date edition of the bestselling text on megaprojects In the newly revised second edition of Industrial Megaprojects Revisited: Concepts, Strategies, and Practices for Success, 2nd Edition , veteran megaproject valuator Edward Merrow delivers an accessible and authoritative discussion of why megaprojects frequently go over budget, past their deadlines, or result in safety compromises. You’ll explore project management deficiencies, destructive team dynamics, weak accountability systems, short-term biases, and technical expertise gaps and, more importantly, learn how to avoid or address these pitfalls in the real world. This latest edition offers extensive new material on renewable energy and decarbonization projects, as well as: Clear, nontechnical explanations of why major projects tend to get into trouble Strategies to avoid hazardous and costly errors in the high-stakes megaproject environment A comprehensive collection of tools, tips, principles, and frameworks to take a megaproject from start to finish without compromising on safety, blowing the budget, or exceeding the deadline An essential resource for engineers and industry professionals and executives, Industrial Megaprojects remains the gold standard on the subject. It also belongs in the libraries of finance and banking professionals who regularly fund these projects, and academics who research them.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119893178
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 503
Book Description
The most up-to-date edition of the bestselling text on megaprojects In the newly revised second edition of Industrial Megaprojects Revisited: Concepts, Strategies, and Practices for Success, 2nd Edition , veteran megaproject valuator Edward Merrow delivers an accessible and authoritative discussion of why megaprojects frequently go over budget, past their deadlines, or result in safety compromises. You’ll explore project management deficiencies, destructive team dynamics, weak accountability systems, short-term biases, and technical expertise gaps and, more importantly, learn how to avoid or address these pitfalls in the real world. This latest edition offers extensive new material on renewable energy and decarbonization projects, as well as: Clear, nontechnical explanations of why major projects tend to get into trouble Strategies to avoid hazardous and costly errors in the high-stakes megaproject environment A comprehensive collection of tools, tips, principles, and frameworks to take a megaproject from start to finish without compromising on safety, blowing the budget, or exceeding the deadline An essential resource for engineers and industry professionals and executives, Industrial Megaprojects remains the gold standard on the subject. It also belongs in the libraries of finance and banking professionals who regularly fund these projects, and academics who research them.
Hamilton Literary Magazine
Author:
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Category : College student newspapers and periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 884
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Publisher:
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Category : College student newspapers and periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 884
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The Leatherneck
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ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 774
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Languages : en
Pages : 774
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