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WARRIORS FROM THE DEEP: The Extraordinary History of the World's Combat Swimmers
Eric Micheletti Manufacturer: Histoire and Collections ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 2913903843 |
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Combat swimmer units have long deserved such a book. With a wealth of photograhs and documents many of them never published before Shadow Warriors features the historical record and current operational life of the Italian Decima Mas, the German Kampfschwimmers and the French Naval Commando Hubert, not to forget the first unit of all in this form of warfare, the Italian Incursori which gave birth to this highly specific combat skill.Customer Reviews:
WARRIORS FROM THE DEEP.......2007-01-18
Chapters take a visual approach to the history in packing color photos in multiples on every page.......2006-04-03
Missions, military might, and courage.......2006-03-13
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Anticipating the Future: Twenty Millennia of Human Progress
Barry Buzan , and Gerald Segal Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster UK ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0743203402 |
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"Where are we at the turn of the millennium? How did the world come to be as it is, and what do the stories of our past and present suggest about our future?
This ambitious book surveys the 20,000 years from the end of the last Ice Age to 7,000 AD. It is part history, part current events, and part science fiction. In contrast to the mood of millennial pessimism we take an optimistic view of human history. What is truly important about our age only becomes apparent when we see the present both as a product of the past and as the maker of the future. We argue that the human story, with all of its ups and downs, is basically one of progress, and that our time is a major turning point in this epic tale. We take issue with those who say we are seeing the "decline of the West" or a looming "clash of civilisations". Too many millennial authors ignore evidence from the broader sweep of human history. If we are to got a clear view of where we are today, then we need the whole human story -- the last century or even the last millennium will not do."
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Foolish.......2003-09-24
You Can't Predict the Future.......2003-01-08
Last year a medium sized asteroid was discovered just a couple of weeks before it made its nearest approach to Earth. Now if that rock had hit southern England, let's say, tens of millions of people would have died on impact, and Britain would have been wiped off the face of the Earth. The fact that it had been discovered only weeks before meant that we could have done nothing to prevent it from hitting us. If it had done so, nobody would pay much attention to Sept. 11 anymore.
This example illustrates the utter meaninglessness of looking into the crystal ball by studying even the broad trends. Things can happen which no one can think of, and everything changes. To their credit the authors devote only one third of the book to their crystal ball, but it's still an exercise in futility.
To cite further examples, no one in the early nineteenth century except de Tocqueville saw the rise of both America and Russia. He was only one hundred years ahead of his times - and that's already very impressive. Who by the turn of the century would have thought we could not only fly, but even go to the Moon? And hardly anyone knew then what treasures lay below the ground in the Arabian desert - King Abdul Aziz ibn Saud would have preferred to find water instead. But without cars oil would not have been of much use. Who could have predicted these bone-dry, dirt-poor wanderers in the sand would become the world's richest people? Certainly not the Saudis themselves. And 9/11 could not have happened without Saudi money (whether they liked it or not).
A series of accidents led to a radically unbelievable outcome.
If we had such trouble seeing just one hundred years ahead, the notion you can see anything at all several thousand years ahead is baloney.
No less an authority than Jack Welch, the legendary ex-Chairman of GE, makes it clear in his memoirs that you can't see far into the future. Read his book, Straight from the Gut (which incidentally was published on 9/11/01, an event which even he could not have imagined.) At the end of the book he made some predictions, which he implied were foisted on him by the publisher; but he never said they would necessarily come true.
For historical background I recommend three excellent books on world history: William H. McNeill's The Rise of the West, J.M. Roberts's Penguin History of the World, and Paul Kennedy's Rise and Fall of the Great Powers. Margaret Thatcher's Statecraft, Jack Welch's Straight from the Gut, and the latest books by Eric Hobsbaum, Joseph Nye and Henry Kissinger offer intelligent (if not necessarily correct) perspectives on contemporary world and clues to possible future developments. These are good books, much better than this one. All these authors offer some hints on the future, but they never claim to have the last word, let alone seeing thousands of years ahead.
Otherwise, read science fiction instead. Better still, read natural science and standard newspapers.
You are what you eat, they say. Read junk like this, and your brain will be full of it.
Three short books in one.......2000-03-25
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Anticipating and Assessing Health Care Technology, Volume 6: Applications of the New Biotechnology: The Case of Vaccines. A Report commissioned by the Steering Committee on Future Health Scenarios
Scenario Commission on Future Health Care Technology , and H. David Banta Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0898384125 |
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Anticipating & Assessing Health Care Technology Volume 1: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS & POLICY CONCLUSIONS (Future Health Scenarios)
DAVID, CHAIRMAN BANTA Manufacturer: Kluwer Academic Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 089838897X |
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Anticipating and Assessing Health Care Technology, Volume 2: Future technological changes. A report commissioned by the Steering Committee on Future Health Scenarios
H. David Banta Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 089838379X |
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Anticipating Hlth Care Tech (Future Health Scenarios)
Banta Manufacturer: Kluwer Academic Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0898384192 |
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Anticipating and Assessing Health Care Technology, Volume 4: The future treatment of coronary artery disease.A report commissioned by t he Steering Committee on Future Health Scenarios
Scenario Commission on Future Health Care Technology , and H. David Banta Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0898384109 |
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Anticipating and Assessing Health Care Technology, Volume 5: Developments in Human Genetic Testing A Report commissioned by the Steering Committee on Future Health Scenarios
Scenario Commission on Future Health Care Technology , and H. David Banta Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0898384117 |
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Anticipating and Assessing Health Care Technology, Volume 7: Computer Assisted Medical Imaging: The case of picture archiving and communications systems ... Committee on Future Health Scenarios
Scenario Commission on Future Health Care Technology , and H. David Banta Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0898384133 |
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Anticipating and Assessing Health Care Technology, Volume 8: Potentials for home care technology. A report commissioned by the Steering Committee on Future Health Scenarios
Scenario Commission on Future Health Care Technology , and H. David Banta Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0898384206 |
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Anticipating the future: How narrative goals affect explanatory and predictive inferences : (Dissertation)
Kristi Ann Costabile Manufacturer: ProQuest Information and Learning ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000EWB98G Release Date: 2006-03-07 |
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Introduction to Information Systems Project Management with CD-Rom Mandatory Package
David L. Olson Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Irwin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0072424206 |
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This text is a project management text that focuses on "high technology." The text is brief and has more applied vs. theoretical coverage. The text will focus on traditional project management topics, i.e., project adoption, planning, scheduling, and implementation, however, Olson will look at these topics from an IS or software perspective.Customer Reviews:
A good start..........2002-03-12
Although I'm sure Olson has received many deserved acclaims for his writings in this field, I think this text leaves a little to be desired. It is a very impersonal read, oftentimes forgetting that superb personnel skills are essential to the up-and-coming project manager. It is a very thick, dense text, and although it is not even 300 pages, you sometimes feel that you're sifting through a phonebook to find the scarce relevant information. At times, it can even be quite repetitive, which is a true feat for such a thin book.
I got the impression that Olson had very little experience in the area of IT project management, often referring to outside (3rd party) studies and hypothetical examples to back up his main ideas. The text could have used a good deal more real-world examples and insight from professionals in this line of work -- not just other professors who study it.
Overall, it isn't a great book, but you can do worse I suppose. If I weren't required to read this for a class, I would have definitely picked up a different IT project management book by an author in the actual industry. This is a good starting point for a book in this field, but I will definitely want to supplement it with a more encompassing book by an accredited author from the IT workplace.
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Research and Development Project Selection (Wiley Series in Engineering and Technology Management)
Joseph P. Martino Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0471595373 |
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The first and only step-by-step guide to selecting the best R&D projectsIn today's fiercely competitive global economy, so much depends on making the correct R&D project choice. The first and only guide offering comprehensive coverage of state-of-the-art selection techniques now being used by decision-makers in industry, government, and academe, R&D Project Selection is an indispensable working resource for research and development managers, department heads, administrators, policymakers, consulting engineers, and all those involved in the project selection and management process. Applicable to all fields of technical, engineering, and scientific research it:
The first and only professional guide devoted exclusively to the subject, R&D Project Selection describes the most successful project selection methods now in use in government, industry, and academe.
Based on its author's extensive professional experience as well as his exhaustive review of the past 30 years of R&D management literature, it provides an in-depth analysis of nine major selection methods—including cluster analysis, cognitive modeling, simulation, portfolio optimization, decision theory, and others. It explores the strengths and weaknesses of each, shows how they relate to one another, and provides extensive coverage (six chapters) of the data requirements for each.
Just as importantly, this unique guide provides R&D managers with clear guidelines on how to effectively tai-lor the various selection methods discussed to meet the demands of their organizations' unique situations and goals.
Applicable to all fields of technical, engineering, and scientific research, R&D Project Selection is an indispensable working resource for R&D managers working in industry, academe, and government. It arms them with clear, step-by-step guidelines on how to effectively select projects so as not to fall short on work already in progress or to overcommit and exceed available resources. At the same time, it supplies scientists and engineers with a wealth of information on how best to tailor their project proposals to increase the likelihood of funding.
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Research and development: Project selection criteria (Research for business decisions)
Jackson Eugene Ramsey Manufacturer: UMI Research Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 0835717089 |
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The application of a new research and development project selection model in SMEs [An article from: Technovation]
C.P. Lawson , P.J. Longhurst , and P.C. Ivey Manufacturer: Elsevier ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000RR54EI |
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This digital document is a journal article from Technovation, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Concepts of technical scope drafting, contractor selection, and project control, for efficient research contracting
Mark Aronson Manufacturer: s.n ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007JSFK6 |
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Family selection on a federal reclamation project,: Tule lake division of the Klamath irrigation project, Oregon-California, (U.S. Farm security administration. Social research report no. V)
Marie Jasny ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B000876UTU |
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Project selection in a region within the context of national development planning: (as applied in the Dept. of La Paz, Bolivia) (Research report series - Institute of Social Studies ; no. 4)
Enrique Garcia Ayaviri Manufacturer: Institute of Social Studies ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006DZ5NI |
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Public utility commissioner selection and electric utilities' cost of capital: Final report for 1986/87 SOMED Project (Research Report / University of Alabama, School of Mines and Energy Development)
Paul D Thistle Manufacturer: University of Alabama, School of Mines and Energy Development ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007BHUO6 |
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Sample selection for Phase III of the IGE Evaluation Project (Working paper / Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Individualized Schooling)
Ruthanne M Landsness Manufacturer: Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Individualized Schooling, University of Wisconsin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006YCVKW |
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Selection of product development projects under uncertainty (Stockholm University. Dept. of Business Administration. Monograph no. 6)
Bo Sellstedt Manufacturer: Bonnier ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 9100381551 |
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Environmental Pollution and Its Impact on Life in the Mediterranean Region 1987: A special issue of the journal Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry
Manufacturer: Routledge ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0677258402 |
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