This is the story of my 13-month tour in a combat zone, Vietnam 1966, told in the 1st person, with dialog and narrative describing the action. Vietnam veterans are now the warrior generation that is fading away, with the youngest just turning 70, and so many stories will die with us. Stories of heroism, devotion to duty, and courage. Also of humor, compassion, endurance and determination. I make no effort to hide my own flaws, or the flaws of our effort in Vietnam, but the story avoids the...

John Ferris' work in strategic and intelligence history is widely praised for its originality and the breadth of its research. At last his major pioneering articles are now available in this one single volume.In Intelligence and Strategy these essential articles have been fundamentally revised to incorporate new evidence and information withheld by governments when they were first published. This volume reshapes the study of communications intelligence by tracing Britain's...

Advances in Financial Economics, volume 18, will present research on corporate governance both in the US and globally. Papers will deal with the role played by boards of directors, internal organization design and governance mechanisms, franchise agreements, the effect of regulation and policy, the market for corporate control, and strategic alliances. The volume will aim at providing a deeper understanding of corporate governance practices, trends, innovations and challenges using interna...

A comprehensive manual for pre- and in-service ESL, EFL, and EIL educators who work with multilingual students at the secondary and postsecondary levels, this text balances insights from reading theory and research with highly practical, field-tested strategies for teaching and assessing second-language reading that educators can readily adopt and adapt to suit their contexts and student populations.Teaching Readers of English is a complete "go-to" source for teaching reading and p...

The military events of the Second World War have been the subject of historical debate from 1945 to the present. It mattered greatly who won, and fighting was the essential determinant of victory or defeat. In Volume 1 of The Cambridge History of the Second World War a team of twenty-five leading historians offer a comprehensive and authoritative new account of the war's military and strategic history. Part I examines the military cultures and strategic objectives of the eight major powers...

This book aspires to unveil a definitive timeline of the Hebrew kings during the period of the Divided Kingdom. It encompasses the 19 reigns of the kings of Israel and the 20 reigns of the kings of Judah, along with 34 cross-references between the rival kingdoms found in the biblical books of Kings and Chronicles. While past efforts to reconcile these numbers may have faltered, we now stand at a groundbreaking moment with precise dates for every reign. When compared to prevailing theories,...

This book aspires to unveil a definitive timeline of the Hebrew kings during the period of the Divided Kingdom. It encompasses the 19 reigns of the kings of Israel and the 20 reigns of the kings of Judah, along with 34 cross-references between the rival kingdoms found in the biblical books of Kings and Chronicles. While past efforts to reconcile these numbers may have faltered, we now stand at a groundbreaking moment with precise dates for every reign. When compared to prevailing theories,...

John Sulston was director of the Sanger Centre in Cambridge from 1993 to 2000. There he led the British arm of the international team selected to map the entire human DNA sequence, a feat that was pulled off in record time by an extraordinary collaboration of scientists. Despite innumerable setbacks and challenges from outside competitors the ultimate success of the project can be attributed in large part to John Sulston's own determination, passion and scientific excellence.In thi...

Bloomsbury presents Behind the Enigma by John Ferris, read by Charles Armstrong.'Fascinating … This monumental work completes the authorised picture of a century of British intelligence' BEN MACINTYRE, THE TIMES'[A] revelatory look at the world of GCHQ … There is much in the book that illuminates' Mark Urban, Sunday TimesYou know about MI5. You know about MI6.Now uncover the mystery behind Britain’s most secretive intelligence agency, in the first ever author...

Empirical Research in Banking and Corporate Finance is the 21st volume of Advances in Financial Economics and deals with International Corporate Governance. Explored in detail are the role of corporate cultures, social responsibility, stock liquidity, securitization, leveraged buyouts and the cost of private debt.

First published in 1997, this study of 9,000 people born in the same week in 1970, who have been followed up since birth, has produced a unique picture of life for those in their mid 20s – a year before the new Labour Government took office. The new survey shows a fractured society with clear evidence of an increasing gulf between those ‘getting on’ with their careers and blooming and those who are being left behind.The polarisation between those ‘getting on’ and those ‘getting now...

The world we live in is a world of dualityan outer world composed of relationships and an inner world of what those relationships mean. For this reason, there are two threads that run throughout the book. The main thread is a deeper soul-searching journey about what happens when we experience the loss of a loved one. Do we have the power within to change what has happened? Is the past set in stone, or is it malleable? Are our loved ones lost to us forever, or are they waiting to be redisco...