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Historical dictionary of the Kennedy-Johnson era
The recent commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of John F.Kennedy's election as the thirty-fifth president of the United States serves as a reminder of a period of time that many Americans perceive as idyllic.
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American Foreign Relations since Independence
This book provides a succinct and accessible interpretation of the major event and ideas that have shaped U.S. foreign relations since the American Revolution—historical factors that now affect our current debates and commitments in the Middle East as well as Europe and Asia. American Foreign Relations since Independence explores the relationship of American policies to national interest and the limits of the nation's power, reinterpreting the nature and history of American foreign relations. The book brings together the collective knowledge of three generations of diplomatic historians to create a readily accessible introduction to the subject. The authors explicitly challenge and reject the perennial debates about isolationism versus internationalism, instead asserting that American foreign relations have been characterized by the permanent tension inherent in America's desire to engage with the world and its equally powerful determination to avoid \"entanglement\" in the world's troubles. This work is ideally suited as a resource for students of politics, international affairs, and history, and it will provide compelling insights for informed general readers.
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The dark tower. The gunslinger. 6, Last shots
\"Enter once more the world of Roland Deschain--and the world of the Dark Tower--presented in a ... graphic novel form that will unlock the doorways to terrifying secrets and bold storytelling as part of the dark fantasy masterwork and magnum opus from ... Stephen King\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Insurance as Governance
Insurance as Governanceis the first major sociological study of the insurance industry. It examines how the industry controls our institutions and daily lives in ways that are largely invisible, and how it thereby functions as a form of government beyond the state.
Drawing on extensive ethnographic research on industry practices, the work penetrates the complexities of the insurance industry and demonstrates why it is such a powerful and pervasive institution. The authors advance the concept of moral risk as they consider how insurance companies partner with governments and corporations in the negotiation of economic policy.
In effect,Insurance as Governancedocuments liberal theory at work. It offers a major case study of liberal governance beyond the state and explores such larger issues as how insurance is increasingly liberal rather than welfarist in orientation, and how insurance is the vanguard of liberalization in governance throughout postindustrial societies. Wide-ranging in scope and original in approach, the text provides a sophisticated integration of empirical data and theoretical approaches relating to insurance, risk, governance, and security.
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Endoscopic Surgery of the Orbit
The benchmark reference on endoscopic surgery of the orbit from international experts!
The use of endoscopic orbital surgery is rapidly expanding in modern day rhinology and oculoplastic practice. In the past two decades, endoscopic techniques have been adapted for lacrimal and orbital surgery. Significant advances have been made in endoscopic endonasal and periocular approaches to the orbital apex and skull base, especially in the last 3 years. There has been no book dedicated to these recent surgical innovations until Endoscopic Surgery of the Orbit: Anatomy, Pathology, and Management by Benjamin Bleier, Suzanne Freitag, and Raymond Sacks filled this void.
This landmark text and its accompanying videos bring together the global experience of thought leaders and pioneers with multidisciplinary backgrounds. The collective expertise shared throughout 20 chapters codifies the current state of endoscopic orbital surgery and sets the stage for future developments. The opening chapters cover anatomy, physiology, and radiologic aspects pertaining to the orbit, paranasal sinuses, and surrounding structures. Subsequent chapters detail evaluation and endoscopic management of a full spectrum of pathologies utilizing orbital and optic nerve decompression, reconstruction, transorbital approaches, and anesthetic techniques.
Key Features
* State-of-the-art evidence-based medicine including the pros and cons of different treatment approaches
* Management of operative complications such as sinusitis and iatrogenic intraorbital injury, and postoperative challenges
* Pathology-specific topics including congenital and acquired lacrimal obstruction, thyroid-related eye disease, trauma, orbital neoplasms, and skull-base neoplasms with orbital involvement
* 138 original illustrations help elucidate complex anatomy
* High definition, narrated surgical videos delineate specific surgical techniques
This is a must-have resource for otolaryngologists in rhinologic and general practice and ophthalmologists in general and oculoplastic practice. It will also benefit neurosurgeons and plastic & reconstructive surgeons. The comprehensive text, clinical pearls, and accompanying videos facilitate incorporating these techniques into practice, whether one is a surgical trainee or veteran practitioner.
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Atlas of neurosurgical techniques : spine and peripheral nerves
Reflecting the enormous depth and breadth of spine surgery, this volume has been completely updated with current, state-of-the-art surgical methodologies and minimally invasive options.Pathologies include degenerative changes, congenital abnormalities, rheumatic diseases, tumors, and trauma.
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Developing and Supporting Critically Reflective Teachers
This collection centres the diverse narrative experiences of six early-career US teachers who identify as critically reflective practitioners. The contributors cogently demonstrate how teachers with critically reflective mindsets take active steps to ensure that they are cognizant of how their intersecting social identities impact how they arrive at making different types of decisions (big and small), interact with students from varied backgrounds, and negotiate competing demands and expectations in and out of their classrooms.
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THE COLLEGES: PUBLIC VS. PRIVATE; PUBLIC COLLEGES WITH IVY LAURELS
The growing visibility and consequent prestige of the public colleges - once a regional phenomenon, but now national - has made one development inevitable: a nationwide pecking order, a perceived hierarchy of who is ''best'' among public colleges and universities. As in the private sector, with its reputed best - the Ivy League, the Seven Sisters and a scattered handful of others - an elite has been evolving in the public sector. The ''public ivys'' are now emerging. No one, or conglomerate of ''set'' characteristics - percentage of Ph.D.'s on the faculty, endowment per student, mean SAT scores of entering freshmen, starting salaries of graduating seniors, or number of Nobel Prize winners on campus - can substantiate ''the best'' when people and places and funds change abruptly. And an undergraduate's firsthand experience, emotional response or just good or bad luck, can overrule quickly what seemed objectively certain. - An institution's folklore or image that often, unfortunately, can become more important than the realities of a college in building and maintaining institutional strength. In this quest for the best of public institutions for undergraduate education, one must constantly be on guard against the ''halo effect'' of superior graduate-school reputations and the temptation to transfer the latter to the former.
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