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UNINA9910461644703321 |
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Sjursen Daniel A. |
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Ghost riders of Baghdad : soldiers, civilians, and the myth of the surge / / Daniel A. Sjursen |
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Lebanon, New Hampshire : , : ForeEdge, , 2015 |
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1 online resource (296 p.) |
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Campaigns - Iraq - Baghdad |
Iraq War, 2003-2011 |
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Iraq Politics and government 21st century |
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Preface: "No shit, there we were": Salman Pak backstory -- Enter the "ghost riders": 2nd Platoon, B/3-61 CAV -- Citizenship and sacrifice: reflections on military service -- Life as a countdown: drinking, training, and otherwise getting by -- Doing more with less -- "These dudes are trying to kill us" -- Indispensable friends: Mark and the interpreters -- Breaking point: fear, loss, and defeat -- Sunni versus Shia: the anatomy of sectarian civil war -- Ushering in the "surge": farewell Mada'in, hello Baghdad -- Troop shortage, troop surge: good people, bad advice -- A night to remember -- Shouting at Lindsay Graham -- Staggering to the finish line: aftermath in a shattered platoon -- Disappointing paths: Iraq, seven years on -- War in the rearview: on life after Iraq -- Coda: the power of memory. |
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An American officer confronts the realities of war and politics during a year with the 61st Cavalry in Iraq |
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UNINA9910451793503321 |
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Whinston Michael Dennis |
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Lectures on antitrust economics [[electronic resource] /] / Michael D. Whinston |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006 |
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0-262-28604-1 |
1-282-09747-4 |
9786612097478 |
1-4237-9029-4 |
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1 online resource (xii, 249 pages) : illustrations |
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Antitrust law - Economic aspects - United States |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-234) and index. |
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Antitrust law regulates economic activity but differs in its operation from what is traditionally considered "regulation." Where regulation is often industry-specific and involves the direct setting of prices, product characteristics, or entry, antitrust law focuses more broadly on maintaining certain basic rules of competition. In these lectures Michael Whinston offers an accessible and lucid account of the economics behind antitrust law, looking at some of the most recent developments in antitrust economics and highlighting areas that require further research. He focuses on three areas: price fixing, in which competitors agree to restrict output or raise price; horizontal mergers, in which competitors agree to merge their operations; and exclusionary vertical contracts, in which a competitor seeks to exclude a rival. Antitrust commentators widely regard the prohibition on price fixing as the most settled and economically sound area of antitrust. Whinston's discussion seeks to unsettle this view, suggesting that some fundamental issues in this area are, in fact, not well understood. In his discussion of horizontal mergers, Whinston describes the substantial advances in recent theoretical and empirical work and suggests fruitful directions |
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for further research. The complex area of exclusionary vertical contracts is perhaps the most controversial in antitrust. The influential "Chicago School" cast doubt on arguments that vertical contracts could be profitably used to exclude rivals. Recent theoretical work, to which Whinston has made important contributions, instead shows that such contracts can be profitable tools for exclusion. Whinston's discussion sheds light on the controversy in this area and the nature of those recent theoretical contributions. Sponsored by the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. |
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