**Winner of the Air Force Historical Foundation's Space History Book AwardSelected for the US Space Com 2024 Commander's Reading ListSelected for USSF's National Security Space Institute 2024 Space Professional Reading List**Fight for the Final Frontier uses the concepts associated with irregular warfare to offer new insights for understanding the nature of strategic competition in space. Today’s most pressing security concerns are best considered using an ...

This book examines the rise of great power competition in space, including the relevant and practical space strategies for China, Russia, the United States, and other countries.The work discusses the concepts and writings of past strategists, such as Thucydides, Sun Tzu, and Clausewitz, in relation to warfare initiated in or extending into space. This analysis underscores why polities initiate war based upon an assessment of fear, honor, and interest, and explains why this will als...

This new study considers military space strategy within the context of the land and naval strategies of the past.Explaining why and how strategists note the similarities of space operations to those of the air and naval forces, this book shows why many such strategies unintentionally lead to overemphasizing the importance of space-based offensive weaponry and technology.Counter to most U.S. Air Force doctrines, the book argues that space-based weapons don’t imbue superiorit...

This book examines military space strategy within the context of the land and naval strategies of the past. This second edition has been updated and revised, with several new chapters included.The book examines competition and conflict in the space domain, including the methods used and sound counterstrategies to thwart a competitor’s efforts. Contrary to many spacepower pundits, the book explains that neither is the space domain inherently offense-dominant nor is there a first-mov...

The Royal Treasuries of the Spanish Empire in America provides records of Spanish colonial treasuries of various New World administrative centers. In this volume, the fourth in the series, the authors have compiled quantitative date on the fiscal structure of the presidency of Quito that will be an invaluable source for reconstructing the economic, political, and social history of eighteenth-century Ecuador.

The Royal Treasuries of the Spanish Empire in America provides records of Spanish colonial treasuries of various New World administrative centers. In this volume, the fourth in the series, the authors have compiled quantitative date on the fiscal structure of the presidency of Quito that will be an invaluable source for reconstructing the economic, political, and social history of eighteenth-century Ecuador.

The Royal Treasuries of the Spanish Empire in America provides records of Spanish colonial treasuries of various New World administrative centers. In this volume, the fourth in the series, the authors have compiled quantitative date on the fiscal structure of the presidency of Quito that will be an invaluable source for reconstructing the economic, political, and social history of eighteenth-century Ecuador.

Commitment is one of the most researched concepts in organizational behavior. This edited book in the SIOP Organizational Frontiers series, with contributions from many scholars, attempts to summarize current research and suggests new directions for studies on commitment in organizations.Commitment is linked to other concepts ie. satisfaction, involvement, motivation, and identification and is studied across cultural lines. Both the individual and group levels of building ...

When you imagine of the irresistible tastes and smells of popular takeout meals, few are as pleasing than Vietnamese food.

When you imagine of the irresistible tastes and smells of popular takeout meals, few are as pleasing than Korean food.

"A Victory March" is not an autobiography like many others. It's a love story revealing the author's many life challenges, personally and professionally, from childhood to adult life and retirement. Described is an out of the ordinary life, which benefited from others who took time and made an effort to show grace in action.The author's journey shares the survival of childhood cancer and weathering the storms of an unhappy foster home, punctuated by emotional abuse. A victory was re...

This publication outlines practical steps real estate managers can take to reduce energy consumption and save on energy costs. Important considerations are:Creating and implementing an action plan to improve energy performanceManaging after-hours HVAC use and costsHeating and coolingPurchasing energy economically?working with the utilities, seeking special rates, aggregating power purchasesReviewing utility bills and learning to underst...