Download or read book The Balkans in the New Millennium written by Tom Gallagher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-04-28 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can the Balkans ever become a peaceful peninsula like that of Scandinavia? With enlightened backing, can it ever make common cause with the rest of Europe rather than being an arena of periodic conflicts, political misrule, and economic misery? In the last years of the twentieth century, Western states watched with alarm as a wave of conflicts swept over much of the Balkans. Ethno-nationalist disputes, often stoked by unprincipled leaders, plunged Yugoslavia into bloody warfare. Romania, Bulgaria and Albania struggled to find stability as they reeled from the collapse of the communist social system and even Greece became embroiled in the Yugoslav tragedy. This new book examines the politics and international relations of the Balkans during a decade of mounting external involvement in its affairs. Tom Gallagher asks what evidence there is that key lessons have been learned and applied as trans-Atlantic engagement with Balkan problems enters its second decade. This book identifies new problems: organized crime, demographic crises of different kinds, and the collapse of a strong employment base. This is an excellent contribution to our understanding of the area.

Download or read book Lord of the Dark Millennium The Dan Abnett Collection written by Dan Abnett and published by Games Workshop. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A massive collection of fantastic short stories from New York Bestselling author Dan Abnett, collated together for the first time. A must read for all Abnett fans! From the bloody battlefields of the Sabbat Crusade to the clandestine world of the Inquisition, and the grand stage of the galaxy-defining Horus Heresy, this anthology brings together for the first time all of the Warhammer 40,000 and Horus Heresy short stories by esteemed science fiction and New York Times bestselling author Dan Abnett. Featured in these pages are both classic tales such as ‘Thorn Wishes Talon’ and ‘A Ghost Return’ and lesser known gems like ‘Midnight Rotation’ and ‘Eternal’ that add depth and nuance to some of the author’s most celebrated characters including Gaunt’s Ghosts, Gregor Eisenhorn, Horus Aximand, Shadrak Meduson and many more. Containing well over thirty stories and charting a legacy over twenty years in the making, Lord of the Dark Millennium is the definitive Black Library short fiction collection of Dan Abnett.

Download or read book Millennium Falcon Star Wars Legends written by James Luceno and published by Random House Worlds. This book was released on 2009-03-31 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two years have passed since Jacen Solo, seduced by the dark side and reanointed as the brutal Sith Lord Darth Caedus, died at the hands of his twin sister, Jaina, Sword of the Jedi. For a grieving Han and Leia, the shadow of their son’s tragic downfall still looms large. But Jacen’s own bright and loving daughter, Allana, offers a ray of hope for the future as she thrives in her grandparents’ care. And when the eager, inquisitive girl, in whom the Force grows ever stronger, makes a curious discovery aboard her grandfather’s beloved spacecraft–the much-overhauled but ever-dependable Millennium Falcon–the Solo family finds itself at a new turning point, about to set out on an odyssey into uncertain territory, untold adventure, and unexpected rewards. To Han, who knows every bolt, weld, and sensor of the Falcon as if they were parts of himself, the strange device Allana shows him is utterly alien. But its confounding presence–and Allana’s infectious desire to unravel its mystery–are impossible to dismiss. The only answer lies in backtracking into the past on a fact-finding expedition to retrace the people, places, and events in the checkered history of the vessel that’s done everything from making the Kessel Run “in less than twelve parsecs” to helping topple an evil empire. From the moment the Falcon broke loose from a Corellian assembly line like an untamed creature with a will of its own, it seemed destined to seek out trouble. It wasn’t long before the feisty YT-1300 freighter went from shuttling cargo to smuggling contraband. But it‘s a fateful rendezvous on Coruscant, at the explosive height of the Republic/Separatist uprising, that launches a galaxywide cat-and-mouse game whose newest players are Han, Leia, Allana, and C-3PO. And they’ re not alone: Crime lords, galactic pirates, rogue politicians, and fortune hunters alike loom at every turn of the quest–each with his or her own desperate stake in the Millennium Falcon’s most momentous mission. Through the years and across the stars, from the Rim worlds to unknown points beyond, the race will lead them all to a final standoff for a prize some will risk everything to find–and pay any cost to possess. Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!

Download or read book Millennium Book One The Fall Of Terok Nor written by Judith Reeves-Stevens and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the climactic close of the TV series of Star Trek Deep Space Nine the forces of the Federation and their allies finally overcame the Dominion invaders and averted the threat of totalitarian rule. And yet ... the future of the Alpha Quadrant is by no means as safe as it seems. Deep within the bowels of Deep Space Nine is a secret that has been kept for seven years. When it is uncovered the very heart of the Federation will be ripped apart, succeeding where the shapeshifting Founders failed. The destruction of the Federation is at stake. Only the crew of Deep Space Nine can stop it - but will they be in time?

Download or read book War of the Millennium written by Ronald Williams and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2024-03-01 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the heart of a clandestine location, a haunting Presidential banquet sets the stage for an epic war saga. From the aerial might of a B-52 bomber formation to the political intrigues of a Kremlin Christmas dinner, global tensions simmer beneath the surface. In the midst of this brewing storm, an unexpected protagonist emerges: a mother of three, catapulted from obscurity straight to the Oval Office. Her ascent runs parallel to the formation of a dark alliance, with ambitions that threaten to plunge the world into chaos. Oblivious to the looming danger, the globe teeters on the brink of catastrophe. A seemingly minor incident fans the flames of conflict, leading to a pivotal decision with the power to reshape the fate of nations. Dive into a tale where political intrigue and personal destinies intertwine, racing against the ticking clock of destiny.

Download or read book World War III written by Michael Tobias and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1998-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WORLD WAR III is the first comprehensive look at the most pressing and least understood problems of our time. Many have brought up the population problem before, but few have traveled the world in search of answers. Tobias journey and questions resulted in this document in the quest for hope in the next millennium. There are approx 300,000 people added to the planet every day, approx 3 million every ten days. This is must read for every concerned citizen>

Download or read book Operation Millennium written by Eric Taylor and published by Isis. This book was released on 2006 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Operation Millennium' was the terrible culmination of months of pressure from 'Bomber' Harris to get this new and deadly strategy accepted. It was an extraordinary feat of organization involving 1048 bombers, over 6000 aircrew and 53 British airfields. To ensure success, 'maximum effect' was the order. The Royal Air Force waged a campaign against any airmen whom showed faltering commitment, ruthlessly trying them by court martial. The atmosphere of night bomber stations is vividly recalled - the comradeship, the pity and the fear. The raid on Cologne is remembered by the crews of Bomber Command and the unlucky citizens of Cologne who endured the night raids. Eric Taylor has interviewed Britons and Germans, whose eyewitness accounts testify to the horror and heroism on both sides.

Download or read book Millennium Women War on Men written by K. B. Lewis and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2019-03-27 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "THESE ARE WOMEN OWN STORIES —IN WOMEN OWN WORDS—FROM INDEPENDENT WOMEN OWN MOUTHES" This book was written in order to reflect back like a mirror— to bring awareness of the (BULLY) attitude that many Independent women have with the men in their lives—an attitude that they may or may not be aware of, which is destroying and failing them in their relationships with men. This book is about a PARADIGM shift that will changed and in hence the lives of both men and Independent women's relationships forever. **This book will UNMASK the feminist agenda and why they pushed women to become independent against their own best interests. **This book will EXPOSE the ugly truth about independent women's BULLY TACTICS, — (Do as I say- not as I do- or ELSE!) and why they are failing in their relationships. ** This book will REFLECT ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS and why men don't have the right to defend themselves. According to women. Because "It doesn't matter what a woman does". JUST TAKE THE PUNISHMENT! —And walk away. ** This book will EXPOSE Women's weapon of choice—— Offensiveness, Manufactured Outrage, Toxic Masculinity, Weaponizing Gender, Weaponizing Sex, Sexism, Playing the Gender Card. **This book will REVEAL the truth about the three sides of NEGATIVE INDEPENDENCE which is a part of Independent women's identity. Also, this book will clear up the confusion that women have about men, and men have about Independent women and why they both, JUST DON'T GET IT **This book will Explain why women are the SEXUAL GATEKEEPERS—( sex on my terms only). **This book will show men how to handle themselves in today's world without getting emasculated by a bullying woman. **This book will SHOW women how to be (truly Equal and Empowered) Rather than Equality only when it favors them. **This book will make women look into the mirror and see the truth about themselves as an Independent woman. Who is she really? **This book let you see why Independent women start out with ME,MYSELF and I, but end with YOU , YOURSELF ALONE! **This book will UNVALE the secrets of How to bring men and women together for the GREATER GOOD. **This book will reshaping the mind set of the modern day relationships. **This book is a MUST READ in the new era of relationships because It's all about WE not ME .......And much much more

Download or read book Poems for the Millennium Volume Two written by Jerome Rothenberg and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Global anthology of twentieth-century poetry"--Back cover.

Download or read book Religion Civilization and Civil War written by Jonathan Fox and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Religion, Civilization, and Civil War author Jonathan Fox carves out a new space of research and interrogation in conflict studies. Covering over five decades, this study provides the most comprehensive and detailed empirical analysis of the impact of religion and civilization on domestic conflict to date and will become a critical resource for both international relations and political science scholars.

Download or read book Millennium written by Jacques Attali and published by Three Rivers Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacques Attali, French President Mitterand's most trusted advisor and president of the new European bank of Reconstruction and development, offers a provocative and all-too-convincing view of the future in an increasingly troubled world.

Download or read book The Other War written by Lael Brainard and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004-05-13 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Brookings Institution Press and the Center for Global Development publication The plight of the poorest around the world has been pushed to the forefront of America's international agenda for the first time in many years by the war on terrorism and the formidable challenges presented by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. In March 2002, President Bush announced the creation of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA). This bilateral development fund represents an increase of $5 billion per year over current assistance levels and establishes of a new agency to promote growth in reform-oriented developing countries. Amounting to a doubling of U.S. bilateral development aid—the largest increase in decades—the MCA offers a critical chance to deliberately shape the face that the United States presents to people in poor nations around the world. This book makes concrete recommendations on crafting a new blueprint for distributing and delivering aid to make the MCA an effective tool, not only in its own right, but also in transforming U.S. foreign aid and strengthening international aid cooperation more generally. The book tackles head on the tension between foreign policy and development goals that chronically afflicts U.S. foreign assistance; the danger of being dismissed as one more instance of the United States going it alone instead of buttressing international cooperation; and the risk of exacerbating confusion among the myriad overlapping U.S. policies, agencies, and programs targeted at developing nations, particularly USAID. In doing so, The Other War draws important lessons from new international development initiatives, such as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria, the mixed record of previous U.S. aid efforts, trends in the U.S. budget for foreign assistance, the agencies currently involved in administering U.S. development policy, and the importance of the relationship between Congress and the executive branch in determining aid outcomes. The MCA holds the promise of substantially increasing U.S. development assistance and piolicy, and the importance of the relationship between Congress and the executive branch in determining aid outcomes. The MCA holds the promise of substantially increasing U.S. development assistance and pioneering a new era in aid, but the authors caution against creating yet another example of wasted aid that could undermine political support for foreign assistance for decades to come.

Download or read book Mapping the Millennium written by Terry M. Boardman and published by Temple Lodge Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a quest to discover the truth behind the twentieth century's disastrous record of conflict and war, the author considers two contradictory approaches to history: the so-called cock-up theory and conspiracy theories. Could there be truth to the often-dismissed concept of conspiracy in history: the manipulation of external events by groups and individuals mostly hidden from the public eye? In the work of philosopher and scientist Rudolf Steiner, Boardman finds convincing evidence of the existence of secretive circles in the West, which have plans for humanitys long-term future. Steiner indicated that such "brotherhoods" had prepared for world war in the twentieth century, and had instructed their members, using redrawn maps as a guide, on how Europe was to be changed. If these brotherhoods existed in Steiner's time, could they still be active today? Based on detailed research, Boardman concludes that such groups are directing world politics in our time. As backing for his theory, he studies a series of important articles and maps--ranging from an 1890 edition of the satirical journal Truth to more recent pieces from influential publications that speak for themselves. He concludes that vast plans are in progress for a New World Order to control and direct individuals and nations, and he calls us to be vigilant, awake and informed.

Download or read book Fall of Giants written by Ken Follett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-08-30 with total page 1010 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ken Follett’s magnificent historical epic begins as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women’s suffrage. A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man’s world in the mining pits. . . . An American law student rejected in love finds a surprising new career in Woodrow Wilson’s White House. . . . A housekeeper for the aristocratic Fitzherberts takes a fateful step above her station, while Lady Maud Fitzherbert herself crosses deep into forbidden territory when she falls in love with a German spy. . . . And two orphaned Russian brothers embark on radically different paths when their plan to emigrate to America falls afoul of war, conscription, and revolution. From the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mighty, Fall of Giants takes us into the inextricably entangled fates of five families—and into a century that we thought we knew, but that now will never seem the same again. . . .

Download or read book The Millennium Coup written by Arthur A. Larson and published by . This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Millennium Coup The cold war is over. The West has won and the Soviet Union has collapsed. The United States and the new Russian Federation have publicly complied with the SALT II agreements and have destroyed their nuclear weapons. The world seems to be safe from the threat of nuclear holocaust. Yet die-hard communists are still in positions of power within the new Russian Federation. Working as a shadow government behind the facade of the legitimate regime, this cadre of old-line Soviets have managed to fake the destruction of the Soviet nuclear missiles. They are quietly rebuilding the old Soviet empire and are planning to destroy the United States using new weapons derived from the theories of an outspoken American scientist spurned by the Western scientific establishment. Now the new weapons are ready to use and the plan is ready to launch. The first step is the eradication of American defense satellites, followed by the obliteration of the US space program and the destruction of the American economy. Then a one-sided nuclear war will be initiated, leaving a new Soviet Union as the dominant world power. Only three men stand in the way: a Russian Colonel, a disgraced US naval officer, and a spy from Finland.

Download or read book The Art of War for the New Millennium written by Dan Lok and published by Morgan James Pub. This book was released on 2006 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most widely read business book in the world... Now updated and expanded Recognized as the eldest military treatise of all-time, world leaders, military strategists and business executives all over the world have studied Sun Tzu's Art of War. At last, best selling author and master marketer extraordinaire Dan Lok translates the strategic wisdom of Sun Tzu into powerful, easy-to-understand strategies. Apply them to your business immediately to maximize your profits in minimum time!

Download or read book Pirates of the Digital Millennium written by John Gantz and published by Financial Times/Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2005 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital piracy. It's a global war -- and it's just begun. Pirates of the Digital Millennium chronicles that war. All of it: media conglomerates vs. teenagers, tech companies vs. content providers, artists battling artists, nations vs. nations, law enforcement vs. organized crime. John Gantz and Jack Rochester cover every side and all the implications. Economics. Law. Ethics. Culture. The players. And above all, the realities -- including the exclusive new findings of a 57-country digital piracy research project. The media universe is shaking to its very foundations. This book helps you make sense of what's happening -- and what's next.