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Operation Enduring Freedom, March 2002-April 2005

Operation Enduring Freedom, March 2002-April 2005

Brian F. Neumann

Department of the Army
2013
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"NOTE; NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT- OVERSTOCK SALE -- Significantly reduced list price" This pamphlet provides details on the role of the U.S. Army in the critical three-year period following the conclusion of Operation Anaconda in March 2002. It details the story of American and international forces working to solidify the initial invasion s crippling of al-Qaeda and removal of the Taliban. It recounts the story of the quest to build a new, democratic Afghan government capable of maintaining internal security and tending to the needs of the Afghan people. It tells the tale of theU.S. Army s search for a proper balance between counterterrorism andcounterinsurgency operations as the enemy rebuilt his forces from safehavens in Pakistan. Finally, it chronicles the Army s efforts to maintainan effective presence in Afghanistan while juggling the challenges ofan indigenous population historically opposed to foreign forces andthe decreased resources available after the start of the Iraq war in 2003. Operation Enduring Free dom, March 2002 April 2005, was writtenby historians Dr. Brian F. Neumann, Dr. Lisa Mundey, and Dr. JonMikolashek in the Histories Division of the Center of Military History. We hope that you enjoy and profit from this dramatic but often overlookedstory of our Army in action in the Global War on Terrorism. Itis the second in the Center s series of campaign brochures on the U.S.Army in Afghanistan. Related items: On Point II: Transition to the New Campaign: The United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom, May 2003-January 2005 is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-000-00989-9 Operational Culture for the Warfighter: Principles and Applications is availalbe here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-000-01021-8 Applications in Operational Culture: Perspectives From the Field is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-000-01054-4 Iraq & Persian Gulf Wars resources collection can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/us-military-history/battles-wars/iraq-..."
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Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion

Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion

Brian Davies

Oxford Univ Pr
2020
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An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion provides a critical examination of the fundamental questions posed by religious belief: What does it mean to believe in God? Can God's existence be proven? Is there life after death? Brian Davies considers these questions and many others, sometimes offering provocative answers of his own, but more often giving students room to form their own conclusions. In addition to exploring the views of several classic philosophers of religion--including Anselm, Aquinas, Descartes, Leibniz, Hume, and Kant--Davies surveys a variety of contemporary thinkers. Revised and updated to cover the latest developments in the field, the new edition of this influential textbook provides an ideal introduction for all students of the philosophy of religion.
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Unable

Brian C. Kalt

Oxford University Press Inc
2019
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Since the election of President Donald Trump, the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Constitution-covering presidential incapacity-has been a frequent topic of public discussion. Meanwhile, Section 4 has become a mainstay in television dramas, which usually represents it inaccurately. The country needs this complicated but essential topic explained.Unable: The Law, Politics, and Limits of Section 4 of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment is designed to educate and inform the public about Section 4 in an evenhanded and accessible way. This book is not about President Trump; it offers no opinions on his fitness for office. By the end of the book, though, it will be clear how Section 4 applies to him, as well as to any other president.
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The Jury Under Fire

The Jury Under Fire

Brian H. Bornstein; Edie Greene

Oxford University Press Inc
2017
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Although the jury is often referred to as one of the bulwarks of the American justice system, it regularly comes under attack. Recent changes to trial procedures, such as reducing jury size, allowing non-unanimous verdicts, and rewriting jury instructions in plain English, were designed to promote greater efficiency and adherence to the law. Other changes, such as capping damages and replacing jurors with judges as arbiters in complex trials, seem designed to restrict the role of laypeople in trial outcomes. Whether these innovations are implemented to facilitate the administration of justice or due to the belief that juries have excessive power and make irrational decisions, they raise a host of questions about their effects on juries' judgments and about justice. Policymakers sometimes make incorrect assumptions about jury behavior, with the result that some reform efforts have had surprising and unintended consequences. The Jury Under Fire reviews a number of controversial beliefs about juries as well as the implications of these views for jury reform. It reviews up-to-date research on both criminal and civil juries that uses a variety of research methodologies: simulations, archival analyses, field studies, and juror interviews. Each chapter focuses on a mistaken assumption or myth about jurors or juries, critiques these myths, and then uses social science research findings to suggest appropriate reforms. Chapters discuss the experience of serving as a juror; jury selection and jury size; and the impact of evidence from eyewitnesses, experts, confessions, and juvenile offenders. The book also covers the process of deciding damages and punishment and the role of emotions in jurors' decision making, and it compares jurors' and judges' decisions. Finally, it reviews a broad range of efforts to reform the jury, including the most promising reforms that have a solid backing in research. Featuring highly visible trials to illustrate key points, The Jury Under Fire will interest researchers in psychology and the law, practicing attorneys, and policymakers, as well as students and trainees in these areas.
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The Wallflower Avant-Garde

The Wallflower Avant-Garde

Brian Glavey

Oxford University Press Inc
2016
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The Wallflower Avant-Garde argues for the importance of a strain of modernist formalism based in ekphrasis, the literary imitation of the visual arts. Often associated with a conservative aesthetic of wholeness, permanence, and autonomy, ekphrastic writing also involves excess, failure, and mimesis, conjuring an aesthetic sense of closure and unity out of impossible imitations. This choreography of imitation and autonomy resonates with many of the foundational insights of queer theory: the way it situates identity as an effect of performativity, artifice, and mimesis. Unlike many queer theorists, however, this book insists that we value both the imitations and the aspirations that guide them, underlining not only the illusoriness of identity but also its allure. This more capacious formalism allows aspects of modernists aesthetic that have seemed regressive or repressive to be read as generative forms of stasis, quiet, reserve, shyness, and so on.
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The Philosophy of Quantitative Methods

The Philosophy of Quantitative Methods

Brian D. Haig

Oxford University Press Inc
2018
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The Philosophy of Quantitative Methods focuses on the conceptual foundations of research methods within the behavioral sciences. In particular, it undertakes a close philosophical examination of a variety of quantitative research methods that are prominent in (or relevant for) the conduct of research in these fields. By doing so, the deep structure of these methods is examined in order to overcome the non-critical approaches typically found in the existing literature today. In this book, Brian D. Haig focuses on the more well-known research methods such as exploratory data analysis, statistical significant testing, Bayesian confirmation theory and statistics, meta-analysis, and exploratory factor analysis. These methods are then examined with a philosophy consistent of scientific realism. In addition, each chapter provides a helpful Further Reading section in order to better assist the reader in extending their own thinking and research methods specific to their needs.
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Philosophy and the Human Condition: An Anthology

Philosophy and the Human Condition: An Anthology

Brian R. Clack; Tyler Hower

Oxford University Press
2017
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Philosophy and the Human Condition: An Anthology brings together a rich collection of historically arranged readings on the crucial philosophical problems related to the human condition and human nature. Its contents are drawn from a wide range of sources, including the traditional works of Western philosophers from Plato to the present day; relevant extracts from religious texts; and contributions by women, traditions outside of the western philosophical canon, and other disciplines. Each reading selection is accompanied by an introduction. An extended introduction to philosophy at the beginning of the text addresses each of six principal issues that will be prominent in the reading selections drawn from the history of philosophy--the relation of mind and body; personal immortality; freedom of the will; the question of whether humans are naturally benevolent or naturally brutal; the nature and possibility of human happiness; and philosophical issues relating to race and gender--making the text an ideal all-in-one resource for introductory courses in philosophy.
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Transmitting Rights

Transmitting Rights

Brian Greenhill

Oxford University Press Inc
2016
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When considering the structures that drive the global diffusion of human rights norms, Brian Greenhill argues that we need to look beyond institutions that are explicitly committed to human rights and instead focus on the dense web of international government organizations (IGOs)-some big, some small; some focused on human rights; some not-that has arisen in the last two generations. While most of these organizations have no direct connection to human rights issues, their participation in broader IGO networks has important implications for the human rights practices of their member states. Featuring a rigorous empirical analysis, Transmitting Rights shows that countries tend to adopt similar human rights practices to those of their IGO partners, whether for better or worse. Greenhill argues that IGOs constitute a tightly-woven fabric of ties between states and that this network provides an important channel through which states can influence the behavior of others. Indeed, his analysis suggests that a policy of isolating "rogue" states is probably self-defeating given that this will reduce their exposure to some of the more positive IGO-based influences on their human rights. Greenhill's analysis of the role of IGOs in rights diffusion will not only increase our understanding of the international politics of human rights; it will also reshape how we think about the role of international institutions in world politics.
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Transmitting Rights

Transmitting Rights

Brian Greenhill

Oxford University Press Inc
2016
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When considering the structures that drive the global diffusion of human rights norms, Brian Greenhill argues that we need to look beyond institutions that are explicitly committed to human rights and instead focus on the dense web of international government organizations (IGOs)-some big, some small; some focused on human rights; some not-that has arisen in the last two generations. While most of these organizations have no direct connection to human rights issues, their participation in broader IGO networks has important implications for the human rights practices of their member states. Featuring a rigorous empirical analysis, Transmitting Rights shows that countries tend to adopt similar human rights practices to those of their IGO partners, whether for better or worse. Greenhill argues that IGOs constitute a tightly-woven fabric of ties between states and that this network provides an important channel through which states can influence the behavior of others. Indeed, his analysis suggests that a policy of isolating "rogue" states is probably self-defeating given that this will reduce their exposure to some of the more positive IGO-based influences on their human rights. Greenhill's analysis of the role of IGOs in rights diffusion will not only increase our understanding of the international politics of human rights; it will also reshape how we think about the role of international institutions in world politics.
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The Marriage Paradox

The Marriage Paradox

Brian J. Willoughby; Spencer L. James

Oxford University Press Inc
2017
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Marriage has been declared dead by many scholars and the media. Marriage rates are dropping, divorce rates remain high, and marriage no longer enjoys the prominence it once held. Especially among young adults, marriage may seem like a relic of a distant past. Yet young adults continue to report that marriage is important to them, and they may not be abandoning marriage, as many would assume. The Marriage Paradox explores both national U.S. data and a smaller sample of emerging adults to find out how they really view marriage today. Interspersed with real stories and insight from emerging adults themselves, this book attempts to make sense of the increasingly paradoxical ways that young adults are thinking about marriage. The combination of national trends, statistical findings, and quotations from emerging adults makes for a deep exploration of why we see the marital trends of today, and why they may not actually represent emerging adults moving away from marriage.
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Oxford Mathematics Primary Years Programme Student Book 5

Oxford Mathematics Primary Years Programme Student Book 5

Brian Murray

Oxford University Press
2018
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Build mathematical knowledge and skills and explore the PYP transdisciplinary themes via this colourful, inquiry-based Student Book. · Fully support the PYP approach with comprehensive coverage of the PYP Mathematics Scope and Sequence · Progressively build understanding via guided, independent and extended learning activities · Cover the five strands of Number, Pattern and Function, Measurement, Shape and Space, and Data Handling using the PYP methodology of constructing, transferring and applying meaning · Encourage learners to explore and apply knowledge using real-world problems
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Oxford Mathematics Primary Years Programme Student Book 6

Oxford Mathematics Primary Years Programme Student Book 6

Brian Murray

Oxford University Press
2018
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Build mathematical knowledge and skills and explore the PYP transdisciplinary themes via this colourful, inquiry-based Student Book. · Fully support the PYP approach with comprehensive coverage of the PYP Mathematics Scope and Sequence · Progressively build understanding via guided, independent and extended learning activities · Cover the five strands of Number, Pattern and Function, Measurement, Shape and Space, and Data Handling using the PYP methodology of constructing, transferring and applying meaning · Encourage learners to explore and apply knowledge using real-world problems
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Oxford Mathematics Primary Years Programme Practice and Mastery Book 2

Oxford Mathematics Primary Years Programme Practice and Mastery Book 2

Brian Murray

Oxford University Press
2019
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Provide opportunities to consolidate mathematical knowledge and skills and help learners to grow in confidence and independence with this colourful, inquiry-based Practice and Mastery Book. · Cover the five strands of Number, Pattern and Function, Measurement, Shape and Space, and Data Handling · Provide comprehensive coverage of the PYP Mathematics Scope and Sequence · Support and extend learning through reinforcement activities · Encourage learners to explore and apply knowledge using real-world problems
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Oxford Mathematics Primary Years Programme Practice and Mastery Book 5

Oxford Mathematics Primary Years Programme Practice and Mastery Book 5

Brian Murray

Oxford University Press
2019
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Provide opportunities to consolidate mathematical knowledge and skills and help learners to grow in confidence and independence with this colourful, inquiry-based Practice and Mastery Book. · Cover the five strands of Number, Pattern and Function, Measurement, Shape and Space, and Data Handling · Provide comprehensive coverage of the PYP Mathematics Scope and Sequence · Support and extend learning through reinforcement activities · Encourage learners to explore and apply knowledge using real-world problems
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Oxford Mathematics Primary Years Programme Practice and Mastery Book 6

Oxford Mathematics Primary Years Programme Practice and Mastery Book 6

Brian Murray

Oxford University Press
2019
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Provide opportunities to consolidate mathematical knowledge and skills and help learners to grow in confidence and independence with this colourful, inquiry-based Practice and Mastery Book. · Cover the five strands of Number, Pattern and Function, Measurement, Shape and Space, and Data Handling · Provide comprehensive coverage of the PYP Mathematics Scope and Sequence · Support and extend learning through reinforcement activities · Encourage learners to explore and apply knowledge using real-world problems
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Thomas Aquinas's Summa Contra Gentiles

Thomas Aquinas's Summa Contra Gentiles

Brian Davies

Oxford University Press Inc
2016
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One of Aquinas's best known works after the Summa Theologica, Summa Contra Gentiles is a theological synthesis that explains and defends the existence and nature of God without invoking the authority of the Bible. A detailed expository account of and commentary on this famous work, Davies's book aims to help readers think about the value of the Summa Contra Gentiles (SCG) for themselves, relating the contents and teachings found in the SCG to those of other works and other thinkers both theological and philosophical. Following a scholarly account of Aquinas's life and his likely intentions in writing the SCG, the volume works systematically through all four books of the text. It is, therefore, a solid and reflective introduction both to the SCG and to Aquinas more generally. The book is aimed at students of medieval philosophy and theology, and of Aquinas in particular. It will interest teachers of medieval philosophy and theology, though it does not presuppose previous knowledge of Aquinas or of his works. Davies's book is the longest and most detailed account and discussion of the SCG available in English in one volume.
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Thomas Aquinas's Summa Contra Gentiles

Thomas Aquinas's Summa Contra Gentiles

Brian Davies

Oxford University Press Inc
2016
nidottu
One of Aquinas's best known works after the Summa Theologica, Summa Contra Gentiles is a theological synthesis that explains and defends the existence and nature of God without invoking the authority of the Bible. A detailed expository account of and commentary on this famous work, Davies's book aims to help readers think about the value of the Summa Contra Gentiles (SCG) for themselves, relating the contents and teachings found in the SCG to those of other works and other thinkers both theological and philosophical. Following a scholarly account of Aquinas's life and his likely intentions in writing the SCG, the volume works systematically through all four books of the text. It is, therefore, a solid and reflective introduction both to the SCG and to Aquinas more generally. The book is aimed at students of medieval philosophy and theology, and of Aquinas in particular. It will interest teachers of medieval philosophy and theology, though it does not presuppose previous knowledge of Aquinas or of his works. Davies's book is the longest and most detailed account and discussion of the SCG available in English in one volume.
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Crimean Tatars: From Soviet Genocide to Putin's Conquest

Crimean Tatars: From Soviet Genocide to Putin's Conquest

Brian Glyn Williams

Oxford Univ Pr
2015
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The Russian annexation of the Crimea in March 2014 focused the world's attention on the Peninsula in ways not seen since the Crimean War. Thousands of Crimean Tatars clashed with pro-Russian militiamen in Simferopol, while Moscow has in turn stoked fears of jihadi terrorism among the overwhelmingly Muslim Tatars as retrospective justification for its invasion. The key thread in this book is the Crimean Tatars' changing relationship with their Vatan (homeland) and how this interaction with their natal territory changed under the Ottoman Sultans, Russian Tsars, Soviet Commissars, post-Soviet Ukrainian authorities and now Putin's Russia. Taking as its starting point the 1783 Russian conquest of the independent Tatar state known as the Crimean Khanate, Williams explains how the peninsula's native population, with ethnic roots among the Goths, Kipchak Turks, and Mongols, was scattered across the Ottoman Empire. He also traces their later emigration and the radical transformation of this conservative tribal-religious group into a modern, politically mobilized, secular nation under Soviet rule. Stalin's genocidal deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944 to Uzbekistan and their almost messianic return to their cherished 'Green Isle' in the 1990s are examined in detail, while the author's archival investigations are bolstered by his field research among the Crimean Tatar exiles in Uzbekistan and in their samozakhvat (self-seized) squatter camps and settlements in the Crimea.
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Hearing Double

Hearing Double

Brian Kane

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC
2024
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When we talk about a jazz "standard" we usually mean one of the many songs that jazz musicians repeatedly play as part of their core repertoire. But unlike musical works in the tradition of so-called classical music, standards--whether plucked from the "Great American Songbook" or from recordings by other jazz musicians--are always being transformed in performance. They are rearranged and improvised upon, given new chords and altered melodies. These transformations might be small and seemingly unimportant, or they might be radical revisions. Which raises the question: across all of these various performances, what gives a standard its identity? In Hearing Double author Brian Kane answers that question by offering a new theory of musical works that can account for the unique challenges presented by standards. Building from the bottom up--from the actual practices of jazz musicians toward their philosophical implications--he gives a comprehensive theory of how a standard can undergo radical musical transformations yet remain identifiable. Through an analysis of the historical and cultural conditions under which standards came to prominence he shows how popular music from the 1930s to the 1960s was circulated and distributed and provides new insight into why the era of the standard emerged when it did. In addition, Kane addresses the aesthetic significance of standards and describes a special mode of listening that standards require. According to Kane, we effectively "hear double"--hearing an ideal song in our minds at the same time as we hear the live performance with our ears. Filled with case studies and music analysis, Hearing Double will draw the reader's attention to unheard aspects of jazz performance as well as unrecognized philosophical, social, and cultural dimensions of the jazz repertoire.
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Music Assessment for Better Ensembles

Music Assessment for Better Ensembles

Brian P. Shaw

Oxford University Press Inc
2018
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Assessment is central to ensemble music. Yet, teachers do not always have the expertise to harness its potential to improve rehearsals and performances, and promote and document student learning. Written specifically for band, choir, and orchestra teachers at all levels, this book contains all of the information necessary to design and use assessment in a thriving music classroom. The first section addresses foundations such as learning targets, metacognition, and growth mindset. Assessment jargon such as formative assessment, summative assessment, Assessment for Learning, self and peer assessment, and authentic assessment is clarified and illustrated with music examples. Readers will learn practical strategies for choosing which concepts to assess, which methods to use, and how to use results to provide accurate and effective feedback to students. The second section brings assessment fundamentals into the music room. Filled with practical advice, each chapter examines a different facet of musicianship. Sample assessments in all performance areas are provided, including music literacy, fundamentals and technique, terminology, interpretation, evaluation and critique, composition and improvisation, beliefs and attitudes, and more. There is an entire chapter devoted to tips for applying assessment and feedback strategies in rehearsals, which can result in a fresh and effective approach to performance preparation. The final section is an examination of grading practices in music classes. Readers will gain information about ensemble grades that communicate what students know and are able to do, rather than whether they remembered their black socks. A variety of approaches, including Standards-Based Grading, are evaluated in light of music teachers' unique situations. The book concludes with ways for music educators to take their first steps toward implementing these strategies in their own teaching, including the use of instructional technology. Assessing like an expert is possible, and this book is just what teachers need to get started.
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