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The Battle of the Atlantic and Signals Intelligence U–Boat Situations and Trends 1941–1945

The Battle of the Atlantic and Signals Intelligence U–Boat Situations and Trends 1941–1945

This book contains the U-boats situations and trends written by the staff of the Admiralty’s Operational Intelligence Centre during the Second World War. Based largely on communications intelligence the U-boat situations and trends were designed to inform a small number of senior officers and high officials of the latest events and developments in the Allied war against the U-boats. The Battle of the Atlantic and the war against the U-boats was the longest and the most complex naval battle in history. In this huge conflict which sprawled across the oceans of the world the U-boats sank 2 828 Allied merchant ships while the Allies destroyed more than 780 German U-boats. These documents relate on a weekly and in some cases a daily basis exactly what the Allies knew concerning the activities of the U-boats during the Battle of the Atlantic. | The Battle of the Atlantic and Signals Intelligence U–Boat Situations and Trends 1941–1945

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The Battle of the Atlantic and Signals Intelligence U–Boat Situations and Trends 1941–1945

The Battle of the Atlantic and Signals Intelligence U–Boat Situations and Trends 1941–1945

This book contains the U-boats situations and trends written by the staff of the Admiralty’s Operational Intelligence Centre during the Second World War. Based largely on communications intelligence the U-boat situations and trends were designed to inform a small number of senior officers and high officials of the latest events and developments in the Allied war against the U-boats. The Battle of the Atlantic and the war against the U-boats was the longest and the most complex naval battle in history. In this huge conflict which sprawled across the oceans of the world the U-boats sank 2 828 Allied merchant ships while the Allies destroyed more than 780 German U-boats. These documents relate on a weekly and in some cases a daily basis exactly what the Allies knew concerning the activities of the U-boats during the Battle of the Atlantic. | The Battle of the Atlantic and Signals Intelligence U–Boat Situations and Trends 1941–1945

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Water Security and U.S. Foreign Policy

Water Security and U.S. Foreign Policy

The prosperity and national security of the United States depend directly on the prosperity and stability of both partner and competing countries around the world. Today U. S. interests are under rising pressure from water scarcity extreme weather events and water-driven ecological change in key geographies of strategic interest to the U. S. Those water-driven stresses are undermining economic productivity weakening governance systems and fraying social cohesion in scores of countries and in the process undermining the vitality of rural livelihoods fostering local and ethnic conflicts driving broad migratory movements and contributing to the growth of insurgencies and terrorist networks. While the U. S. intelligence community has steadily expanded natural resource concerns in their global threat analyses our overseas development assistance remains locked into provision of water and hygienic services rather than responding to the full sweep of global water challenges including governance and policy failures growing conflicts over water and the need for promoting sustainable transboundary water arrangements in partner countries. A fundamental departure from the past is urgently needed. Based on 18 case studies Water Security and U. S. Foreign Policy provides an analytical framework to help policy makers scholars and researchers studying the intersection of U. S. foreign policy with the environment and sustainability issues interpret the impacts of water-driven social disruptions on the stability of partner governments and U. S. interests abroad. The book also delivers specific recommendations to reorient U. S. development and diplomatic engagements that can forestall and prevent social disruptions and ensuing threats to U. S. prosperity and national security.

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LatinX Voices Hispanics in Media in the U.S

LatinX Voices Hispanics in Media in the U.S

LatinX Voices is the first undergraduate textbook that includes an overview of Hispanic/LatinX Media in the U. S. and gives readers an understanding of how media in the United States has transformed around this audience. Based on the authors’ professional and research experience and teaching broadcast media courses in the classroom this text covers the evolving industry and offers perspective on topics related to Latin-American areas of interest. With professional testimonials from those who have left their mark in print radio television film and new media this collection of chapters brings together expert voices in Hispanic/LatinX media from across the U. S. and explains the impact of this population on the media industry today. | LatinX Voices Hispanics in Media in the U. S

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Shaping China's Future In World Affairs The Role Of The United States

Shaping China's Future In World Affairs The Role Of The United States

This book considers Chinese foreign policy and China's future role in world affairs in the context of the country's recent past. Robert Sutter shows that although it appears to be in U. S. interests for post-Mao leaders to continue moving toward international norms a post-Deng leadership backed by growing economic and military power and reflecting profound changes in China's economy and society could move in markedly different directions. Most foreign powers appear willing to accommodate China avoiding actions that could prompt a sharp shift in Chinese foreign policy but Sutter argues that current U. S. policy intrudes on so many issues that are particularly sensitive for Beijing and for China's future that it represents perhaps the most critical variable determining how China will position itself in world affairs. Concluding that there is no guarantee the United States will use this influence wisely Sutter examines the uncertainty and unpredictability of U. S. foreign policy in the post-Cold War environment that work against the creation of an effective U. S. policy toward China. | Shaping China's Future In World Affairs The Role Of The United States

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US Foreign Policy in Action An Innovative Teaching Text

US Foreign Policy in Action An Innovative Teaching Text

This book represents a timely exploration of the dynamics of U. S. foreign policy development. It introduces historical developments and theories of U. S. foreign policy and engages students in the politics and debates of the foreign policy process (both directly and by proxy) through innovative learning exercises. This book offers a rich understanding of the politics behind clashing perspectives towards contemporary foreign policy challenges ranging from immigration policy controversies to COVID-19 pandemic responses climate change to the China trade war. All of these issues are presented in dynamic ways that focus on activism and engagement in the policy process—and so this text speaks directly to a new generation of college students who have mobilized to political activism. The book is intended to serve as a core text for classes on U. S. foreign policy at the 200-level or above and will appeal to a broad audience. New to the Second Edition: Provides insights on contemporary foreign policy challenges facing the Biden administration and future presidents such as climate change the rise of China sanctions and trade policies and changing U. S. engagement in the Middle East. Offers stronger theoretical foundations for the study of domestic constraints in the foreign policy decision-making process including the power of interest groups and political polarization in Congress. Explains pedagogical treatments of online and hybrid learning applications along with presenting new exercises to engage students both in person in the classroom and online. Presents more detailed and critical historical analyses of U. S. foreign policy including greater attention to the U. S. as an imperial power and its implications for politics and society. Creates new and exciting active learning exercises for instructors and students including role-playing simulations of global public health crisis management and group research projects on cybersecurity and immigration policy. Enriches the graphics and illustrations of foreign policy actors and processes in a full-color presentation. Analyzes contemporary foreign policy issues in the Trump and Biden administrations. Adds new web components and features some authored by undergraduate students who are becoming experts in U. S. foreign policy. Includes new writing exercises and assignments designed to promote creative and critical thinking about foreign policy actors and processes. | US Foreign Policy in Action An Innovative Teaching Text

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Inequality in U.S. Social Policy An Historical Analysis

Inequality in U.S. Social Policy An Historical Analysis

In the second edition of Inequality in U. S. Social Policy: An Historic Analysis Bryan Warde illuminates the pervasive and powerful role that social inequality based on race and ethnicity gender immigration status sexual orientation class and disability plays and has historically played in informing social policy. Using critical race theory and other structural oppression theoretical frameworks this book examines social inequalities as they relate to social welfare education housing employment health care and child welfare immigration and criminal justice. With fully updated statistics throughout and an examination of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the United States this new edition addresses the mammoth political and social changes which have affected inequality in the past few years. Inequality in U. S. Social Policy will help social work students better understand the origins of inequalities that their clients face as well as providing an introduction for other social science students. | Inequality in U. S. Social Policy An Historical Analysis

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Food Policy in the United States An Introduction

Food Policy in the United States An Introduction

This new edition offers a timely update to the leading textbook dedicated to all aspects of U. S. food policy. The update accounts for experience with policy changes in the 2014 Farm Bill and prospects for the next Farm Bill the publication of the 2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans the removal of Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) status for trans fats the collapse of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) treaty stalled child nutrition reauthorization legislation reforms in food-labeling policy the consequences of the 2016 presidential election and many other developments. The second edition offers greater attention both to food justice issues and to economic methods including extensive economics appendices in a new online Companion Website. As with the first edition real-world controversies and debates motivate the book’s attention to economic principles policy analysis nutrition science and contemporary data sources. The book assumes that the reader's concern is not just the economic interests of farmers and food producers but also includes nutrition sustainable agriculture food justice the environment and food security. The goal is to make U. S. food policy more comprehensible to those inside and outside the agri-food sector whose interests and aspirations have been ignored. The chapters cover U. S. agriculture food production and the environment international agricultural trade food and beverage manufacturing food retail and restaurants food safety dietary guidance food labeling advertising and federal food assistance programs for the poor. The author is an agricultural economist with many years of experience in the nonprofit advocacy sector the U. S. Department of Agriculture and as a professor at Tufts University. The author's blog on U. S. food policy provides a forum for discussion and debate of the issues set out in the book. | Food Policy in the United States An Introduction

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Contract Law in the Construction Industry Context

Contract Law in the Construction Industry Context

The Open Access version of this book available at http://www. taylorfrancis. com has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4. 0 license. This book chronicles how contract cases from the construction industry have influenced solidified refined and particularized U. S. contract law. The book’s central claim is that the construction industry experience has helped to contextualize U. S. contract law and therefore has encouraged the common law to be more receptive to flexible legal standards and practices and less constrained by the relatively rigid rules that often characterize contract law. Other scholarly books analyze the themes values standards and principles of contemporary contract law but none captures how construction industry relationships and practices have influenced the common law of contracts. After providing an overview of construction law as a specialty of the practicing bar and as a field for scholarly inquiry this book examines the construction industry cases that have most directly influenced contract law. It reviews how industry dispute patterns have caused courts to refine contract law principles or to adapt and modify other principles. Separate chapters explain the special roles that cases in the U. S. Supreme Court and in the lower federal courts have played in defining and distinguishing contract law in the construction industry. The final chapters assess implications the construction industry cases hold for contract theory writ large and for the future of contract law. This book is essential reading for legal scholars construction law and contract law specialists and those interested in how the construction industry has helped shape the U. S. legal system. | Contract Law in the Construction Industry Context

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Political Ideologies Their Origins and Impact

Political Ideologies Their Origins and Impact

Comprehensive yet accessible this classic text now in its thirteenth edition follows the evolution of political thought over 300 years. Organized chronologically this text examines each ideology within a political historical economic and social context. In addition to a thorough updating of examples and data here’s what you’ll find in the new edition: Analyses of President Trump’s rollback of Obamacare trade war with China and changes to immigration taxation and environmental policy. Conservative justifications for supply-side economics and liberal rationale for drug legalization and trigger-word bans. Brexit’s effects on the Scottish independence movement. Resurgence of feminist protest including the Me Too movement alongside anarchist protest following Trump’s election including groups like Black Bloc and Antifa. China’s rising environmental and social problems including unrest among its heavily controlled Uighur population. Cuba’s transfer of power from the Castros to President Díaz-Canel and their fraught rapprochement with the U. S. Russia’s disinformation campaigns and alternating brinksmanship and détente between Trump and North Korea’s Chairman Kim Jong-un. The ascent of the Alt-right in the U. S. and white supremacist influence on parties in the U. S. and Europe. The continuing salience of Islamism the teetering Iran deal and ongoing degeneration of the Arab Spring to the Islamist Winter. | Political Ideologies Their Origins and Impact

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Routledge Handbook on American Prisons

Routledge Handbook on American Prisons

The Routledge Handbook on American Prisons is an authoritative volume that provides an overview of the state of U. S. prisons and synthesizes the research on the many facets of the prison system. The United States is exceptional in its use of incarceration as punishment. It not only has the largest prison population in the world but also the highest per-capita incarceration rate. Research and debate about mass incarceration continues to grow with mounting bipartisan agreement on the need for criminal justice reform. Divided into four sections (Prisons: Security Operations and Administration; Types of Offenders and Populations; Living and Dying in Prison; and Release Reentry and Reform) the volume explores the key issues fundamental to understanding the U. S. prison system including the characteristics of facilities; inmate risk assessment and classification prison administration and employment for-profit prisons special populations overcrowding prison health care prison violence the special circumstances of death row prisoners collateral consequences of incarceration prison programming and parole. The final section examines reform efforts and ideas and offers suggestions for future research and attention. With contributions from leading correctional scholars this book is a valuable resource for scholars with an interest in U. S. prisons and the issues surrounding them. It is structured to serve scholars and graduate students studying corrections penology institutional corrections and other related topics.

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Agricultural Policy in the United States Evolution and Economics

Agricultural Policy in the United States Evolution and Economics

Agricultural Policy in the United States: Evolution and Economics traces U. S. agricultural policy from its colonial roots to the present using economic concepts to analyze and interpret political and economic consequences. It also examines the processes by which agricultural policies are developed and the government structure which supports the implementation of legislation passed by Congress. The book includes arguments for and against common tools of U. S. agricultural policy without influencing the reader in a particular direction. Each chapter contains questions and exercises to support students’ learning and technical economic material is contained in optional appendices. This second edition examines the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 and sets the scene for future policy developments. Additionally it looks at trade wars and the impact of Black Swan events like the COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural resilience. | Agricultural Policy in the United States Evolution and Economics

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Costs of Sprawl

Costs of Sprawl

Across the nation the debate over metropolitan sprawl and its impact has become pivotal to urban planning. A decade and a half ago Smart Growth America and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency sought to raise the level of the debate by sponsoring groundbreaking research to quantitatively measure sprawl and its quality-of-life impacts. The resulting measures are widely used in urban research and public health. Costs of Sprawl provides a panoramic guide to urban form in America measures sprawl for metropolitan areas urbanized areas and counties and studies the relationship between sprawl and quality-of-life outcomes. From this preliminary investigation it looks like the costs of sprawl are varied and substantial and the alternative of compact development is far superior. An essential read for researchers planners urban designers policy makers and smart growth advocates in the U. S. and abroad this book provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of one of the most critical issues in planning today.

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Social Equity and LGBTQ Rights Dismantling Discrimination and Expanding Civil Rights

Social Equity and LGBTQ Rights Dismantling Discrimination and Expanding Civil Rights

Can a baker refuse to make a wedding cake for a gay couple? Despite the U. S. Supreme Court decision guaranteeing marriage equality in 2015 lesbian gay bisexual transgender and queer (LGBTQ) citizens in the United States continue to be discriminated against in fundamental areas that others take for granted as a legal right. Using social equity theory and intersectionality but written in an accessible style this book demonstrates some of the ways in which LGBTQ citizens have been marginalized for their identity and argues that the field of public administration has a unique responsibility to prioritize social equity. Categories utilized by the U. S. Census Bureau (male or female heterosexual or homosexual) for example must shift to a continuum to accurately capture demographic characteristics and citizen behavior. Evidenced-based outcomes and disparities between cisgender and heterosexual and LGBTQ populations are carefully delineated to provide a legal rationale for a compelling governmental interest and policy recommendations are provided – including overdue federal legislation to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. | Social Equity and LGBTQ Rights Dismantling Discrimination and Expanding Civil Rights

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Consumer Bankruptcy Law A Practical Guide for Students and Professionals

Consumer Bankruptcy Law A Practical Guide for Students and Professionals

This practical and invaluable textbook covers the principles and practice of U. S. consumer bankruptcy law known as Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 for paralegals and legal studies students. Consumer Bankruptcy Law provides step-by-step guidance on handling a bankruptcy case from client interviews to preparing and filling the bankruptcy petition as well as the issues which may arise after. Featuring practical examples throughout the book ensures that you will become familiar not only with core legal concepts but also with the real-life issues and pitfalls that can occur. Screenshots on how to complete a bankruptcy petition are featured along with flowcharts of the processes of consumer bankruptcy law in the U. S. and exercises to test your knowledge at the end of each chapter. Including online resources for both students and instructors to benefit from such as multiple-choice questions and PowerPoints summarizing each chapter Consumer Bankruptcy Law: A Practical Guide for Students and Professionals will be an indispensable resource for anyone engaging in this important area of legal practice. | Consumer Bankruptcy Law A Practical Guide for Students and Professionals

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Reaffirming Juvenile Justice From Gault to Montgomery

Reaffirming Juvenile Justice From Gault to Montgomery

This book will expand students’ knowledge and understanding of the evolution of juvenile justice in the last 50 years. Designed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the landmark case In re Gault which the U. S. Supreme Court decided in 1967 the authors provide a brief history of juvenile justice then frame the developments and transformations that have occurred in the intervening years. Topics covered include an overview of the dramatic changes to the field following the spike in youth violence in the 1990s the superpredator myth zero-tolerance policies and sanctions for juvenile offenders—particularly the 2005 abolition of the death penalty and subsequent decision on life without parole. The book also covers child and youth victimization and trauma and recent prevention and treatment initiatives. Designed for upper-level undergraduates this text reflects on the evolving U. S. juvenile justice system while anticipating future challenges and trends. Reaffirming Juvenile Justice illustrates how ideology media and politics shape policy and how it can evolve. | Reaffirming Juvenile Justice From Gault to Montgomery

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The American Anomaly U.S. Politics and Government in Comparative Perspective

The American Anomaly U.S. Politics and Government in Comparative Perspective

The American Anomaly systematically analyzes the U. S. political system by way of comparison with other countries especially other industrialized democracies. It is organized into four sections respectively covering the constitutional order governmental institutions political participation and public policy. Extended case studies and examples in each chapter draw on all the major regions of the world. Thoroughly revised throughout the fourth edition includes: Updates to reflect events including the anomalous presidential election of 2016 the start of the unconventional presidency of Donald Trump and shifting partisan dynamics within Congress. Coverage of recent political developments such as the Black Lives Matter and Antifa left-wing groups the rise of the Alt-Right and resurgent nationalism and youth-led movements for immigration reform and gun violence prevention. A newly developed chapter offering a comparative perspective on U. S. public opinion and mass media including social media; includes a new case study focused on post-Communist Russia and a chart on comparative freedom of the press. The contextualizing of emerging political memes such as fake news alternative facts the deep state Brexit and #MeToo. Updates to examples from other countries including challenges to the European Union; the aftermath of the Arab Uprisings; recent political upheavals in Venezuela Zimbabwe South Korea and Brazil; the global reassertion of Russian power and its possible manipulation of the US election; and the steady growth of China’s global military and economic role. A substantive update to the domestic policy chapter in light of the return of unified Republican control in Washington DC and to the foreign policy chapter taking into account isolationist and unlateralist thinking in the Trump administration. Updated tables and charts comparing major democratic political systems; expanded further reading suggestions; and revised discussion questions and Web-based exercises throughout the book. | The American Anomaly U. S. Politics and Government in Comparative Perspective

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Distinct Identities Minority Women in U.S. Politics

Distinct Identities Minority Women in U.S. Politics

The second edition of Distinct Identities continues to provide a sophisticated yet accessible introduction to the complexities of the politics social structures and cultural contexts that animate how women of color engage in and shape U. S. politics. Keeping the structure of the original volume this text represents the diverse and innovative scholarship being conducted in this field while covering the core topics in gender politics. What’s New: Chapters on queer women of color and the role of women of color and social movements. Chapters on the strategies that women of color use to run for office where they run political newcomers (Asian and Indigenous women). Chapters on the experiences of women of color office holders. Chapters on policy analysis and the media’s role in shaping the political agenda of women of color political elites. Distinct Identities pushes the boundaries of traditional intersectional scholarship and responds to America’s rapidly diversifying demographics and political culture. It reflects cutting-edge scholarship and provides readers with insight into where the field of women of color politics will head in the coming years. | Distinct Identities Minority Women in U. S. Politics

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US Foreign Policy and China Bush’s First Term

US Foreign Policy and China Bush’s First Term

This work is an exploration of how U. S. China relations were managed by President George W. Bush. Roberts argues that contrary to conventional wisdom President Bush conducted a calculated pragmatic and highly successful strategy toward Beijing which avoided conflict resolved crisis and significantly increased economic and diplomatic ties. Roberts identifies key players and polices of the Bush White House and the specific themes of engagement (successful and unsuccessful) that unfolded during Bush’s first term. Research is based on analysis of primary and secondary documentation as well as interviews with key White House actors (including Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage) and two former Australian Prime Ministers. Topics of discussion include China’s changing attitude toward international engagement China’s rising economic power and the tensions this triggered in the American establishment the nature of U. S. China relations contemporary and ideological understanding of the Bush Presidency as well as the strengths and weaknesses of different sources of information. US Foreign Policy and China will be of great interest to students and scholars of US foreign policy and China Studies. | US Foreign Policy and China Bush’s First Term

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The American Culture of War The History of U.S. Military Force from World War II to Operation Enduring Freedom

The American Culture of War The History of U.S. Military Force from World War II to Operation Enduring Freedom

Now in its third edition The American Culture of War presents a sweeping critical examination of every major American war since 1941: World War II Korea Vietnam the First and Second Persian Gulf Wars U. S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war against ISIS. As he carefully considers the cultural forces that surrounded each military engagement Adrian Lewis offers an original and provocative look at the motives people and governments used to wage war the discord among military personnel the flawed political policies that guided military strategy and the civilian perceptions that characterized each conflict. This third edition features: A new structure focused more exclusively on the character and conduct of the wars themselves Updates to account for the latest evolving scholarship on these conflicts An updated account of American military involvement in the Middle East including the abrupt rise of ISIS The new edition of The American Culture of War remains a comprehensive and essential resource for any student of American wartime conduct. | The American Culture of War The History of U. S. Military Force from World War II to Operation Enduring Freedom

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Steel And The State Government Intervention And Steel's Structural Crisis

Steel And The State Government Intervention And Steel's Structural Crisis

The problems of the U. S. steel industry have been a source of public controversy for over twenty years. The industry has grown substantially smaller since the 1960s and hundreds of thousands of steelworkers have lost their jobs. Some steel firms and many steel mills have shut down entirely profoundly affecting regional economies based on steel and its related industries. An industrial transformation of this magnitude has inevitably given rise to efforts to identify its underlying causes. This book is a contribution to that effort. | Steel And The State Government Intervention And Steel's Structural Crisis

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