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Defining Aerospace Policy Essays in Honor of Francis T. Hoban

Defining Aerospace Policy Essays in Honor of Francis T. Hoban

Featuring contributions from many of the most prominent contemporary figures in the US aerospace community this book provides unprecedented insights into the ways in which aerospace policy is developed and implemented. Based on a wide range of real-life case studies and the personal experiences of those directly involved its coverage includes some of the most influential and wide-ranging policies of modern times including: the privatization of the Canadian air navigation system; government-industry cooperation; Leasecraft; NASA and the evolution of the hush kit; US activities to reduce launch costs; the emergence of a spaceport policy; VentureStar; issues in institutional restructuring: the problem with the FAA. Contributed in memory of Frank Hoban the book compiles the work of a NASA funded team at George Mason University working on various institutional aspects of the aerospace policy and the aerospace industry and also seeking out new directions for using the insights gathered from the NASA and other programs. The readership will include the management of aerospace companies and government agencies especially in North America but also elsewhere eg Europe (ESA) Russia and Japan. It will also include researchers and graduate students in university departments and agencies and other facilities. | Defining Aerospace Policy Essays in Honor of Francis T. Hoban

GBP 46.99
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The Doctor’s World The Life and Times of Claver Morris 1659 - 1727

The Doctor’s World The Life and Times of Claver Morris 1659 - 1727

This is the story of the extraordinary life of Claver Morris and the society in which he lived. After his marriage at Chelsea in 1685 Claver Morris moved to Somerset where he established an outstanding reputation for his work as a physician. His diaries show us how he worked with apothecaries and surgeons and travelled widely to treat all kind of patients from the children of the poor to those of the landed gentry. The diaries also tell us about the joys and pains of Claver’s personal and family life and of his various intrigues. Claver Morris was a man of many talents: immensely enterprising knowledgeable sociable and loving. His house was always filled with music guests and entertainments. Yet he was often faced with disputes and troubles partly of his own making — as when he courted a bishop’s daughter or stole some land to build his Queen Anne house. The Doctor’s World provides a unique portrait of a physician living and working through the political and religious turmoils that beset the nation at the turn of the eighteenth century. Tales of medical treatments clandestine marriages and self-serving priests are entwined with famous acts of treason and rebellion and the pleasures and tragedies of daily life. This meticulously researched book will appeal to all readers of social political medical and family history. | The Doctor’s World The Life and Times of Claver Morris 1659 - 1727

GBP 34.99
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Conquest and Redemption A History of Jewish Assets from the Holocaust

Conquest and Redemption A History of Jewish Assets from the Holocaust

In Conquest and Redemption Gregg J. Rickman explains how the Nazis stole the possessions of their Jewish victims and obtained the cooperation of institutions across Europe in these crimes of convenience. He also describes how those institutions are being brought to justice sixty years later for their retention of their ill-gotten gains. Rickman not only explains how the robbery was accomplished tracked stalled and then finally reversed but also clearly shows the ways in which robbery was inextricably connected to the murder of the Jews. The Nazis took everything from Jews-their families their possessions and even their names. As with the murder of Jews the Nazis' robbery was an organized institutionalized effort. Jews were isolated robbed and left homeless regarded as parasites in the Nazis' eyes and thus fair game. In short the organized robbery of the Jews facilitated their slaughter. How did the German people come to believe that it was permissible to isolate outlaw rob and murder Jews? A partial explanation can be found in the Nazis' creation of a virtual religion of German nationalism and homogeneity that delegitimized Jews as a people and as individuals. This belief system was expressed through a complex structure of religious rules practices and institutions. While Nazi ideology was the guiding principle how that ideology was formed and how it was applied is important to understand if one is to fully grasp the Holocaust. Rickman painstakingly describes the structural composition and motivation for the plundering of Jewish assets. The Holocaust will always remain a memory of unequalled pain and suffering but as Rickman shows the return of stolen goods to their survivors is a partial victory for the long aggrieved. Conquest and Redemption will be of interest to students and scholars in the history of the Holocaust and its aftermath. | Conquest and Redemption A History of Jewish Assets from the Holocaust

GBP 12.99
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