Life In Peacetime

Author : Francesco Pecoraro
Publisher : Italian List
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0857424823

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Life in Peacetime by Francesco Pecoraro Pdf

When Life in Peactime opens, on May 29, 2015, engineer Ivo Brandani is sixty-nine years old. He's disillusioned and angry--but morbidly attached to life. As he makes a day-long trip home from his job in Sharm el Sheik reconstructing the coral reefs of the Red Sea using synthetics, he reflects on both the brief time he sees remaining ahead and on everything that has happened already in his life to which he can never quite resign himself. We see his slow bureaucratic trudge as a civil servant, long summer vacations on a Greek island, his twisted relationship with his first boss, the turmoil and panic attacks he faced during the student uprisings in 1968 that pushed him away from philosophy and into engineering, and his fearful childhood as a postwar evacuee. A close-up portrait of an ordinary existence, Life in Peacetime offers a new look at the postwar era in Italy and the fundamental contradictions of a secure, middle-class life.

Author : Michael C. Finke
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781789144291

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Freedom from Violence and Lies by Michael C. Finke Pdf

An enlightening, nuanced, and accessible introduction to the life and work of one of the greatest writers of short fiction in history. Anton Chekhov’s stories and plays endure, far beyond the Russian context, as outstanding modern literary models. In a brief, remarkable life, Chekhov rose from lower-class, provincial roots to become a physician, leading writer, and philanthropist, all in the face of a progressive fatal disease. In this new biography, Michael C. Finke analyzes Chekhov’s major stories, plays, and nonfiction in the context of his life, both fleshing out the key features of Chekhov’s poetics of prose and drama and revealing key continuities across genres, as well as between his lesser-studied early writings and the later works. An excellent resource for readers new to Chekhov, this book also presents much original scholarship and is an accessible, comprehensive overview of one of the greatest modern dramatists and writers of short fiction in history.

Author : Anna Goppel
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110277272

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Killing Terrorists by Anna Goppel Pdf

The targeted killing of terrorists has become an established practice in the fight against terrorism. Anna Goppel analyses the justifiability of this practice, both from a moral and an international legal perspective. She shows that the targeted killing of terrorists can be justified only in very specific and rather theoretical cases. This seriously questions the practice as well as its increasing acceptance.

Author : Claire Finkelstein,Jens David Ohlin,Andrew Altman
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780191625909

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Targeted Killings by Claire Finkelstein,Jens David Ohlin,Andrew Altman Pdf

The war on terror is remaking conventional warfare. The protracted battle against a non-state organization, the demise of the confinement of hostilities to an identifiable battlefield, the extensive involvement of civilian combatants, and the development of new and more precise military technologies have all conspired to require a rethinking of the law and morality of war. Just war theory, as traditionally articulated, seems ill-suited to justify many of the practices of the war on terror. The raid against Osama Bin Laden's Pakistani compound was the highest profile example of this strategy, but the issues raised by this technique cast a far broader net: every week the U.S. military and CIA launch remotely piloted drones to track suspected terrorists in hopes of launching a missile strike against them. In addition to the public condemnation that these attacks have generated in some countries, the legal and moral basis for the use of this technique is problematic. Is the U.S. government correct that nations attacked by terrorists have the right to respond in self-defense by targeting specific terrorists for summary killing? Is there a limit to who can legitimately be placed on the list? There is also widespread disagreement about whether suspected terrorists should be considered combatants subject to the risk of lawful killing under the laws of war or civilians protected by international humanitarian law. Complicating the moral and legal calculus is the fact that innocent bystanders are often killed or injured in these attacks. This book addresses these issues. Featuring chapters by an unrivalled set of experts, it discusses all aspects of targeted killing, making it unmissable reading for anyone interested in the implications of this practice.

Author : Randall M. Miller
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 2658 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313065361

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The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life in America [4 volumes] by Randall M. Miller Pdf

The course of daily life in the United States has been a product of tradition, environment, and circumstance. How did the Civil War alter the lives of women, both white and black, left alone on southern farms? How did the Great Depression change the lives of working class families in eastern cities? How did the discovery of gold in California transform the lives of native American, Hispanic, and white communities in western territories? Organized by time period as spelled out in the National Standards for U.S. History, these four volumes effectively analyze the diverse whole of American experience, examining the domestic, economic, intellectual, material, political, recreational, and religious life of the American people between 1763 and 2005. Working under the editorial direction of general editor Randall M. Miller, professor of history at St. Joseph's University, a group of expert volume editors carefully integrate material drawn from volumes in Greenwood's highly successful Daily Life Through History series with new material researched and written by themselves and other scholars. The four volumes cover the following periods: The War of Independence and Antebellum Expansion and Reform, 1763-1861, The Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Industrialization of America, 1861-1900, The Emergence of Modern America, World War I, and the Great Depression, 1900-1940 and Wartime, Postwar, and Contemporary America, 1940-Present. Each volume includes a selection of primary documents, a timeline of important events during the period, images illustrating the text, and extensive bibliography of further information resources—both print and electronic—and a detailed subject index.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 952 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1943
Category : Economic history
ISBN : MINN:319510014541176

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The United States News by Anonim Pdf

Vols. 5- include the monthly rotogravure supplement "Uncle Sam's news reel" (issued as section 2 from May 24, 1937, to Dec. 11, 1939) 30-54 cm.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Disabled veterans
ISBN : MINN:31951D02113423J

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To Provide Readjustment Assistance to Post-Korean Conflict Veterans by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs Pdf

Considers legislation to extend educational and vocational training assistance and loan benefits to post-Korean War veterans, and to provide vocational rehabilitation to veterans who incurred disability before or after the Korean War.

Author : United States. Congress. House
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:35112104238888

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Hearings by United States. Congress. House Pdf

Author : Muriel Whitbeck Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : Community centers
ISBN : MINN:31951D03543434W

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The Schools and Community Organization by Muriel Whitbeck Brown Pdf

Author : Robert Edric
Publisher : Random House
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409032496

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Peacetime by Robert Edric Pdf

Late summer 1946: the Wash on the Fenland coast. Into a suspicious and isolated community comes James Mercer, until recently a serving captain in the Engineers, who is now employed in the demolition of redundant gun platforms. A relationship grows between Mercer and the wife and daughter of a soldier who is soon expected home - though he is returning not from active service but from a sentence in military gaol, and his arrival is awaited with anxiety. Mercer also befriends Mathias, a German prisoner of war engaged in similar work who has no wish to be repatriated; and Jacob, a Jew, former glassmaker and camp survivor, of whose devastated journey to this isolated place Mercer gradually learns. He learns, too, of the bond between the German and the Jew and is drawn further into their history as the ex-soldier finally returns and begins to re-establish his overbearing authority. In a place where nothing has changed for decades, the agents of destruction and renewal are at work and everyone begins to search for his or her piece of solid ground. As the summer dies, animosities flare, prejudices and enmities are burnished and the six main characters circle each other like the combatants they believe themselves to be - each man or woman constrained by an intractable moral code, the loss of which is unthinkable. And Mercer finds himself caught in the centre as events quicken to their violent and unexpected conclusion. In his powerful new novel, Edric captures with breathtaking economy the sense of portent and uncertainty shared by a community in the aftermath of conflict - a community for which peacetime is hardly any different to wartime.

Author : Stephen M. Krason
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351296946

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The Transformation of the American Democratic Republic by Stephen M. Krason Pdf

In this stimulating volume, Stephen M. Krason considers whether the Founding Fathers' vision of the American democratic republic has been transformed and if so, in what ways. He looks to the basic principles of the Founding Fathers, then discusses the changes that resulted from evolving contemporary expectations about government. Referencing philosophical principles and the work of great Western thinkers, Krason then explores a variety of proposals that could forge a foundation for restoration. Acknowledging that any attempt to revive the Founders' views on a democratic republic must start in the public sphere, Krason focuses on concerned citizens who are aware of the extent to which our current political structures deviate from the Founders' vision and want to take action. Ultimately, a democratic republic can exist, be sustained, and flourish only when there is a deep commitment to it in the minds and norms of its people. Written by a foremost authority in the field of US Constitutional law, this book will appeal to those interested in American history, society, and politics.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015082328942

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Department of Transportation and related agencies appropriations for fiscal year 1985 by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies Pdf

Author : Jeffery Williams
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781552381199

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Far from Home by Jeffery Williams Pdf

Far From Home recounts the life of a soldier who grew up in 1920s Calgary and became an officer in the Canadian army who travelled the world. Williams offers a vivid retelling of growing up in Calgary during the depression. Williams transition from "the most untrained officer in the army" to an army officer at home in the Pentagon, along with the culture shock of moving from a relatively simple upbringing to the sophisticated life of an international officer, is told with great humour and rare insight into the human side of the military life.

Author : United States. Selective Service System
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Draft
ISBN : SRLF:D0009198144

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Backgrounds of Selective Service: Military obligation: the American tradition, a compilation of the enactments of compulsion from the earliest settlements of the original thirteen colonies in 1607 though the Articles of Confederation, 1789 [prepared and compiled by A. Vollmer]. 14 v by United States. Selective Service System Pdf

Author : Kai-shek Chiang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : China
ISBN : UCAL:$B52898

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China Fights on by Kai-shek Chiang Pdf