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The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won ...

The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won ...

Cathal Nolan

Wars are decided in other ways. Cathal J. Nolan's The Allure of Battle systematically and engrossingly examines the great battles, tracing what he calls "short-war thinking," the hope that victory might be swift and wars brief.
Human Rights in Canadian Foreign Policy

Human Rights in Canadian Foreign Policy

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John Foster (chapter 5), Cathal Nolan (6), and Skilling (8) demonstrate that Canada has been a forthright and vigorous member of these structures and is trying to strengthen them and to augment their international prestige and authority.
Collision of Empires: Italy's Invasion of Ethiopia and its ...

Collision of Empires: Italy's Invasion of Ethiopia and its ...

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... we have had about Italian and American politics and for the colloquium he organized at Orte, as well as Erik Goldstein, William Keylor and Cathal Nolan for inviting me to present a paper in their research seminar series at Boston University.
The Global Covenant: Human Conduct in a World of States

The Global Covenant: Human Conduct in a World of States

Robert H. Jackson

Constas, Cathal Nolan, Joel Rosenthal, Michael Stohl, Adam Roberts, Andrew Hurrell, and Anne Deighton for inviting me to these stimulating academic venues. Prototype statements of some of the argument have appeared elsewhere and I ...
Ethics and Statecraft: The Moral Dimension of International ...

Ethics and Statecraft: The Moral Dimension of International ...

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In addition, original chapters by Cathal Nolan on FDR and World War II, Carl Hodge on Konrad Adenauer and the rehabilitation of postwar Germany, and Paul Marantz on Eduard Shevardnadze and the decline and fall of the Soviet Union ...
Death Orders: The Vanguard of Modern Terrorism in ...

Death Orders: The Vanguard of Modern Terrorism in ...

Anna Geifman

My colleagues Golda Akhiezer, Moshe Hazani, Paul Hollander, Richard Landes, Cathal Nolan, and Jeffrey Woolf have contributed useful comments for improving various chapters, as did Iosef Arbeli, Tamar Hayrikyan, Andrea Mosterman, and ...
The United States and Turkey's Path to Europe: Hands Across ...

The United States and Turkey's Path to Europe: Hands Across ...

Arma?an Emre Çak?r

Teresa Thomas, “Raymond Arthur Hare,” in Cathal Nolan (ed.), Notable US Ambassadors since 1775, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997, 130–6, p. 134. “Telegram from the Embassy in Turkey to the Department of State,” 4 June 1964,  ...
The Burden of White Supremacy: Containing Asian Migration in ...

The Burden of White Supremacy: Containing Asian Migration in ...

David C. Atkinson

Arianne Chernock, Charles Delheim, Lou Ferleger, Fred Leventhal, David Mayers, Brendan McConville, Cathal Nolan, Sarah Phillips, Jon Roberts, Diana Wylie, and Jonathan Zatlin all provided important insights during the early phases, and I ...
The Politics of International Humanitarian Aid Operations

The Politics of International Humanitarian Aid Operations

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... Cathal Nolan in Principled Diplomacy: Security and Rights in U.S. Foreign Policy (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993). On the United States and leadership for rights in the OAS, see David P. Forsythe, "Human Rights, the United States, ...
The Fictional Christopher Nolan

The Fictional Christopher Nolan

Todd McGowan

The Fictional Christopher Nolan discovers in Nolan's films an exploration of the role that fiction plays in leading to truth.
The Nonexistent

The Nonexistent

Anthony Everett

[163] Daniel Nolan. Impossible worlds: A modest approach. Notre Dame Journal for Formal Logic (38):535–72, 1997. [164] Daniel Nolan. A consistent reading of “ Sylvan's Box.” Philosophical Quarterly (57):667–73, 2007. [165] Daniel Nolan.
Human Rights in International Relations

Human Rights in International Relations

David P. Forsythe

33 Cathal Nolan, Principled Diplomacy: Security and Rights in US Foreign Policy (Westport: Greenwood, 1993). 34 David P. Forsythe, US Foreign Policy and Human Rights: Introduction: human rights in international relations 19.
The meaning of Nolan Ryan

The meaning of Nolan Ryan

Nick Trujillo

Looks at the life and career of star baseball player Nolan Ryan, and the impact he had on his young fans
Nolan Ryan

Nolan Ryan

Ellyn Sanna

Looks at the life and career of Nolan Ryan, who overcame personal and professional challenges to become one of baseball's most powerful pitchers.
Nolan Ryan: The Road to Cooperstown

Nolan Ryan: The Road to Cooperstown

Nolan Ryan

Presents a collection of anecdotes and stories by the Hall of Fame pitcher and his friends and family about his life and career as baseball's strikeout king
Oxford Studies in Metaphysics

Oxford Studies in Metaphysics

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If, however, you think a true identity statement is existentially committing, and you also reject Barcan formulae, this is not the same problem, since Daniel Nolan = Daniel Nolan is then contingent: it fails in any world in which I do not exist.
Nolan Ryan's Pitcher's Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Power, ...

Nolan Ryan's Pitcher's Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Power, ...

Nolan Ryan

Offers advice on the mechanics of pitching, and recommends a program of weight training, aerobic exercise, and sound nutrition
Nolan Ryan--the Ryan Express

Nolan Ryan--the Ryan Express

Ken Rappoport

A biography of Nolan Ryan, the pitcher for the Texas Rangers who is the all-time leader in no-hitters and strikeouts.
The Therapeutic State: Justifying Government at Century's End

The Therapeutic State: Justifying Government at Century's End

James L. Nolan Jr.

Nolan (anthropology and sociology, Williams College) supplies his background by looking at trends such as the emotivist ethic, the pathologization of human behavior, the rise of a new priestly class, and the legiti.
Throwing Heat: The Autobiography of Nolan Ryan

Throwing Heat: The Autobiography of Nolan Ryan

Nolan Ryan

An account of the twenty-year career of baseball's greatest power pitcher includes Ryan's comments on the greats he has pitched against and drugs, glitter, and showboating
Jake Bugg - The Biography

Jake Bugg - The Biography

David Nolan

But how did a teenager from Nottingham – a city whose music scene was previously notable for one hit wonders and novelty records – go from the bottom of the bill to the top in such a short space of time?Journalist David Nolan has ...
Lee Considered: General Robert E. Lee and Civil War History

Lee Considered: General Robert E. Lee and Civil War History

Alan T. Nolan

Looking at this evidence in a critical way, Nolan concludes that there is little truth to the dogmas traditionally set forth about Lee and the war.
Just Another Day in My Insanely Real Life

Just Another Day in My Insanely Real Life

Barbara Dee

... deal with any more of that I also vetoed sitting with Mariah Silverman (because all she talked about was MTV), Arianna DeVito (because all she talked about was grades), and Tara Nolan (because all she talked about was Tara Nolan).
Vital Tenets: Shaping Organizational Values and Culture

Vital Tenets: Shaping Organizational Values and Culture

David Nolan

With real life examples we can all relate to, Mr. Nolan identifies the negative trends that undermine organizations while giving a practical, step based approach to counter them”. —Paul Raymond, P.Eng, ICD.D CEO, Alithya Group “In a ...
Tort Law

Tort Law

Kirsty Horsey

The best place to start is Donal Nolan's excellent chapter on Alcock. Bailey, Stephen and Donal nolan 'The Page v Smith Saga: A Tale of Inauspicious Origins and Unintended consequences' [2010] cLJ 495 case, Paula 'now you See It, now ...
The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate

The 1975 - Love, Sex & Chocolate

David Nolan

From early gigs in the pubs and clubs of Manchester to arena shows across the globe, music journalist David Nolan has tracked down key players in the band's story – including their school friend and original guitarist who turned his back ...
Landmark

Landmark

Elizabeth (Libbie) Faulkner Nolan Nolan

SUMMIT VALLEY SCHOOL by Joanne Kraft Buth ur little one-room country school was about two thirds of a mile walk West of our Town of Summit farm. My sister, Carol, was two years younger than I and we walked to school together.
Visions of Modernity: American Business and the ...

Visions of Modernity: American Business and the ...

Mary Nolan

Mary Nolan's book explores the contradictory ways in which trade unionists and industrialists, engineers and politicians, educators and social workers explained American economic success, envisioned a more efficient or "rationalized" ...
Cell Biology A Comprehensive Treatise V4: Gene Expression: ...

Cell Biology A Comprehensive Treatise V4: Gene Expression: ...

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Steiner, D. F., Clark, J. L., Nolan, C., Rubenstein, A. H., Margoliash, E., Aten, B., and Oyer, P. E. (1969). Proinsulin and the biosynthesis of insulin. Recent Prog. Horm. Res. 25, 207-282. Steiner, D. F., Clark, J. L., Nolan, C., Rubenstein, A. H., ...
Catholic Emancipations: Irish Fiction from Thomas Moore to ...

Catholic Emancipations: Irish Fiction from Thomas Moore to ...

Emer Nolan

Tracing the history of the Catholic-authored novel in nineteenth-century Ireland, Emer Nolan offers a unique tour of Ireland's literary landscape from its early origins during the Catholic political resurgence of the 1820s to the ...

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