Between Fall 2002 and Spring 2003, most of the national leadership of China's party, state, and military organs will be replaced by a new generation of officials. The accession to power of this "Fourth Generation" leadership, and the "Fifth Generation" officials who will rise to positions of influence on their coattails, will have profound implications for China, for nations in the region, and potentially for the national interests of the United States. This timely work introduces the new ...

This work provides an in-depth and up-to-date examination of civil-military relations in China. It reflects the significant changes taking place in Chinese society and their impact on the civil-military dynamic, with particular attention to how the military will fit in with the new class of entrepreneurs. Rather than focusing exclusively on elite Party-Army relations, the book examines civil-military relations from various vantage points: at "the center" and in the provinces; between civil...

This is the first systematic study of modern China's military campaigns and the actual fighting conducted by the People's Liberation Army since the founding of the People's Republic. It provides a general overview of the evolution of PLA military doctrine, and then focuses on major combat episodes from the civil war with the Nationalists to the last significant combat in Vietnam in 1979, in addition to navy and air operations through 1999. In contrast to the many works on the specifics and...

肩負決策重任的領導人，這是你不可不讀的最佳指南。如果你從未讀過「決策」的相關書籍，就直接閱讀本書吧！本書以「聰明決策」為主題，精選《哈佛商業評論》十篇相關文章，能為你與你的組織在避開決策陷阱，精進決策品質上，提供最重要的協助。換句話說，閱讀本書，你可以了解為什麼好主管會做出壞決定，並進一步避開這些陷阱，成為更好的決策者。讀了這本書，你就能為組織做出最好的選擇，讓自己與組織都更上層樓。▸本書特色◂本書收錄許多大師級的學者專家，像是《快思慢想》作者、諾貝爾經濟學獎得主康納曼；經典暢銷書《執行力》作者夏藍；精研大數據、知識管理大師戴文波特等，他們提出以下你需要的深入見解與精闢建議：．做出挑戰現狀的大膽決定．善用多元的資料數據，來支持你的決策．精準評估你的風險與利益．檢驗發生錯誤的因果關係．經由實驗測試你的決策．培養並提出建...

This second edition of An Introduction to Book History provides a comprehensive critical introduction to the development of the book and print culture. Each fully revised and updated chapter contains new material and covers recent developments in the field, including:The Postcolonial BookCensorship by states and religionsSocial History, and the recognition of underrepresentation of its value to book history studiesContemporary publishing...

This is a study of international print networks developed across the English-speaking world over a significant part of the long nineteenth century. The first study of its kind, it draws on unique sources from Australasia, North America, South Africa, the British Isles, and Ireland, to explore how printers interacted and shared trade and cultural identities across international boundaries during the period 1830-1914. Morality, mobility, mobilisation, and solidarity were central to how compo...

要成為卓越的領導人，不只要才智出眾，更要具備「情緒智慧」！暢銷書《EQ》作者丹尼爾．高曼發現，要展現傑出的領導力，情緒智慧的重要性，是其他能力的兩倍。而且，情緒智慧不只對領導人有決定性的影響，對各個層級、各種職務的人來說，也都極為重要。可以說，不管你再聰明、再能幹，都只具備了基本條件，唯有情緒智慧，才是你縱橫職場的必備利器。本書以「情緒智慧」為主題，假如你從未涉獵任何教人在職場上、在管理上善用情緒智慧的著作，就從讀這本書開始吧！本書的十篇文章，都是從全球頂尖管理雜誌《哈佛商業評論》中，依此主題嚴選出來的作品，篇篇都是經得起千錘百鍊的經典文章，幫助你提高社交技能與情緒技能，進而為你打造專業上、事業上的成功。▸本書特色◂本書提出以下的見解與建議，激發讀者鍛鍊「情緒智慧」，並有效應用：．管理並引導你的心情和情緒．做出聰明、有同理心的人事決定．管理團隊的衝突、控制團隊的情緒．以復原力挺過嚴...

In recent years, the once familiar landscape of British politics has fundamentally changed. The Conservative Party in particular has undergone a profound transformation. Centre-right values that steered British politics for decades – internationalism, respect for the rule of law, fiscal responsibility, belief in our institutions – were cast aside in the wake of the Brexit referendum to the detriment of UK prosperity, electoral trust and the long-term fortunes of the Conservative Party....

This volume presents a selection of David Gauthier's writings on Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and the theory of political contractarianism. The eight essays on Hobbes, written over four decades, represent the author's changing understanding of the moral and political theories since the publication of The Logic of Leviathan (OUP, 1969). These include essays on Hobbes on law, challenging influential readings of his legal philosophy, and a previously unpublished piece, 'The True and Onl...

Few artworks have been the subject of more extensive modern interpretation than Melencolia I by renowned artist, mathematician, and scientist, Albrecht Dürer (1514). And yet, did each of these art experts and historians miss a secret manifesto that Dürer included within the engraving? This is the first work to decrypt secrets within Melencolia I based not on guesswork, but Dürer’s own writings, other subliminal artists that inspired him (i.e., Leonardo da Vinci), the Jewi...

For several decades, David Gauthier has been one of the leading philosophers working on practical rationality and deliberation. This book presents a selection of Gauthier's writings on these topics, all but two of which were written after Morals by Agreement (OUP, 1986). They represent Gauthier's most important contributions to the theory of practical reason, moving some distance from the view a first presented in "Reason and Maximization" and developed in a much-reprinted chapter...

The declaration of the People’s Republic of China in October 1949 presented American foreign policy officials with two dilemmas: How to deal with the communist government on the mainland and what to do about Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist regime on Taiwan. By 1950, these questions were pressing hard upon U.S. civilian and military planners and policy makers, for it appeared that the Red Army was preparing to invade the island. Most observers believed that nothing short of American military ...