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  • NAVIES IN MULTIPOLAR WORLDS
    PAUL KENNEDY / EVAN WILSON
    Recent challenges to US maritime predominance suggests a return to great power competition at sea, and this new volume looks at how navies in previous eras of multipolarity grappled with similar challenges. The book follows the theme of multipolarity by analysing a wide range of historical and geographical case studies, thereby maintaining the focus of both its historical analy...

    $1,099.00

  • THE WAR PLANS OF THE GREAT POWERS (RLE THE FIRST WORLD WAR)
    PAUL M. KENNEDY
    The origins of the First World War remain one of the greatest twentieth century historical controversies. In this debate the role of military planning in particular and of militarism in general, are a key focus of attention. Did the military wrest control from the civilians? Were the leaders of Europe eager for a conflict? What military commitments were made between the various...

    $1,179.00

  • PACIFIC ONSLAUGHT
    PAUL KENNEDY
    A look at the early years of the Pacific conflict in World War II, by the New York Times–bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers.   Japan had mighty ambitions: to control the Western Pacific. The attack on Pearl Harbor devastated their primary obstacle—the American Pacific fleet—and they swept across the region. What ensued was a bitter struggle in which man...

    $249.00

  • RETARDATION IN YOUNG CHILDREN
    SARAH H. BROMAN / PAUL L. NICHOLS / PETER SHAUGHNESSY / WALLACE KENNEDY
    Results of the Collaborative Perinatal Project report disclose the risk factors for mental retardation found in children examined from the prenatal period to age seven. Both biological and social risk factors are analyzed for both severe and mild cognitive deficits. The authors of this volume investigated the etiologies of the neurological subgroups of the retarded and reveal, ...

    $1,299.00

  • COMMUNITIES ACROSS BORDERS
    PAUL KENNEDY
    Communities across Borders examines the many ways in which national, ethnic or religious groups, professions, businesses and cultures are becoming increasingly tangled together. It show how this entanglement is the result of the vast flows of people, meanings, goods and money that now migrate between countries and world regions. Now the effectiveness and significance of electro...

    $1,139.00

  • PSYCHOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT OF PHYSICAL DISABILITIES
    KENNEDY, PAUL
    The successful integration of psychological factors into the management of physical disabilities is critical to successful health-care delivery. This book provides a comprehensive and accessible guide to the best practice and approaches in this field. Paul Kennedy brings together contributions from a range of experienced researchers and practitioners, who explore the emotional,...

    $1,099.00

  • PACIFIC VICTORY
    PAUL KENNEDY
    A look at the events leading up to Japan’s surrender in World War II, from the New York Times–bestselling author of Engineers of Victory.   By the spring of 1943, Japan had a tight grip on the countries and territories of East Asia and the Western Pacific. But the Allies had won decisive victories at Midway and Guadalcanal, and they were coming for the rest of Japan’s conquests...

    $249.00

  • PRESCHOOL IQ
    SARAH H. BROMAN / PAUL L. NICHOLS / WALLACE A. KENNEDY
    Originally published in 1975, this volume reports a multidisciplinary, longitudinal study of the precursors of intelligence, as measured by Stanford-Binet IQ scores, of 4-year-old children. Over 26, 000 children (more than 12, 000 whites and 14,000 blacks) were followed from the prenatal period, and 169 prenatal and developmental variables were examined in relation to preschool...

    $999.00

  • TO MAKE ANOTHER WORLD
    COLIN BARKER / PAUL KENNEDY
    This book is a significant contribution to the expanding study of social movements. The essays consider some of the manifold ways in which people join together in popular movements to pursue visions of a different and more just society. They examine the impact of such movements, both on ordinary citizens swept along by demands for change, and on conventional institutions caught...

    $1,059.00