This book analyses security strategies in the American world order, systematically comparing Russian, Middle Eastern and European policies.The main finding is that the loss of relative power has decisive importance for the security strategies of states, but that particular strategies can only be explained when relative power is combined with ideology and the probability of military conflict. Research on the unipolar world order has focused largely on the general dynamics of the sys...

This book addresses how identity, structures, and agency affect women’s everyday lives in post-revolutionary Egypt. The authors analyse the topic both on a macro- as well as on a micro-level. Through interviews and workshops, women around Egypt express their own experiences in dialogue, in groups and in drawings. Based on the analysis of this material the reader gets insights into personal experiences, believes and opinions of a diverse group of women in terms of age, economic class, educa...

Hex: The Full Story is for anyone - hobbyist, professional, student, teacher - who enjoys board games, game theory, discrete math, computing, or history. hex was discovered twice, in 1942 by Piet Hein and again in 1949 by John F. nash. How did this happen? Who created the puzzle for Hein's Danish newspaper column? How are Martin Gardner, David Gale, Claude Shannon, and Claude Berge involved? What is the secret to playing Hex well? The answers are inside...F...

"John Mogensen - livet er kort" er en velskrevet musikbiografi om den folkekære sanger og sangskriver John Mogensen (1928-1977) og hans privatliv og musikkarriere.Bogen giver et gribende og underholdende indblik i op- og nedturene i livet for manden bag "Der er noget galt i Danmark". Fokus i bogen ligger på de sidste år af musikerens liv, hvor han opnåede sine største professionelle triumfer, men samtidig en privat nedtur.Bogen henvender sig til alle med interesse for John ...

"Gustav Winckler & vennerne" er en gribende musikbiografi om den danske crooner-legende; Gustav Winckler (1925-1979). Danmarks største crooner, der var elsket af danskerne, og som midt i en brydningstid blev kastet ud i kulturkampen om god og dårlig smag, samtidig med at han producerede nogle af landets mest forargelige og opsigstvækkende nye musikkunstnere.Ikke mange ville have troet, at denne unge Gustav, der i 30'erne arbejdede som maskinarbejder på en vaskemaskinefabrik, skulle...

For the first time, the choreographer of Michael Jackson, Madonna, Björk, and many others reveals stage stories through his extraordinary journey.Vincent Paterson began his professional dancing career late in life. It would take an exceptional turn when he became one of the lead dancers in Michael Jackson's Beat It music video. Through hard work, he rises to the rank of choreographer and director for the world's greatest singers, but also for cinema and mu...