books about: conflicting     books:     Conflicting      Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976 Piero Gleijeses The University of North Carolina Press, 2003 An important contribution to Cold War History CONFLICTING MISSIONS is a brilliant, impressive, and important book. It not only teaches us about the dramatic differences between US and Cuban policies in Africa during the Cold War (until 1976), but it also stretches our minds to see the Cold War "from below." ...             The Measurement Nightmare: How the Theory of Constraints Can Resolve Conflicting Strategies, Policies, and ... Debra Smith CRC, 1999 Getting to the core of the problem The book focusses on the root problem behind all those dysfunctional metrics around us. It explains very clearly (also for people not trained in financial jargon) how the wrong focus on the wrong metrics in the top of the organization can have impact on the complete ...             American Films of the 70s: Conflicting Visions Peter Lev University of Texas Press, 2000 While the anti-establishment rebels of 1969's Easy Rider were morphing into the nostalgic yuppies of 1983's The Big Chill, Seventies movies brought us everything from killer sharks, blaxploitation, and disco musicals to a loving look at General George S. Patton. Indeed, as Peter Lev persuasively argues in this book, the films of the 1970s ...             Autonomy, Sovereignty, and Self-Determination: The Accommodation of Conflicting Rights (Procedural Aspects of ... Hurst Hannum University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996 Demands for "autonomy" or minority rights have given rise to conflicts, often violent, in every region of the world and under every political system. Through an analysis of contemporary international legal norms and an examination of several specific case studies--including Hong Kong, India, the transnational problems of the Kurds and Saamis, ...             Falling into Theory: Conflicting Views on Reading Literature David H. Richter Bedford/St. Martin's, 1999 we need to think more about what we read and write Representative or significant paragraph: Early in the Preface, Richter contends that the best way to teach our students to think well is "to be forthright about the irreconcilable differences within the profession over the interpretation and evaluation of texts and to ...             Debating the Presidency: Conflicting Perspectives on the American Executive CQ Press, 2006 Presidential performance, the Electoral College, and the balance of power between Congress and the president are discussed in every presidency text. But now you can expose your students to alternate points of view on these critical topics, incisively argued by today's leading presidential scholars. Moving far beyond a broad synthesis of ...             Building Cross-Cultural Competence: How to Create Wealth from Conflicting Values Charles M. Hampden-Turner, Fons Trompenaars Yale University Press, 2000 An good introduction to Cultural Dimensions Building and expanding on Hofstede's five dimensions of culture, Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner present a model of culture and cultural differences that is both sensible and eminently useful. While Hofstede may be the man who pioneered cultural research in management, ...             Civic Ideals: Conflicting Visions of Citizenship in U.S. History (The Institution for Social and Policy St) Rogers M. Smith Yale University Press, 1999 A REAL HISTORY Civic Ideals is a book every american should read.Prof.Smith has demonstrated clearly how trough history the United States have had diferents meanings about the citizenship.In the case of Puerto Rico-the last colony of the world-we the Puerto Ricans have a second-class ...             Curriculum Theory: Conflicting Visions and Enduring Concerns Michael Stephen Schiro Sage Publications, Inc, 2007 "Schiro (Boston College) has written a text that examines curriculum theory for experience and pre-service educators with the purpose of understanding educational philosohpies or ideologies that they are likely to encounter in their teaching." - H.B. Arnold, CHOICE "The book provides readers with a clear, sympathetic and unbiased understanding ...             Conflicting Desires: Notes on the Craft of Writing Erotic Stories Han, Li Thorn Velluminous Press, 2007 Loved it! First, as the title to my review would indicate, I have to say that I really loved this book. However . . . this is a book about writing, not necessarily about writing erotic stories. As a mystery writer, I found it helpful and fascinating, with many insights and ...             The Myth of Jos? Mart?: Conflicting Nationalisms in Early Twentieth-Century Cuba (Envisioning Cuba) Lillian Guerra The University of North Carolina Press, 2005 Focusing on a period of history rocked by four armed movements, Lillian Guerra traces the origins of Cubans' struggles to determine the meaning of their identity and the character of the state, from Cuba's last war of independence in 1895 to the consolidation of U.S. neocolonial hegemony in 1921. Guerra argues that political violence and competing ...             Reforging the White Republic: Race, Religion, and American Nationalism, 1865-1898 (Conflicting Worlds: New ... Edward J. Blum Louisiana State University Press, 2007 Essential Added Reading If you ever have a class in American Religious History or Church History it is worth including this even if it's not on the syllabus. It is valuable info overlooked; fully footnoted with plenty of quotes revealing the rest of the story regarding American legends like ...             Analyzing The Curriculum George J Posner McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 1994 Best Primer on Curriculum Available After you get over sticker shock on the price of this book, buy it if you are in need of a basic understanding of how curriculum has been organized and developed in American education. No other publication is comparable to it for its succinct overview of the curriculum ...             Walker's Texas Division, C.S.A: Greyhounds of the Trans-mississippi (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of ... Richard G. Lowe Louisiana State University Press, 2006 Brief Overview The book was bought as a gift. I only skimmed the contents so I cannot review the book adequately. It appeared to be a complete record of Walker's Texas Division.             Global Trade and Conflicting National Interests (Lionel Robbins Lectures) Ralph E. Gomory, William J. Baumol The MIT Press, 2001 Great stuff! Gomory and Baumol are two heavy-weights from the world of Economics, Industry and Mathematics who have made use of a lifetime's worth of observations to create a new theory of international trade. Their work is truely original, theoretically rigorous, and highly ...          products you might be interested in search for books cross-cultural, determination, international, self-determination, trans-mississippi, twentieth-century      geepe.com    web we recommend Getting to the core of the problem randomly chosen VHS: Bionicle 2 - Legends of Metru Nui