Описание: A vivid portrait of how Naval oversight shaped American oceanography, revealing what difference it makes who pays for science. What difference does it make who pays for science? Some might say none. If scientists seek to discover fundamental truths about the world, and they do so in an objective manner using well-established methods, then how could it matter who's footing the bill? History, however, suggests otherwise. In science, as elsewhere, money is power. Tracing the recent history of oceanography, Naomi Oreskes discloses dramatic changes in American ocean science since the Cold War, uncovering how and why it changed. Much of it has to do with who pays. After World War II, the US military turned to a new, uncharted theater of warfare: the deep sea. The earth sciences--particularly physical oceanography and marine geophysics--became essential to the US Navy, which poured unprecedented money and logistical support into their study. Science on a Mission brings to light how this influx of military funding was both enabling and constricting: it resulted in the creation of important domains of knowledge but also significant, lasting, and consequential domains of ignorance. As Oreskes delves into the role of patronage in the history of science, what emerges is a vivid portrait of how naval oversight transformed what we know about the sea. It is a detailed, sweeping history that illuminates the ways funding shapes the subject, scope, and tenor of scientific work, and it raises profound questions about the purpose and character of American science. What difference does it make who pays? The short answer is: a lot.
Автор: Mason T. David, Mitchell Sara McLaughlin Название: What Do We Know about Civil Wars? ISBN: 1442242248 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781442242241 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 21331.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In this timely book, leading scholars guide us through what the latest research tells us about the onset, duration, outcomes, and recurrence of civil wars, as well as the ongoing consequences of conflicts in war-torn countries such as Syria, Sudan, and Rwanda.
Автор: Vasquez John a. Название: What Do We Know about War?, Second Edition ISBN: 1442212632 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781442212633 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 22176.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: What Do We Know about War? reviews the research on causes of war and the conditions of peace over the past forty-five years. Leading scholars explore the critical roles of territorial disputes, alliances, arms races, rivalry, and nuclear weapons in bringing about war as well a...
Автор: Mitchell Sara McLaughlin, Vasquez John a. Название: What Do We Know about War?, Third Edition ISBN: 1538140098 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781538140093 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 10771.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: What Do We Know about War? brings together leading scholars within international relations to review the current theory and research on peace and war-what is known, the quality of the evidence, and future research strategies.
Автор: Chenoweth Erica Название: Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) ISBN: 0190244402 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190244408 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 2298.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Exploring both historical cases of civil resistance and more contemporary examples such as the Arab Awakenings and various ongoing movements in the United States, Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) provides a comprehensive and engaging review of the current field of knowledge.
Автор: Mahoney Richard D. Название: Colombia: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) ISBN: 0190262745 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190262747 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 1944.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In an accessible question-and-answer format, Richard D. Mahoney explores the many key issues running through Colombia`s history, distinguishing its national experience, and fueling its unquenchable creativity.
The thesis of this book is that our modern Presidents have hijacked Congress's constitutional war-making powers, making themselves the "kings of war." Under the Constitution, only Congress has the power to declare war. However, beginning with President Truman, our Presidents have claimed the "inherent" power as commanders in chief to commit the nation to war without congressional authorization. This power grab has had a profound effect on the balance of power between Congress and the presidency. It is the key ingredient in our current "executive-centric" national government. The book first explores how and why this happened. It begins with an historical account of the Constitutional Convention's treatment of the war-making power and the system adopted by the framers that divided the responsibilities between Congress (which decided whether war should be conducted) and the President (who conducted the war, subject to Congress's on-going power of the purse). There is a major chapter on the Northwest Indian War, under the Washington administration, which was the first war fought under the Constitution. Washington presided at the Constitutional Convention and believed that the decision to go to war was committed to Congress. Accordingly, as that war unfolded, Washington repeatedly went to Congress to request the resources he needed to fight the war. The book then explores the drastic change in that system beginning with President Truman's unilateral decision to commit the nation to war on the Korean Peninsula, and its development through the Cold War, the Vietnam War and finally President George W. Bush's most aggressive claim to the President's war powers in the invasion of Iraq in 2003. There is also a chapter on the special constitutional challenges presented by the advent of nuclear weapons. The book ends with an analysis of the factors that have allowed the presidency's power grab and proposes a legislative agenda to restore the war powers system to the one enshrined in the Constitution.
Автор: O Tuama, Padraig Bennett, Pat Название: What were you arguing about along the way? ISBN: 1786223996 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781786223999 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3793.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The Spirituality of Conflict website is one of the most exciting and vibrant online lectionary resources. This volume of collected material focuses on the beginning and the end of Jesus` human life and covers the gospels for Advent, Christmas. Lent, Holy Week and Easter.
Описание: In a forty-year career as an oil and gas investment analyst and as an investment banker and strategic adviser on petroleum-sector mergers, acquisitions, and financings, Thomas A. Petrie has witnessed dramatic changes in the business. In Following Oil, he shares useful lessons he has learned about domestic and global trends in population and economic growth, a maturing resource base, variable national energy policies, and dynamic changes in geopolitical forces - and how these variables affect energy markets. More important, he applies those lessons to charting a course of energy development for the nation as the twenty-first century unfolds. By the 1970s, when Petrie began analyzing publicly traded securities in the energy sector, the petroleum investment market was depressed. The rise of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) pushed energy to the center of the national security calculus of the United States and its allies. Price volatility would continue to whipsaw global markets for decades, while for consumers, cheap gasoline prices soon became a fond memory. Eventually, as Petrie puts it, finding oil on Wall Street became cheaper than drilling for it. Petrie uses this dramatic period in oil business history to relate what he has learned from ""following oil"" as a securities analyst and investment banker. But the title also refers to energy sources that could become available following eventual shrinkage of conventional-oil supplies. Addressing the current need for greener, more sustainable energy sources, Petrie points to recent large domestic gas discoveries and the use of new technologies such as horizontal drilling to unlock unconventional hydrocarbons. With these new sources, the United States can increase production and ensure itself enough oil and gas to sustain economic growth during the next several decades. Petrie urges the pursuit of cleaner fossil fuel development in order to buy the time to develop the technical advances needed to bridge the nation to a greener energy future, when wind, solar, and other technologies advance sufficiently to play a larger role.
Автор: Jeffreys-Jones Rhodri Название: We Know All About You ISBN: 019874966X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198749660 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4155.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The story of surveillance in Britain and the United States - from the detective agencies of the late nineteenth century to the era of wikileaks and the Snowden revelations in the twenty-first. The first history of its kind - and a salutary assessment of the dangers of the surveillance society in which we live today.
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