Author: Publisher: Odile Jacob
ISBN: 2738199135
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Author: Publisher: Odile Jacob
ISBN: 2738199135
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Author: Bulletins Et Mémoires de la Société Médicale Des Hôpitaux de Paris
Author: The Caliphate at War
Author: Ahmed S. HashimPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190668504
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
The military victories of the Islamic State have completely overturned the geopolitical map of the Middle East. Media attention has focused almost exclusively on Islamic State's savage treatment of its enemies and its ability to attract foreign fighters. In 2011, the first effort to build an Islamic State in Iraq was defeated by US and Iraqi forces. The second attempt to establish themselves, beginning in 2014, has been considerably more successful and that success calls for deeper investigation. In order to explain the successes of Islamic State, The Caliphate at War brings together a dispassionate and objective account of the significant innovations in insurgency, ideology, and governance. By focusing their ideology first and foremost on extreme anti-Shia sectarianism - rather than on Western "infidels" - the Islamic State's founders are able to present themselves as the saviors of what they see as the embattled Sunni "nation" in Iraq. Its success in taking and holding major cities, including Mosul, demonstrates its innovative tactics and skill at exploiting tribal and sectarian rivalries. By going beyond the often starkly unpleasant current affairs of the Islamic State, The Caliphate at War undertakes an essential investigation into the successes of the group, to better understand how the movement is surviving, thriving, and reshaping the Middle East.
Toya
Author: Vasco M'benga N’kutulaPublisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039187870
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Le long voyage, dans la société Balkar, d’une mère et veuve attentionnée. Toya, une jeune perle balkar de treize ans, est arrachée trop tôt de l’école pour être offerte en mariage à Nathan, un veuf âgé de trente et un ans. Ici le coup de foudre est inexistant; l’union précède l’amour. L’époux, à peine sorti de sa formation d’évangéliste presbytérien, se détourne du ministère pour le poste prestigieux de gérant du premier et unique magasin de son village. Le couple connait des moments de gloire inoubliables jusqu’au jour où tout bascule avec la fermeture du point de vente. Toya s’efforce encore de s’accommoder du nouveau mode de vie paysan quand Nathan, non content de compter un seul garçon, décide de devenir bigame, à la quête des enfants mâles. Un rêve déçu, car la nouvelle épouse lui offre trois filles en trois maternités successives. Finalement, la cour sera peuplée des petits garçons tant adorés dans cette société. Devenue veuve à trente-neuf ans, Toya est victime du rouleau compresseur de la tradition dont se sert l’unique frère cadet de Nathan, pour régner en maître absolu sur les biens et les épouses du défunt. Il fait des jeunes orphelins une main-d’oeuvre dans les champs de coton pendant des années. Cependant, même au plus fort de ses cauchemars, Toya ne désespère pas de libérer la maison de Nathan d’un joug qui ne dit pas son nom. Profitant d’un séjour médical, elle déserte la concession de Bakmul pour s’installer dans un centre urbain où ses enfants la rejoignent et savourent la liberté. Son fils aîné, universitaire de son état, prend la relève et fait de ses jeunes frères et soeurs des personnes autonomes et épanouies. Au fil du temps, Toya est rongée par une hypertension longtemps ignorée, qui aura raison d’elle. La veuve balkar s’éteint à l’âge de soixante-dix-neuf ans, entourée de siens. Son combat fut des plus nobles et des plus couronnés.
Publications
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
Book Description
Includes documents, translations, proceedings, reports, papers.
The Caliphate at War
Author: Ahmed HashimPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 1787380599
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
ISIS's astonishing and unexpected military victories in 2014 and 2015 redrew the geopolitical map of the Middle East. Media attention focused on the organisation's savage treatment of its enemies and its ability to attract foreign fighters, but as this dispassionate book demonstrates it also made important innovations in strategy, ideology and governance. Ahmed S. Hashim argues that by focusing their ideology first and foremost on extreme anti-Shia sectarianism - rather than on Western 'infidels' - ISIS' founders were able to present themselves as the saviours of what they saw as the embattled Sunni 'nation' in Iraq. This enabled them to win the support of Sunni communities. Moreover, ISIS' stunning ability to take major cities was a result of its innovative tactics. It sowed terror in advance of its attacks by using targeted assassinations to kill key city leaders, and its decentralised regional command structure facilitated an unusual degree of coordination between small assault units. At the same time the organisation made a serious effort to engage in state-building and population control. By going beyond the often starkly unpleasant current affairs of the Islamic State, The Caliphate at War undertakes an essential investigation into the successes of the group, to better understand how the movement has survived, thrived, and reshaped the Middle East.
Nutritio Et Dietà
Author: Physiological Abstracts
Author: Issues in Land and Water Engineering: 2011 Edition
Author: Publisher: ScholarlyEditions
ISBN: 1464965366
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1364
Book Description
Issues in Land and Water Engineering / 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ eBook that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Land and Water Engineering. The editors have built Issues in Land and Water Engineering: 2011 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Land and Water Engineering in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in Land and Water Engineering: 2011 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.