An ambitious and vast family history by the nephew of Soledad Brother author George Jackson and son of Black Panther martyr Jonathan Jackson, whose famous act of defiance redefined Black Power and American dissent in the early 1970s."In his quest for the truth about his iconic father and uncle and how the struggle that took their lives shaped his own, Jonathan Peter Jackson, Jr. has produced an epic story of family, race, enigmatic literary and political w...

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence.The public and parliamentary debate about UK abortion law reform is often diverted away from key moral and political questions by disputes regarding basic questions of fact. And all too often, claims of scientific ‘fact’ are ideologically driven.But what effect would decriminalisation be likely to have on women’s health? What would be the impact on the incidence of abortions? Would decriminalisation equate to deregulation, sweepi...

Confederate Lieutenant General Thomas J. Jackson is considered one of the greatest tacticians who ever lived. His Valley Campaign of 1862 is a classic example of the effective use of maneuver warfare. While much has been written about Jackson's tactics, very little attention has been paid to his leadership of the soldiers who executed his tactical plans. The United States Army's recent emphasis on maneuver warfare has stressed the importance of leadership in the conduct of such warfare. Th...

L.E. Modesitt Jr.'s The Magic of Recluce begins his bestselling fantasy series the Saga of Recluce, which is one of the most popular in contemporary epic fantasy.Young Lerris yearns to find a place in the world better suited to his skills and temperament. In Recluce this means taking one of two options: permanent exile from Recluce or the dangergeld, a complex, rule-laden wanderjahr in the lands beyond. Many do not survive.Lerris chooses dangergeld.Lerris will need ...