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Book Fighting Power

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  • Author : Martin Van Creveld
  • Publisher : Praeger
  • Release : 1982
  • ISBN : 0313091579
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Fighting Power written by Martin Van Creveld and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1982 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyses the performance of two key parties engaged in fighting during World War II.

Book Fighting Power

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  • Author : Loren W. Christensen
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1996-11
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 256 pages

Download or read book Fighting Power written by Loren W. Christensen and published by . This book was released on 1996-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find out how to combine the latest techniques with centuries-old secrets, resistance exercises and proper body mechanics to make your punches, kicks, blocks and throws more powerful, as well as to defend yourself against explosive power. Double your fighting power by following this proven training regimen.

Book Fight the Power

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  • Author : Clarence Taylor
  • Publisher : NYU Press
  • Release : 2018-12-20
  • ISBN : 1479862452
  • Pages : 315 pages

Download or read book Fight the Power written by Clarence Taylor and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of resistance, power and politics as revealed through New York City’s complex history of police brutality The 2014 killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri was the catalyst for a national conversation about race, policing, and injustice. The subsequent killings of other black (often unarmed) citizens led to a surge of media coverage which in turn led to protests and clashes between the police and local residents that were reminiscent of the unrest of the 1960s. Fight the Power examines the explosive history of police brutality in New York City and the black community’s long struggle to resist it. Taylor brings this story to life by exploring the institutions and the people that waged campaigns to end the mistreatment of people of color at the hands of the police, including the black church, the black press, black communists and civil rights activists. Ranging from the 1940s to the mayoralty of Bill de Blasio, Taylor describes the significant strides made in curbing police power in New York City, describing the grassroots street campaigns as well as the accomplishments achieved in the political arena and in the city’s courtrooms. Taylor challenges the belief that police reform is born out of improved relations between communities and the authorities arguing that the only real solution is radically reducing the police domination of New York’s black citizens.

Book Military Power

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  • Author : Stephen Biddle
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2010-12-16
  • ISBN : 1400837820
  • Pages : 352 pages

Download or read book Military Power written by Stephen Biddle and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-12-16 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In war, do mass and materiel matter most? Will states with the largest, best equipped, information-technology-rich militaries invariably win? The prevailing answer today among both scholars and policymakers is yes. But this is to overlook force employment, or the doctrine and tactics by which materiel is actually used. In a landmark reconception of battle and war, this book provides a systematic account of how force employment interacts with materiel to produce real combat outcomes. Stephen Biddle argues that force employment is central to modern war, becoming increasingly important since 1900 as the key to surviving ever more lethal weaponry. Technological change produces opposite effects depending on how forces are employed; to focus only on materiel is thus to risk major error--with serious consequences for both policy and scholarship. In clear, fluent prose, Biddle provides a systematic account of force employment's role and shows how this account holds up under rigorous, multimethod testing. The results challenge a wide variety of standard views, from current expectations for a revolution in military affairs to mainstream scholarship in international relations and orthodox interpretations of modern military history. Military Power will have a resounding impact on both scholarship in the field and on policy debates over the future of warfare, the size of the military, and the makeup of the defense budget.

Book Fight the Power

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  • Author : Gregory S. Parks
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2022-02-03
  • ISBN : 131651997X
  • Pages : 337 pages

Download or read book Fight the Power written by Gregory S. Parks and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fight the Power considers timely social justice issues for Black people in America through the lens hip-hop lyrics.

Book Dynamics of Power

Download or read book Dynamics of Power written by Gershen Kaufman and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an outgrowth of Kaufman's work on shame, this book's comprehensive educational curriculum for psychological health and self-esteem has professional, educational, and personal relevance. The principles and tools in this book directly combat addiction, violence, and stress-related disorders by reversing the very conditions responsible for them: shame and powerlessness.

Book The Rule of Three  Fight for Power

Download or read book The Rule of Three Fight for Power written by Eric Walters and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-01-20 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In a world gone dark, life goes on for Adam and his fortified neighborhood--but the trade-offs made for safety and security are increasingly wrenching and questionable"--

Book Waging War on Corruption

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  • Author : Frank Vogl
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 2016-09
  • ISBN : 1442218533
  • Pages : 311 pages

Download or read book Waging War on Corruption written by Frank Vogl and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-09 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Waging War on Corruption is a fascinating look at worldwide corruption by a leader of the global anticorruption movement. Frank Vogl draws on twenty years of experience to share a history filled stories of activists, victims, and villains; strengthening our understanding of the complexities of corruption with wisdom and integrity.

Book Fight the Power

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  • Author : Gregory S. Parks
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2022-02-03
  • ISBN : 1009022369
  • Pages : 337 pages

Download or read book Fight the Power written by Gregory S. Parks and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking inspiration from Public Enemy's lead vocalist Chuck D - who once declared that 'rap is the CNN of young Black America' - this volume brings together leading legal commentators to make sense of some of the most pressing law and policy issues in the context of hip-hop music and the ongoing struggle for Black equality. Contributors include MSNBC commentator Paul Butler, who grapples with race and policing through the lens of N.W.A.'s song 'Fuck tha Police', ACLU President Deborah Archer, who considers the 2014 uprisings in Ferguson, Missouri, and many other prominent scholars who speak of poverty, LGBTQ+ rights, mass incarceration, and other crucial topics of the day. Written to 'say it plain', this collection will be valuable not only to students and scholars of law, African-American studies, and hip-hop, but also to everyone who cares about creating a more just society.

Book Fight the Power

Download or read book Fight the Power written by Chuck D and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chuck D, the creative force behind Public Enemy and one of the most outspoken rappers in the history of music, discusses his views on everything from rap and race to the problems with politics in society today.

Book Power to the Poor

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  • Author : Gordon K. Mantler
  • Publisher : UNC Press Books
  • Release : 2013-02-25
  • ISBN : 1469608065
  • Pages : 376 pages

Download or read book Power to the Poor written by Gordon K. Mantler and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013-02-25 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Poor People's Campaign of 1968 has long been overshadowed by the assassination of its architect, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the political turmoil of that year. In a major reinterpretation of civil rights and Chicano movement history, Gordon K. Mantler demonstrates how King's unfinished crusade became the era's most high-profile attempt at multiracial collaboration and sheds light on the interdependent relationship between racial identity and political coalition among African Americans and Mexican Americans. Mantler argues that while the fight against poverty held great potential for black-brown cooperation, such efforts also exposed the complex dynamics between the nation's two largest minority groups. Drawing on oral histories, archives, periodicals, and FBI surveillance files, Mantler paints a rich portrait of the campaign and the larger antipoverty work from which it emerged, including the labor activism of Cesar Chavez, opposition of Black and Chicano Power to state violence in Chicago and Denver, and advocacy for Mexican American land-grant rights in New Mexico. Ultimately, Mantler challenges readers to rethink the multiracial history of the long civil rights movement and the difficulty of sustaining political coalitions.

Book Fight Your Own War

Download or read book Fight Your Own War written by Jennifer Wallis and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book devoted to power electronics, written by artists, fans, and critics. Power electronics is a genre of industrial or 'noise' music that utilises feedback and synthesizers to produce an intense, loud, challenging sound. Fight Your Own War is the first ever English-language book primarily devoted to power electronics, bringing together essays and reviews that explore the current state of the genre, from early development through to live performance, listener experience, artist motivation, gender and subcultures, such as 'Japanoise'.

Book Power Play

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  • Author : Anne McCaffrey
  • Publisher : Del Rey
  • Release : 2002-02-19
  • ISBN : 0345457544
  • Pages : 351 pages

Download or read book Power Play written by Anne McCaffrey and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2002-02-19 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Riveting . . . exciting . . . The writing and characterization, as well as the infusions of Celtic ­and Inuit lore, remain of high quality.”—Booklist Petaybee is growing up. Day by day, the feeling planet—like any child—is learning to recognize and understand the meaning of outside stimuli, to respond to those stimuli, to communicate its own needs and desires . . . even to use human speech. Yanaba Maddock has appointed herself defender of her adopted planet, and has even succeeded in proving its sentience to nonbelievers. But despite her efforts, few outsiders truly care for the emotions and intelligence of what they perceive to be a giant hunk of rock. Then Yanaba is kidnapped. The price of her freedom: control of the planet itself. But the only one who can speak for Petaybee is Petaybee—and no one knows what a living planet can do once it finds its voice. . . . “Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough collaborate seamlessly to tell a first-rate sf adventure.”—Library Journal, on Power Lines

Book Rich Man s War  Poor Man s Fight

Download or read book Rich Man s War Poor Man s Fight written by Jeanette Keith and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2005-10-12 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During World War I, thousands of rural southern men, black and white, refused to serve in the military. Some failed to register for the draft, while others deserted after being inducted. In the countryside, armed bands of deserters defied local authorities; capturing them required the dispatch of federal troops into three southern states. Jeanette Keith traces southern draft resistance to several sources, including whites' long-term political opposition to militarism, southern blacks' reluctance to serve a nation that refused to respect their rights, the peace witness of southern churches, and, above all, anger at class bias in federal conscription policies. Keith shows how draft dodgers' success in avoiding service resulted from the failure of southern states to create effective mechanisms for identifying and classifying individuals. Lacking local-level data on draft evaders, the federal government used agencies of surveillance both to find reluctant conscripts and to squelch antiwar dissent in rural areas. Drawing upon rarely used local draft board reports, Selective Service archives, Bureau of Investigation reports, and southern political leaders' constituent files, Keith offers new insights into rural southern politics and society as well as the growing power of the nation-state in early twentieth-century America.

Book Fight Write

Download or read book Fight Write written by Carla Hoch and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether a side-street skirmish or an all-out war, fight scenes bring action to the pages of every kind of fiction. But a poorly done or unbelievable fight scene can ruin a great book in an instant. In Fight Write you'll learn practical tips, terminology, and the science behind crafting realistic fight scenes for your fiction. Broken up into "Rounds," trained fighter and writer Carla Hoch guides you through the many factors you'll need to consider when developing battles and brawls. • In Round 1, you will consider how the Who, When, Where, and Why questions affect what type of fight scene you want to craft. • Round 2 delves into the human factors of biology (think fight or flight and adrenaline) and psychology (aggression and response to injuring or killing another person). • Round 3 explores different fighting styles that are appropriate for different situations: How would a character fight from a prone position versus being attacked in the street? What is the vocabulary used to describe these styles? • Round 4 considers weaponry and will guide you to select the best weapon for your characters, including nontraditional weapons of opportunity, while also thinking about the nitty-gritty details of using them. • In Round 5, you'll learn how to accurately describe realistic injuries sustained from the fights and certain weapons, and what kind of injuries will kill a character or render them unable to fight further. By taking into account where your character is in the world, when in history the fight is happening, what the character's motivation for fighting is, and much more, you'll be able write fight scenes unique to your plot and characters, all while satisfying your reader's discerning eye.

Book Law Versus Power

Download or read book Law Versus Power written by Wolfgang Kaleck and published by . This book was released on 2018-11 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, founder and General Secretary of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), chronicles work and related events surrounding campaigns against several perpetrators of human rights violations around the world.

Book The Power of a Good Fight

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  • Author : Lynne Eisaguirre
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2017-08-07
  • ISBN : 9781974051601
  • Pages : 158 pages

Download or read book The Power of a Good Fight written by Lynne Eisaguirre and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-07 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Power of a Good FightBy Lynne Eisaguirre