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UNINA9910823667703321 |
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Cole Bernard D. <1943-> |
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Asian maritime strategies : navigating troubled waters / / Bernard D. Cole |
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Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , [2013] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (321 p.) |
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HIS027150HIS027060HIS027110 |
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Sea-power - Pacific Area |
Sea-power - Pacific Area - History |
Navies - Pacific Area |
Navies - Asia |
Pacific Area Strategic aspects |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction ; 1. Setting the Scene; 2. The United States; 3. Japan ; 4. North Asia ; 5. China ; 6. Southeast Asia ; 7. India ; 8. South Asia ; 9. Conflict and Cooperation ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index ; About the Author |
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" Asian Maritime Strategies explores one of the world's most complex and dangerous maritime arenas. Asia, stretching from the Aleutian Islands to the Persian Gulf, contains the world's busiest trade routes. It is also the scene of numerous maritime territorial disputes, pirate attacks, and terrorist threats. In response, the nations of the region are engaged in a nascent naval arms race. In this new work, Bernard Cole, author of the acclaimed The Great Wall At Sea, examines the maritime strategies and naval forces of the region's nations, as well as evaluating the threats and opportunities for cooperation at sea. The United States Navy is intimately involved in these disputes and opportunities, which threaten vital American economic, political, and security interests. The most useful geographical designation for maritime Asia is the "Indo-Pacific" and Cole provides both a survey of the maritime strategies of |
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the primary nations of the Indo-Pacific region as well as an evaluation of the domestic and international politics that drive those strategies. The United States, Canada, Russia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, China, the Philippines, Brunei, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar, India, Pakistan, Iran, the smaller Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf states are all surveyed and analyzed. The United States, Japan, China, and India draw the most attention, given their large modern navies and distant strategic reach and the author concludes that the United States remains the dominant maritime power in this huge region, despite its lack of a traditionally strong merchant marine. U.S. maritime power remains paramount, due primarily to its dominant navy. The Chinese naval modernization program deservedly receives a good deal of public attention, but Cole argues that on a day-to-day basis the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, as its navy is named, is the most powerful maritime force in Far Eastern waters, while the modernizing Indian Navy potentially dominates the Indian Ocean. Most telling will be whether United States power and focus remain on the region, while adjusting to continued Chinese maritime power in a way acceptable to both nations. No other current or recent work provides such a complete description of the Indo-Pacific region's navies and maritime strategies, while analyzing the current and future impact of those forces. "-- |
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UNINA9910154731703321 |
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Matthews Bruce <1941-> |
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Craving and salvation : a study in Buddhist Soteriology / / Bruce Matthews |
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Waterloo, Ont. Canada, : Published for the Canadian Corp. for Studies in Religion by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1983 |
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9786613810397 |
9781554587421 |
1554587425 |
9781282232655 |
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9780889207103 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (153 p.) |
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Collana |
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Salvation - Buddhism |
Buddhism |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Craving And Painfulness -- Mind And Craving -- Craving And Emancipation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index Of Technical Terms -- SR Supplements |
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Is there any escape form the awareness of pain and the bonds of an unending cycle of life? Why are human subject to craving" What is the nature human beings? The Buddhist understanding of salvation is based upon such queries. A thorough grasp of the function of craving in religious life is strategic to an understanding of Buddhism, yet its role in the Buddhist plan of salvation is easy to oversimplify and misinterpret. Matthews examines the concept of craving in Buddhism from both a phenomenological and religious perspective. He btings to the task a critical examination of key canonical texts of the Sutta Pitaka (Nikayas) as well as extensive travel in research of the meaning of craving for contemporary Buddhists, from learned monks to lay |
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villagers. Having established the Buddhist perspective on how craving arises, how it affects the mind, and how it can be redirected, the volume concludes with spiritual implications of craving: crucial to awareness and freedom—emancipation—is the engagement and harnessing rather than suppression of craving. The volume will be of interest to students of Buddhism, historians of religion, and persons interested in basic human questions. |
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