The U. S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual

The U. S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual

Author: David H. Petraeus

Publisher: Silver Rock Publishing

Published: 2015-12-31

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9781626544567

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This field manual establishes doctrine for military operations in a counterinsurgency (COIN) environment. It is based on lessons learned from previous counterinsurgencies and contemporary operations. It is also based on existing interim doctrine and doctrine recently developed. Counterinsurgency operations generally have been neglected in broader American military doctrine and national security policies since the end of the Vietnam War over 40 years ago. This manual is designed to reverse that trend. It is also designed to merge traditional approaches to COIN with the realities of a new international arena shaped by technological advances, globalization, and the spread of extremist ideologies--some of them claiming the authority of a religious faith. This is a comprehensive manual that details every aspect of a successful COIN operation from intelligence to leadership to diplomacy. It also includes several useful appendices that provide important supplementary material.


Macrosocial Determinants of Population Health

Macrosocial Determinants of Population Health

Author: Sandro Galea

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-10-24

Total Pages: 491

ISBN-13: 038770812X

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This book explores social factors such as culture, mass media, political systems, and migration that influence public health while systematically considering how we may best study these factors and use our knowledge from this study to guide public health interventions. Throughout, contributors emphasize the potential of population strategies to influence traditional risk factors associated with health and disease. Each section ends with Galea’s integrative chapters, bringing the observations and conclusions from the chapters into clear, usable focus.


Vladislaus Henry

Vladislaus Henry

Author: Martin Wihoda

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-09-17

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 9004303839

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This book offer a biography of a key East Central European ruler, Vladislaus Henry, who ruled the Margraviate of Moravia from 1198 to 1222 and, in cooperation with his brother, King Přemysl Otakar I of Bohemia, was involved in the transformation of the Holy Roman Empire into a free union of Princes. The study also describes the successful modernisation of Moravia and Bohemia during the 13th century, and reflects on the beginnings of the politically emancipated community of the Moravians, which was defined by land values. The work thus draws attention to a previously overlooked dimension of the European Middle Ages, including the history of not only states and nations but also of lands.