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Insight Provided.......2006-09-09
This book provides insight into troubled mother-daughter relationships by discussing many innappropriate behaviours that some mothers impose onto their daughters. The authors compiled comments of daughters who had been sexually abused by their mothers. While most daughters are not abused by their mothers, this book has helped dauhgters have a better understanding of why they want to continue to be estranged from their mother.
You are not alone!.......1999-08-22
This was a wonderful, and painfully needed book about an often overlooked form of sexual abuse. Survivors of mother-daughter abuse may see their own lives reflected in the comments offered by other survivors, and help them realize that they are not alone in their experiences, thoughts or reactions. This book inspired me to start an online support group specifically on this topic, and I welcome any e-mail inquiries about joining the group
Informative resource as to the nature of mother sexual abuse.......1999-08-11
This subject matter is quite removed from the general public just by the very nature of the abuse.
This type of abuse as outlined by the author is developed from 103 case studies.
It, (the abuse) can take many forms, from forceful punishment, to "seductive" pleasure and sexual gratification.
Often the child's abuse begings very early in life with the mother covertly screening the activity even from the father or others in the family.
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Britain is an island nation and throughout history its navy has been of great importance for its defence. As a consequence it has always had a special significance and has over the centuries entrenched itself in the national psyche, making itself manifest not only through the hero-worship of its principal characters such as Horatio Nelson and Sir Francis Drake but also finding expression through art, music, and literature. Like any great national institution, the navy is a complex web of interconnected histories - operational, strategic, political, economic, administrative, technological, and social. Now updated for its paperback edition, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy, in a series of fourteen chapters, provides a thorough and engaging treatment of these histories, covering every aspect of naval history from the Anglo-Saxon period to the dawn of the new millennium. The book explores: Major action and campaigns - the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the Anglo-Dutch Wars, the Battle of Trafalgar, the Battle of Jutland, the Atlantic Campaign of 1939-45, the Falklands conflict, the Gulf War, and attacks on terrorist bases in Afghanistan in 2001. Developments in naval history and technology - navigational advances, surveying, constructional developments, disaster relief, the suppression of the slave trade, and the Strategic Defence Review of 1998. Key personalities - Drake and Nelson, Samuel Pepys, Francis Beaufort, Jackie Fisher, Lord Charles Beresford, Lord Jellicoe. Naval life - recruitment (press gangs, training, education, discipline), tactics, gunnery and armaments, amphibious operations, wages and conditions, victualling and supply. How and when did Britain's perception of the sea change from a thing of fear to a 'moat defence' (in the words of Shakespeare)? How did the navy's administrative systems develop during the Tudor period? During the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, its greatest period of expansion, how did the navy develop strategically and operationally? How successfully did the navy defend the British Empire during the nineteenth century? What role did the navy play in Victorian Britain's thirst for exploring of the world? What technical developments have been important to the navy? What effect did two world wars have on the role of the Royal Navy? What does the modern navy look like now and what about the future? With a full chronology, which has been brought up to date to the end of 2001, an extensive list of further reading, 16 pages of colour plates, 23 maps, 6 special Action Station diagram 'box' features, and around 200 black-and-white integrated illustrations, this is an authoritative and highly readable account of a unique fighting service and its people.
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The Royal Navy: An Illustrated History
Anthony J. Watts
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Aircraft Carriers of the Royal and Commonwealth Navies: The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia from World War I to the Present
David Hobbs
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This is a revised edition of a popular history, first published in 1986, of the flags flown at sea during the Age of Sail. Beautifully illustrated with more than one hundred thirty photographs--seventy-four in color--it features the flags flown by the principal naval powers--Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United States. The clear narrative unravels myths and misunderstandings about where, when, and why certain flags--like the piratical "Jolly Roger"--were flown. It also tackles such complicated issues as signaling in peace and war. Contemporary flag charts and specially commissioned drawings provide the degree of detail necessary for modelmakers, artists, and historians. The remarkable amount of information presented on the all-important functions of identification and signaling at sea makes an important contribution to the literature.
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An Illustrated History of the Royal Navy
John Winton
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ASIN: 1841002534 |
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In An Illustrated History of the Royal Navy, author John Winton captures the military splendor of the British Royal Navy with commentary accompanied by striking black and white and color photographs. Lavishly illustrated with visual matter mainly drawn from the collections of the Royal Navy Museum, John Winton brings to life the magnificent tradition of the Royal Navy and its key role in the defense of the United Kingdom. It encompasses all the majesty and storied reputation of the Royal Navy, which continues to the present day. Includes a foreword by renowned, best-selling author Patrick O'Brian, who spent his career writing many exciting, swashbuckling novels about the Royal Navy.
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WONDERFUL BOOK!!!.......2006-06-26
This book is a factual as well as colour photo treasure for anyone interested in the British Royal Navy and Lord Nelson. The book itself is approximately 14" in height and full of many colour museum photos. Very informative for serious study. Much historical information, also. Highly recommended book.
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The Royal Navy occupies a central position in the history of Britain's island nation. In Shakespeare's words, the sea is the country's 'moat defensive', and the ships of the Royal Navy are the natural guardians of this barrier. As the 18th century lawyer Sir William Blackstone observed, 'the Royal Navy of England hath ever been its defense and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of the island'.
In this beautifully illustrated and highly readable history, John Winton records the history of the Royal Navy with consummate skill.
Beginning in the reign of King John, he shows how important progress in the establishment of a standing navy was made during the reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, the monarch against whom Spain pitted the Armada.
Subsequent chapters then detail the two centuries of war between 1600 and 1800, when Britain was almost constantly engaged in either conflict or alliance with France, Spain and Netherlands; the period of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the time of Nelson and Trafalgar; the 19th-century Pax Britannica; the Dreadnought era and the First World War when technological advance in the form of armor, big guns and submarines changed the face of naval warfare fundamentally; the interwar period and global conflict during the Second World War; and finally the Nuclear Age, during which the Navy has had to accommodate itself to a new world order, new forms of warfare, new weapons, and a new role. Updated to include recent operations in the first and second Gulf wars.
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Ready, aye, Ready.......2002-11-14
The description of the book given by Amazon is pretty much nonexistent so I'll give you a rundown of what it is. It covers mostly Canadian participation in the War in the Atlantic. If you want to know more about that theatre its a great book. Doesn't focus purely on Canadian forces, it gives a more broad look at the theatre as a whole also. The pictures are great(good captions along with the pics too), and there are lots of them but the book still has lots of good text too. I'd recommend this book to just about anyone who has an interest in the Navy. Whether you know nothing about the battle of the Atlantic or if your a war buff this book is still great. It has quite a few smaller stories mixed in with the broader history. It has a very good balance in my opinion.
Anyway, its a great book. Its a shame that there aren't more reviews and more coverage. People tend to skip over a book when the only thing described about it is its name. I can see why though, I wouldn't have bought it if I were just browsing around the site. But its a good book so give it a try.
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Three hundred years ago, the art of French diplomacy saved nations and enthroned kings. In today's business world, those same princely principles can make or break corporations and launch careers.
Written in 1716 by the "envoy extraordinary of Louis XIV," this sage and charming study of the art of negotiation is reputed to be the best manual of diplomatic methods ever written. Now, newly introduced by the leading management philosopher Charles Handy, On the Manner of Negotiating with Princes is certain to be a classic among business people around the world. The reason is simple: whether it's palace politics in eighteenth-century France or office politics in a twenty-first-century global market, you need to know how to deal with people effectively. In these pages, de Callieres sets forth a model for doing so both in business and in life -- a model that has stood the test of time.
As entertaining as it is educational, this trusted handbook contains a wealth of useful advice, with sections including "The Personal Qualities of a Good Negotiator," "The Fitting Mode of Address," "The Cool Head," "The Perils of Deceit," "The Fatality of Bad Appointments," "The Use of Compliments," "Genius No Substitute for Good Manners," and, of course, "The Value of Good Cheer." On the Manner of Negotiating with Princes should prove as valuable in today's business world as it was in the days of princes and paupers.
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How to be wiser than your fellows.......2003-01-02
Shouldn't peoples get smarter as decades and centuries pass? This book, written roughly 300 years ago by the "envoy extraordinary" of French King Louis XIV, might make you doubt our progress. While I don't agree with all that Callieres wrote (specifically, his more 'intriguing' prescriptions), there is a wisdom and thoughtfulness in his writings that is unmatched by any modern text. With the explosion in wealth, and scientific and technical knowledge, it is hard to find evidence--in writing or in life--that we have become more wise.
"How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!" - Proverbs 16:16
The Lawyer as Business Prince.......2000-10-24
Charles Handy resurrected this book not, as he intended to show something about business management directly, but actually--and perhaps insensibly to Handy--to explain some of the practices and habits which help lawyers for businesses work with other lawyers for business adversaries. For what could be more princely than a lawyer? Lawyers are begotten (not created) by their clients, just as princes issue from kings. And lawyers, like diplomats, have limited authority. Also like princes. So diplomat-to-prince as explained by De Callieres fits passably into lawyer-to-lawyer contests of wit and threatening.
I bought this book as a kind of cathartic release when in the middle of dealing with a difficult opposing lawyer (whose clients are true blue business and even political princelings), and commenced reading, looking for appropriate thoughts and phrases to describe the complete jerk/idiot/moron masquerading as an attorney at law with whom I was dealing. Or was it his client? How could I work on becoming more of the type of lawyer able "to produce peace by the authority of their intervention?" (page 11). It would take a willingness on my part to "sometimes consent to meet smaller men on their own ground." (p.21). Because bigger people, like judges (even bailiffs) will be watching, and "one negotiation successfully carried through by the honesty and high intelligence of a diplomatist will give him a great advantage in other enterprises on which he embarks in the future." (p.22).
Yet de Callieres might quarrel with my easy equivalence between lawyers and diplomats. Because he disagrees: "...in general the training of a lawyer breeds habits and dispositions of mind which are not favorable to the practice of diplomacy." (p. 40). This is because (and here we give the obligatory pass-the-intern wink at the President) "the occupation of the lawyer, which is to split hairs about nothing, is not a good preparation for the treatment of grave public affairs in the region of diplomacy." (Id.) The author would prefer more men-of-the-world than mere lawyers, to engage foreign princes in the business of war and peace, as well as buying and selling. I just disagree with him on this point.
On the more business-ish topics of "the value of good cheer" (p.89), being a good listener (p.91), the importance of first impressions (p. 93), and the importance of good staff people, this book has good points of general applicability. I keep coming back to the lawsuit as the best application for this advice on how to deal with contested issues between states; but unlike international law, in a lawsuit we have a judge with authority and with the power to render finality to a dispute. So I add a less open-ended interpretation to what the author arguably intended.
One good piece of advice for dealing with the finalizing force of a judge is found in the author's advice about giving reports to your king. Do not "set the King's teeth on edge" with overly biting, contentious presentations. Like Kings, judges are not dispensers of decisions into which we put briefs and witnesses like so many little tokens before pushing the buttons or pulling the lever (maybe we could use a bowling analogy if I could get it to work less clumsily) to extract the automatic ruling. The inhumanity and callousness of this approach is rightly discouraged by de Callieres.
How then do we explain the success of obnoxious appellate attorneys who pull success from tiny little technicalities flung in the face of trial courts? However we explain it, it seems clear that legal work at that appellate level is no longer quite so diplomatic as the negotiated resolution of problems more akin to most commercial legal work. But all out war is not the topic of this book.
Now, if I'm coming down to the smallish level of my current adversary, listening tactfully to him spout all-out destruction for my client, has this book helped me? This will remain an open question, but it has been an interesting diversion. The cover art is also quite cool, and helps make my bookshelves more imposing. First impressions, you see.
Timeless Advice About Being an Effective Agent.......2000-08-07
This book was originally written as a letter to the Duc d'Orleans who was the regent for Louis XV while he was a boy. De Callieres had been an envoy extraordinary for Louis XIV who had recently died. The Duc d'Orleans is famous in history for being putty in the hands of John Law, leading to the debasement of the French currency and the collapse of the Mississippi Bubble (see Millionaire for details).
In the letter, the hidden agenda was to convince the Duc to let career diplomats from good families do the ambassadorial tasks, emphasizing peace over hostilities. Louis XIV had virtually bankrupted France with his many long and expensive wars that provided little benefit. Without a more sensible foreign policy, France was in serious trouble. Based on his past behavior patterns, the Duc was likely to send his card-playing buddies from the military ranks to take on these chores, and diplomatic disaster was likely to follow.
The first two-thirds of the book is a Renaissance-like description of the ideal man (there was not much role for women in his mind, other than as people to use as sources of indirect influence on princes). The description is obviously overstated to make a point: There's no one this good, but you'd better look for the best person you can. The final third is full of day-to-day advice about what a diplomat must do (sort of Diplomacy 101 for those who have not done it before). This includes details how to be introduced at court, the role of your own spies, and so forth. The final third seems remarkably modern. Perhaps it is even used in some diplomatic training today.
The only puzzling thing about the book is the introduction by Charles Handy. In the introduction, Handy argues that you can take the word 'negotiating' in the text and substitute the word 'management.' In so doing, he tries to transform this into a treatise on management. I don't think so. Sure, there are areas where management issues come up, such as in the selection of diplomatic personnel, but that's not the focus of this book either directly or indirectly. If he had argued that this book was the How to Win Friends and Influence People of the 18th century, I would have agreed with that. I'd skip the introduction. It will only confuse matters for you, and throw you off the track of what the book is really about -- being a loyal agent for someone with whom you are not in daily contact but whose most important matters are in your hands. The modern-day equivalent would be handling an labor negotiation for a company in an inaccessible foreign location.
The Prince is like the 800 pound gorilla. He can sit wherever he wants, so the task of negotiating with him is a delicate one. If you've ever had a boss like that, you'll find it humorous to compare your former boss to the descriptions in this book.
If the publisher does want to turn this into a management book, I suggest a different approach. Combine the text of this book with text and examples of a modern management sort to provide the current context for the reader. As it is now, Peter Drucker would be able to fill in the blanks for himself but few other readers would be able to do so without more guidance. You have to connect the dots to draw the picture for the reader!
Donald Mitchell (donmitch@2000percentsolution.com)
Past meets Present.......2000-06-14
I liked the book a lot. It showed how things were handled in the past and applied it to real world situations in the present.
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The Art of Diplomacy: Francois de Callieres
Keens-Soper H.M.A.
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In 1716, the French diplomat and author François de Callières published the treatise "De la Manière de négocier avec les souverains"-an outstandingly successful manual of advice for diplomats, perhaps the best of its kind ever written. It has become the classic text, highly regarded by 18th century statesmen, who considered it essential reading for prospective diplomats, and by modern historians who have praised its insights into the conventions and techniques that remained a distinctive feature of European statecraft for almost 300 years. This book is the first, complete critical edition of Callières' work based on an accurate but virtually unknown English translation of 1716. It also includes a biographical introduction, based on French manuscript sources, which provides an account of Callières' life as writer and diplomat, a discussion of the origin of the work and an assessment of the intellectual and historical background to which the treatise belongs. In addition, the book includes appendixes on the French political academy, Callières' library and a list of his publications as well as those of his father, Jacques, also a notable author in his day. The volume concludes with a bibliography of works on diplomatic theory covering the period 1648 to 1815. This reprint of the 1983 edition by Leicester University Press makes available once again this historical work of enduring value.
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The Art of Diplomacy
Francois De Callieres
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Gregory Cooper's study examines issues in the philosophy of ecology that have been a source of controversy since the existence of ecology as a discipline. These controversies revolve around the concept of a balance of nature; the possibility of general ecological knowledge; and the role of model-building in ecology. The analysis has cross-disciplinary appeal and will interest students and professionals in science, the philosophy of science, and environmental studies as well as policy-makers.
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