Absolute Destruction
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Absolute Destruction
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Author : Isabel V. Hull
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2013-01-14
Absolute Destruction written by Isabel V. Hull and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-14 with History categories.
In a book that is at once a major contribution to modern European history and a cautionary tale for today, Isabel V. Hull argues that the routines and practices of the Imperial German Army, unchecked by effective civilian institutions, increasingly sought the absolute destruction of its enemies as the only guarantee of the nation's security. So deeply embedded were the assumptions and procedures of this distinctively German military culture that the Army, in its drive to annihilate the enemy military, did not shrink from the utter destruction of civilian property and lives. Carried to its extreme, the logic of "military necessity" found real security only in extremities of destruction, in the "silence of the graveyard." Hull begins with a dramatic account, based on fresh archival work, of the German Army's slide from administrative murder to genocide in German Southwest Africa (1904-7). The author then moves back to 1870 and the war that inaugurated the Imperial era in German history, and analyzes the genesis and nature of this specifically German military culture and its operations in colonial warfare. In the First World War the routines perfected in the colonies were visited upon European populations. Hull focuses on one set of cases (Belgium and northern France) in which the transition to total destruction was checked (if barely) and on another (Armenia) in which "military necessity" caused Germany to accept its ally's genocidal policies even after these became militarily counterproductive. She then turns to the Endkampf (1918), the German General Staff's plan to achieve victory in the Great War even if the homeland were destroyed in the process-a seemingly insane campaign that completes the logic of this deeply institutionalized set of military routines and practices. Hull concludes by speculating on the role of this distinctive military culture in National Socialism's military and racial policies. Absolute Destruction has serious implications for the nature of warmaking in any modern power. At its heart is a warning about the blindness of bureaucratic routines, especially when those bureaucracies command the instruments of mass death.
Absolute Destruction A Cme Survival Thriller
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Author : Kellee L Greene
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2021-11-13
Absolute Destruction A Cme Survival Thriller written by Kellee L Greene and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-13 with categories.
Falling Deeper into Darkness After barely escaping with their lives, Mel and her friends make it safely to the island. Unfortunately, important members of their group weren't with them. And what was worse, they soon find out, safety is only an illusion. If survival was a game, Mel was losing. Faced with an unexpected obstacle, they must find a way to escape, only to willingly walk back into the lion's den to rescue those that were left behind. As Mel's inner demons cause her to spiral further out of control, she will need to find a strength she's never even known she's possessed. Mel needs to become someone completely different. But can she? Will Mel and her friends be able to get to Sam before it's too late, or will Sam suffer at the hands of the man who's killed before? **Absolute Destruction is the third book in The Great Solar Storm series** The Great Solar Storm is a thrilling apocalyptic series about ordinary people who are faced with the end of the world and the collapse of society as we know it. This book is perfect for readers of EMP, CME, post-apocalyptic, and disaster fiction. *Mild language and violence.
The Power Of Positive Destruction
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Author : Seth Merrin
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2016-12-27
The Power Of Positive Destruction written by Seth Merrin and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-27 with Business & Economics categories.
It's no longer good enough to build a company to last; today it's about building a company to ignite change. The Power of Positive Destruction reveals how to start a new business, disrupt an industry, and adapt to changing environments by leveraging technology and a new mindset. Serial entrepreneur Seth Merrin has built businesses by seeing issues with the status quo and introducing positive changes that have disrupted—and revolutionized—industries. In this book, he breaks down his process step-by-step to show you what you need to know to successfully start a company and transform an industry. Merrin's incredible story, coupled with real, actionable advice, will resonate with anyone who wants to be a catalyst of change. With this book, readers will learn to see the inefficiencies, ineptitudes, and everyday problems that others dismiss as the cost of doing business and create "unfair competitive advantages" to stack the deck—and win. You'll see how problems in current business models are really opportunities of which to take advantage and learn what you need to know and do to seize those opportunities —no matter where you work. Seth Merrin saw Wall Street as it was, then built a company to turn it into what it could be—safer and more efficient for investors. This book shows you how he did it, and how you can too, with the power of positive destruction. Discover how to turn status quo into disruption Understand how to stack the deck in your favor to achieve the best possible chances of success Learn how to build and run a company and design a culture for constant change Acquire new skills to create strategy, sell your disruptive product or service, and negotiate effectively Technology and innovation can disrupt or transform any industry. It's happening faster and more broadly now than ever, creating myriad opportunities for everyone. But winning in this new world is not easy. The incumbents will fight mightily against it and even those who would benefit from change may first express fear. This book reveals the techniques from identifying the opportunities to designing and executing the strategy you'll need to succeed. With The Power of Positive Destruction you can to tap into your inner change agent and transform your company, your industry, and the world.
Books On Fire
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Author : Lucien X. Polastron
language : en
Publisher: Lucien X. POLASTRON
Release Date : 2007-08-13
Books On Fire written by Lucien X. Polastron and has been published by Lucien X. POLASTRON this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-13 with History categories.
Almost as old as the idea of the library is the urge to destroy it. Author Lucien X. Polastron traces the history of this destruction, examining the causes for these disasters, the treasures that have been lost, and where the surviving books, if any, have ended up. Books on Fire received the 2004 Societe des Gens de Lettres Prize for Nonfiction/History in Paris.
Dynamic Of Destruction
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Author : Alan Kramer
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2008-11-06
Dynamic Of Destruction written by Alan Kramer and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-06 with History categories.
On 26 August 1914 the world-famous university library in the Belgian town of Louvain was looted and destroyed by German troops. The international community reacted in horror - 'Holocaust at Louvain' proclaimed the Daily Mail - and the behaviour of the Germans at Louvain came to be seen as the beginning of a different style of war, without the rules that had governed military conflict up to that point - a more total war, in which enemy civilians and their entire culture were now 'legitimate' targets. Yet the destruction at Louvain was simply one symbolic moment in a wider wave of cultural destruction and mass killing that swept Europe in the era of the First World War. Using a wide range of examples and eye-witness accounts from across Europe at this time, award-winning historian Alan Kramer paints a picture of an entire continent plunging into a chilling new world of mass mobilization, total warfare, and the celebration of nationalist or ethnic violence - often directed expressly at the enemy's civilian population.
A Scrap Of Paper
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Author : Isabel V. Hull
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2014
A Scrap Of Paper written by Isabel V. Hull and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with History categories.
A century after the outbreak of the Great War, we have forgotten the central role that international law and the dramatically different interpretations of it played in the conflict’s origins and conduct. In A Scrap of Paper, Isabel V. Hull compares wartime decision making in Germany, Great Britain, and France, weighing the impact of legal considerations in each. Throughout, she emphasizes the profound tension between international law and military necessity in time of war, and demonstrates how differences in state structures and legal traditions shaped the way in which each of the three belligerents fought the war Hull focuses on seven cases in which each government’s response was shaped by its understanding of and respect for the law: Belgian neutrality, the land war in the west, the occupation of enemy territory, the blockade, unrestricted submarine warfare, the introduction of new weaponry (including poison gas and the zeppelin), and reprisals. Drawing on voluminous research in German, British, and French archives, the author reconstructs the debates over military decision making and clarifies the role played by law—where it constrained action, where it was manipulated to serve military need, where it was simply ignored, and how it developed in the crucible of combat. She concludes that Germany did not speak the same legal language as the two liberal democracies, with disastrous and far-reaching consequences. The first book on international law and the Great War published since 1920, A Scrap of Paper is a passionate defense of the role that the law must play to govern interstate relations in both peace and war.
The Destruction Of Jerusalem An Absolute And Irresistible Proof Of The Divine Origin Of Christianity Signed G H
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Author : George Peter Holford
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1805
The Destruction Of Jerusalem An Absolute And Irresistible Proof Of The Divine Origin Of Christianity Signed G H written by George Peter Holford and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1805 with categories.
Derrida And The Future Of Literature
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Author : Joseph G. Kronick
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 1999-09-30
Derrida And The Future Of Literature written by Joseph G. Kronick and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-09-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
Confirms the importance of literature in Derrida’s development of a postmodern ethics.
The Absolute Weapon
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Author : Bernard Brodie
language : en
Publisher: Ayer Company Pub
Release Date : 1972
The Absolute Weapon written by Bernard Brodie and has been published by Ayer Company Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Law categories.
The Killing Of The Iron Twelve
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Author : Hedley Malloch
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2019-05-30
The Killing Of The Iron Twelve written by Hedley Malloch and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-30 with History categories.
“[A] compelling read . . . Highly recommended for its extraordinarily powerful insight into the fragged edges of the first months of the European War.” —The Western Front Association Why did the Germans brutally and illegally execute a group of British soldiers who had been trapped behind the lines during the retreat to the Marne in 1914? Hedley Malloch, in this gripping and meticulously researched account, vividly describes the fate the soldiers on the run, and of the French civilians who sheltered them. He tells a dramatic and tragic story of escape, betrayals and punishment that also gives a fascinating insight into the life stories of the soldiers and civilians involved and the mind-set of the German army on the Western Front. The book names the German officers responsible for this atrocity and explores their motivations. “This is an episode of WW1 with which I am not familiar, and one that I found particularly fascinating and, at the same time, harrowing. The author attempts to set the record straight by naming the perpetrators of this enormous outrage.” —Books Monthly “Hedley Malloch, who is chair of the Iron Memorial fund and Honorary Life Member of the RMFA, has done a wonderful job with his book, a true memorial in its own right to those that were executed; innocent soldiers who just happened to find themselves on the wrong side of the lines.” —Redcoat and Khaki “If you have a Top Ten ‘books on the First World War’—then make room for The Killing of the Iron Twelve by Hedley Malloch.” —The Western Front Association