1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462375103321

Autore

Brown Harold <1927->

Titolo

Star spangled security [[electronic resource] ] : applying lessons learned over six decades safeguarding America / / Harold Brown with Joyce Winslow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2012

ISBN

1-283-61332-8

9786613925770

0-8157-2383-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WinslowJoyce

Disciplina

355/.033573

Soggetti

Cabinet officers - United States

National security - United States - Decision making

National security - United States - History

Electronic books.

United States Military policy Decision making Case studies

United States Military policy Planning

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

Prologue -- Oh, say can you see : the view from the top -- What so proudly we hail : insuring national defense through its budget -- Stripes and bright stars : how the team at the top affects security policy -- The perilous fight : Iranian revolution and the hostage crisis -- Rockets' red glare and bombs : plans, programs, and agreements -- The ramparts we watched : dealing with the outside world -- That banner yet waves : preparing for what lies ahead -- Land of the free : stimulating the national economy for international security -- Home of the brave : America at a tipping point.

Sommario/riassunto

Harold Brown served as U.S. secretary of defense when the Soviet Union posed an existential threat with superior conventional force capability and a daunting nuclear weapons arsenal. No one could have been better suited to deter the Soviets during that most dangerous period in the Cold War.A physicist, Brown had previously led Livermore Laboratory and its development of the Polaris missile warhead. By age



33 he was director of Defense Research and Engineering, and he later served as secretary of the U.S. Air Force early in the Vietnam War.In the Carter administration, Brown re

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910409987303321

Autore

Farina Mario

Titolo

Adorno's Aesthetics as a Literary Theory of Art / / by Mario Farina

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

9783030452810

3030452816

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 237 pages)

Disciplina

193

100

Soggetti

Aesthetics

Critical theory

Critical Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Construction of 'Aesthetics' as Construction of 'The Aesthetic' -- 2. The Philosophy of Music and the Dissolution of the Aesthetic -- 3. Literature and the Reconstruction of the Aesthetic -- 4. Adorno's Philosophy of Literature: A Theory of Literary Interpretation -- 5. Beyond Modernism: The American Postmodern Novel.

Sommario/riassunto

This book re-examines Adorno's aesthetics, developing a new literary approach that aims to unveil hidden elements of Adorno's thought. Farina proposes to read Adorno's aesthetics as a literary theory of art, showing its efficacy in its comprehension of the most advanced trends of contemporary literature. As a result, this book provides an image of Adorno's aesthetics as a complete, satisfying and consistent philosophy of literature, a robust theory which is able to stand its ground in contemporary aesthetic debate. Challenging the prevalent prejudice that defines Adorno's thought, and especially his aesthetics, as



'modernist', Farina argues that Adorno's philosophy of literature shows its value precisely in its application to and comprehension of postmodern literature, such as the works of Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo and David Foster Wallace. Precise and compelling, this book provides a new paradigm for understanding Adorno's theory of artwork, serving as an essential reference for researches investigating the relation between classical critical theory and contemporary art.