1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910966995703321

Titolo

Opposing the crusader state : alternatives to global interventionism / / edited by Robert Higgs and Carl P. Close

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, Calif., : Independent Institute, c2007

ISBN

1-59813-105-2

1-59813-107-9

1-59813-106-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HiggsRobert

CloseCarl P. <1962->

Disciplina

327.1/170973

Soggetti

Isolationism - United States - History

Nonalignment - United States - History

United States Foreign relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover            ; Copyright; Table of Contents                        ; Introduction                   ; Part I: American Noninterventionism                                          ; 1: Imperialism, Noninterventionism, and Revolution: Opponents of the Modern American Empire                                                                                                  ; 2: New Deal Nemesis: The "Old Right" Jeffersonians                                                         ; 3: On the Brink of World War II: Justus Doenecke's Storm on the Horizon

4: The Republican Road Not Taken: The Foreign-Policy Vision of Robert A. TaftPart II: The Case Against Nation Building                                                ; 5: The Prospects for Democracy in High-Violence Societies                                                                ; 6: Does Nation Building Work?                                    ; 7: Did The United States Create Democracy in Germany?

8: A Matter of Small Consequence: U. S. Foreign Policy and the Tragedy of East Timor                                                                                           Part III: Debating the Democratic Peace                                              ; 9: Democracy and War                           ; 10: Democracy and War: Reply                                   ; 11: Democracy and War: Rejoinder                                       ; 12: Stealing and Killing: A Property-Rights Theory of Mass Murder



Part IV: Free Trade as a Peace Strategy                                              13: Commerce, Markets, and Peace: Richard Cobden's Enduring Lessons                                                                          ; 14: The Diffusion of Prosperity and Peace by Globalization                                                                 ; About the Editors and Contributors                                         ; Index            ; Praise for Opposing the Crusader State

About the Independent Institute                                      Independent Studies in Political Economy                                               ; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

<DIV>Broken into four sections, this book illustrates the history of American foreign policy and demonstrates the current applicability of a non-interventionist model. For the past century, U.S. foreign policy has rested on the assumption that Americans' interests are best served by active intervention abroad to secure markets for U.S. exports, to combat potential enemies far from American shores, or to engage in democratic nation building. Earlier, however, non-interventionism was widely considered more desirable and more consistent with the principles of the American Revolution. The authors

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910349287103321

Titolo

Creativity in Intelligent Technologies and Data Science : Third Conference, CIT&DS 2019, Volgograd, Russia, September 16–19, 2019, Proceedings, Part I / / edited by Alla G. Kravets, Peter P. Groumpos, Maxim Shcherbakov, Marina Kultsova

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-29743-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVIII, 437 p. 179 illus., 113 illus. in color.)

Collana

Communications in Computer and Information Science, , 1865-0937 ; ; 1083

Disciplina

005.7

006.3

Soggetti

Computer networks

Artificial intelligence

Electronic digital computers - Evaluation

Cryptography

Data encryption (Computer science)

Data protection

Computer Communication Networks

Artificial Intelligence

System Performance and Evaluation

Cryptology

Data and Information Security



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cyber-Physical Systems and Big Data-driven world. Pro-Active Modeling in Intelligent Decision Making Support -- Cyber-Physical Systems and Big Data-driven world. De-sign Creativity in CASE/CAI/CAD/PDM -- Cyber-Physical Systems and Big Data-driven world. Intelligent Internet of Services and Internet of Things.

Sommario/riassunto

This two-volume set constitutes the proceedings of the Third Conference on Creativity in Intellectual Technologies and Data Science, CIT&DS 2019, held in Volgograd, Russia, in September 2019. The 67 full papers, 1 short paper and 3 keynote papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 231 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections in the two volumes. Part I: cyber-physical systems and Big Data-driven world. Part II: artificial intelligence and deep learning technologies for creative tasks; intelligent technologies in social engineering.