Author: AnonymousPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368850482
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Report from the Select Committee on Explosive Substances
Author: AnonymousPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368850482
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Reports from Committees
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 790
Book Description
Supplementary Catalogue of the Books Added to the Parliamentary Library
Author: Parliamentary Library of South AustraliaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
The British Military Revolution of the 19th Century
Author: Daniel R. LeClairPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 147667499X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
From the Crimean War through the Second Boer War, the British Empire sought to solve the "Great Gun Question"--to harness improvements to ordnance, small arms, explosives and mechanization made possible by the Industrial Revolution. The British public played a surprising but overlooked role, offering myriad suggestions for improvements to the civilian-led War Office. Meanwhile, politicians and army leaders argued over control of the country's ground forces in a decades-long struggle that did not end until reforms of 1904 put the military under the Secretary of State for War. Following the debate in the press, voters put pressure on both Parliament and the War Office to modernize ordnance and military administration. The "Great Gun Question" was as much about weaponry as about who ultimately controlled military power. Drawing on ordnance committee records and contemporary news reports, this book fills a gap in the history of British military technology and army modernization prior to World War I.
Scientific Advice to the Nineteenth-Century British State
Author: Roland JacksonPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822990059
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
In twenty-first-century Britain, scientific advice to government is highly organized, integrated across government departments, and led by a chief scientific adviser who reports directly to the prime minister. But at the end of the eighteenth century, when Roland Jackson’s account begins, things were very different. With this book, Jackson turns his attention to the men of science of the day—who derived their knowledge of the natural world from experience, observation, and experiment—focusing on the essential role they played in proffering scientific advice to the state, and the impact of that advice on public policy. At a time that witnessed huge scientific advances and vast industrial development, and as the British state sought to respond to societal, economic, and environmental challenges, practitioners of science, engineering, and medicine were drawn into close involvement with politicians. Jackson explores the contributions of these emerging experts, the motivations behind their involvement, the forces that shaped this new system of advice, and the legacy it left behind. His book provides the first detailed analysis of the provision of scientific, engineering, and medical advice to the nineteenth-century British government, parliament, the civil service, and the military.
Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the Institution of Civil Engineers ...: H-Pa
Author: Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain). LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Minutes of Proceedings of the Metropolitan Board of Works
Author: Metropolitan Board of Works (London, England)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 974
Book Description
Votes & Proceedings
Author: New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative CouncilPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New South Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 1174
Book Description
The Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture (Academic Edition)
Author: Senate Select Committee On IntelligencePublisher: Melville House
ISBN: 1612198473
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
The study edition of book the Los Angeles Times called, "The most extensive review of U.S. intelligence-gathering tactics in generations." This is the complete Executive Summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee's investigation into the CIA's interrogation and detention programs -- a.k.a., The Torture Report. Based on over six million pages of secret CIA documents, the report details a covert program of secret prisons, prisoner deaths, interrogation practices, and cooperation with other foreign and domestic agencies, as well as the CIA's efforts to hide the details of the program from the White House, the Department of Justice, the Congress, and the American people. Over five years in the making, it is presented here exactly as redacted and released by the United States government on December 9, 2014, with an introduction by Daniel J. Jones, who led the Senate investigation. This special edition includes: • Large, easy-to-read format. • Almost 3,000 notes formatted as footnotes, exactly as they appeared in the original report. This allows readers to see obscured or clarifying details as they read the main text. • An introduction by Senate staffer Daniel J. Jones who led the investigation and wrote the report for the Senate Intelligence Committee, and a forward by the head of that committee, Senator Dianne Feinstein.