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In a brilliant new interpretation, Campbell Craig and Fredrik Logevall reexamine the successes and failures of America's Cold War. This provocative book lays bare the emergence of a political tradition in Washington that feeds on external dangers, real or imagined, a mindset that inflames U.S. foreign policy to this day.

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Mapping Latina/o Studies brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to discuss the dynamic field of Latina/o Studies. Drawing on media studies, communications, history, education, literature, anthropology, popular music, and sociology, this collection explores the limits and possibilities of the category of Latinidad. The volume includes scholars who support the continuity of nation-specific identities and areas of study such as Ch...

Can I be a creative therapist without overstepping boundaries and risking complaints? Can I practise safely and ethically whilst remaining true to my humanistic values? This book answers 'Yes' by offering a safety net to trainees and therapists working in the context of today's 'complaints culture'. Exploring what safe and creative practice means in relation to the key cornerstones in therapy, the authors offer practical guidance to assist t...

God has been on an eternal quest. He has been calling man since before the foundations of the world. He desperately loves mankind, the crown of His creation, and is willing at all costs to redeem him from the miserable misfortune of the Garden. But He cannot do it alone. Though He has taken every practical precaution to get man's attention, God is calling ... He needs a voice. He needs you! To some extent, every person has heard the Calling of...

This brief survey of Professor Karl LOwith's analysis of the modem histori­ cal consciousness is the outgrowth of a year's study at the University of Heidelberg while Professor L6with was still an active member of the faculty. An early version, in the form of a dissertation, was submitted to the History Department of Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. Numerous friends and colleagues have helped me at various stages of this work ...

This tenth volume in the series addresses an important topic of research, de­ sign, and policy in the environment and behavior field. Public places and spaces include a sweeping array of settings, including urban streets, plazas and squares, malls, parks, and other locales, and natural settings such as aquatic environments, national parks and forests, and wilderness areas. The impor­ tance of public settings is highlighted by difficult questio...

This volume is the third in the Contemporary Geriatric Medicine series. As in previous volumes, information is presented in the form of easy-to­ read essays to bring the reader up to date on state-of-the-art develop­ ments in the area of geriatric medicine. Once again, a system approach is utilized. In addition, several new topics-including alcoholism, throm­ boembolic disease, and decubitus ulcer management-have been intro­ duced to enhance t...

Intercellular communication via bioactive substances occurs in virtually all multicellular systems. Chemical neurotransmission in the vertebrate nervous system represents a form of signaling of this type. The biology of chemical neurotransmission is complex, involving transmitter synthesis, transport, and release by the presynaptic neuron, signal generation in the target tissue, and mechanisms for termination of the response. The focus of this...

Epithelial cells are present in many different tissues in the body, and possess a diverse number of functional properties. However, all epithelial cells share some common characteristics. The cells possess a morphological polarity (an-apical and basolateral surface), and are interconnected by tight junctions. The epithelial cells also possess the capacity to transport select solutes across the monolayer. Transport systems localized on either t...

Bone Metastases brings together the many recent developments that are gradually improving the prospects for patients with secondary involvement of the skeleton in a primary cancer elsewhere. The morbidity from bone metastases is extensive, and the palliative and supportive treatment that sufferers require for many months or even years constitutes a major health problem. A multidisciplinary approach is essential since a variety of specialists a...

Hoy en día un tema muy estudiado y debatido es cómo se puede brindar seguridad a los trabajadores de nuestras empresas para tener un mejor clima laboral y un mejor desempeño de parte de ellos. Pero más aún, resalta el tema de cómo mejorar las actitudes de los trabajadores a la hora de realizar sus labores, de modo que el área de trabajo se convierta en un lugar seguro, no solo para los trabajadores, sino para el público en general. La realizac...

En la actualidad las investigaciones no se ven reflejadas en las políticas sociales debido a la perdida del eslabón perdido entre la Ciencia y la Sociedad, este aislamiento nos lleva a falsas conclusiones referentes a la biodiversidad y a su deterioro extenso por no tener la sociedad una conciencia social amplia y que determine a su intelecto que un daño al ambiente es también un daño a la sociedad y su futuro. La visión del ambiente y las áre...

C'est une contribution aux problèmes posés par la non application des normes en matière de planification urbaine dans les villes africaines dont Cotonou au Bénin. Aujourd'hui plus que jamais, la nécessité pour cette ville de disposer d'un cadre de référence en matière de planification urbaine s'impose. A cet effet, il a été utilisé la démarche classique en géographie complètée par plusieurs approches spécifiques aux fins d'appréhender les phén...

The midnight moon rode high in the sky above the storm clouds sweeping in from the west, and the house seemed to transmute the moonlight into something terrible and evil. The broken chimneys stretched up like hands to the heavens, the eyeless sockets of the windows staring intently along the twisting drive. There were eldritch shadows in the house. On the floor of the library at the rear of the house, the strange cabalistic designs glowed with...

In this book, we find as a focus of the question of the interrelationship as a major duty, found in the meaning of the word reciprocity, which , is presented in a colloquial expression that means " helping one another" Our mission is essential and surmounted in love and compassion within an unrestricted human solidarity. My experience as a psychotherapist has always been very rewarding to support the author of this book, as wife and companion,...

In this book, we find as a focus of the question of the interrelationship as a major duty, found in the meaning of the word reciprocity, which , is presented in a colloquial expression that means " helping one another" Our mission is essential and surmounted in love and compassion within an unrestricted human solidarity. My experience as a psychotherapist has always been very rewarding to support the author of this book, as wife and companion,...