Due to the pace of change in the USSR, monographs and textbooks in the field are quickly becoming dated. This book is the inaugural edition of a series that seeks to fill that void by presenting a biannual, systematic summary and analysis of developments in Soviet affairs. In this first volume, noted experts cover the years 1989-1990, examining the full range of political, economic, social, and ethnic changes of these two tumultuous years. Additional chapters focus on the Soviet Union's fo...

Wars change the course of history and touch in intensely personal ways the lives of everyone involved. Thankfully, surviving firsthand accounts offer modern readers a deeply personal window into earlier times. From Camp Douglas to Vicksburg: The Civil War Letters of William J. Kennedy, 55th Illinois Infantry, 1861-1863, edited and annotated by Rachael E. Mellen and David A. Powell, constitutes a rich and informative glimpse into one such life.William J. Kennedy was a secon...

This book analyzes the Soviet Union's social problems, focusing on those it shares with Western industrial societies. It assesses the social concerns confronting Gorbachev, including poverty; prostitution; health, education, and family issues; and the difficulty of adapting to technological change.

The demise of any empire provides an occasion for fresh examination of longaccepted "truths" about its history and its intrinsic nature: What set this particular empire apart from others? Why did it develop in the way that it did? Could events have taken a different path? What legacies has the empire left to its heirs? In this volume, eminent scholars reflect on the unique and central features of the Soviet empire during its period of consolidation in Europe and speculate on the long-term ...

The Book of Monsters: 40 Timeless Horror Novels surveys the monster as a uniquely flexible figure of dread: scientific transgression, revenance, vampiric contagion, colonial encounter, occult mystery, and evolutionary anxiety all assume compelling form here. Moving from Gothic romance and sensation fiction to adventure tale, proto-science fiction, detective narrative, and cosmic horror, the volume situates such landmarks as Frankenstein, Dracula, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde's...

The Beasts of Nightmares: 40 Monster Books surveys the protean figure of the monster across Gothic romance, supernatural terror, scientific fantasy, imperial adventure, detective fiction, and folkloric tale. Its capacious selection places revenants, vampires, uncanny doubles, prehistoric survivals, artificial beings, and exoticized creatures in productive proximity. From claustrophobic castle narratives to expeditionary romances and speculative visions, the volume reveals how monstrousness...

NHS reform continues to be a topical yet contentious issue in the UK. Reforming healthcare: What's the evidence? is the first major critical overview of the research published on healthcare reform in England from 1990 onwards by a team of leading UK health policy academics. It explores work considering the Conservative internal market of the 1990s and New Labour's healthcare reorganizations, including its attempts at performance management and the reintroduction of market-based reform from...

A queer anthology that celebrates! Stories by Shantell Powell, Marcin Bartosz Łukasiewicz, Sam Crain, DeAnna Knippling, Kay Hanifen, AJ Dolman, Renato Gandia, David Horn, Re Gwaltney, Danielle Davis, Darren Lipman, Derrick Webber, Laura Ruth Loomis, Aiden E. Messer, J. M. de la Torre, KA Masters, Zacheriah Tucker

To many of the Federal soldiers watching the Stars and Stripes unfurl atop Lookout Mountain on the morning of November 25, 1863, it seemed that the battle to relieve Chattanooga was complete. The Union Army of the Cumberland was no longer trapped in the city, subsisting on short rations and awaiting rescue; instead, they were again on the attack.Ulysses S. Grant did not share their certainty. For Grant, the job he had been sent to accomplish was only half-finished. Braxton Bragg’s ...

What is alcoholism? Are you an alcoholic? Someone you close to you, perhaps?In a culture where drinking is everything to many people and drinking alcohol is celebrated, finding the will to quit drinking can be one of the toughest challenges an alcoholic can face. It's no lie; alcohol causes disease, disruption, and destruction if abused and when someone develops an alcohol addiction there is usually damage to relationships to family as well. Alcoholism is a...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.What is alcoholism? Are you an alcoholic? Someone you close to you, perhaps?In a culture where drinking is everything to many people and drinking alcohol is celebrated, finding the will to quit drinking can be one of the toughest challenges an alcoholic can face. It's no lie; alcohol causes disease, disruption, and destruction if abused and when someone develops an alcohol addiction there is usually damage to re...

Whereas the earlier book, written in 2011, explained the concept of Operations Readiness and the need to have Assurance that any given project would be ready to begin operations immediately after handover, it did not address how this could be achieved in a practical way. The OR&A Solution is the only commercially available software, created specifically for deploying the OR&A process on major projects. It has now been developed, tested, deployed and used successfully for more than 10 years...