Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson [[electronic resource] ] : a political soldier / / Keith Jeffery

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457989303321
• Autore: Jeffery Keith
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, England ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• ISBN: 1-280-75753-1; 0-19-151330-X; 1-4294-2126-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (340 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.0092; B
• Soggetti: World War, 1914-1918 - Great Britain; Marshals - Great Britain; Electronic books.; Great Britain History, Military 20th century
• 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 (p. [299]-310) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Illustrations; Maps; List of abbreviations; 1. The Irish context; 2. The making of a staff officer; 3. South Africa; 4. Work in the War Office; 5. At the Staff College; 6. Preparing for war; 7. Politics, the Irish question, and war; 8. With the BEF; 9. IV Corps; 10. Coalition warfare; 11. Winning the war; 12. Defending the empire; 13. Losing Ireland and saving Ulster; 14. Death and reputation; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Henry Wilson was the only British field marshal ever to die in action, killed on his own doorstep in 1922 by two IRA men (one of whom had a wooden leg). Wilson was a flamboyant, maverick Irishman, at the centre of affairs during the First World War years and after, recording everything in his wildly indiscreet diary. Using a wide range of official and private sources, this is the first modern biography of this controversial and misunderstood figure. - ;Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, an Irishman who in June 1922 was assassinated on his doorstep in London by Irish republicans, was one of the mo

Elements of success : how type of secondary education credential helps predict enlistee attrition

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910220155303321
• Autore: Burkhauser Susan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: RAND Corporation, 2014; [Place of publication not identified], : Rand Corporation, 2014
• ISBN: 0-8330-8522-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Soggetti: Military discharge - Evaluation - United States; Education, Secondary - United States; Military Administration; Military & Naval Science; Law, Politics & Government; United States Armed Forces Recruiting, enlistment, etc; United States Armed Forces Personnel management
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Sommario/riassunto: The U.S. military services have traditionally used a tiering system including education credentials as one element of gauging the likelihood of a recruit persevering through his or her first term of service. To assess the continuing value of this system, the authors compared attrition rates for those with distance learning or homeschool credentials to those of high school diploma holders.

Clean Ironmaking and Steelmaking Processes : Efficient Technologies for Greenhouse Emissions Abatement / / by Pasquale Cavaliere

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910349518503321
• Autore: Cavaliere Pasquale
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019
• ISBN: 978-3-030-21208-7; 9783030212094
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2019.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XXXVIII, 596 p. 278 illus., 262 illus. in color.)
• Collana: Chemistry and Materials Science Series
• Disciplina: 669.1; 669.14
• Soggetti: Metals; Manufactures; Materials; Metals and Alloys; Machines, Tools, Processes; Materials Engineering
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Chapter 1. Clean Ironmaking and Steelmaking Processes: Efficient Technologies for Greenhouse Emissions Abatement -- Chapter 2. Coke making: most efficient technologies for greenhouse emissions abatement -- Chapter 3. Sintering: most efficient technologies for greenhouse emissions abatement -- Chapter 4. Blast Furnace: most efficient technologies for greenhouse emissions abatement -- Chapter 5. Basic Oxygen Furnace: most efficient technologies for greenhouse emissions abatement -- Chapter 6. Electric Arc Furnace: most efficient technologies for greenhouse emissions abatement -- Chapter 7. Smelting reduction: most efficient technologies for greenhouse emissions abatement -- Chapter 8. Direct reduced iron: most efficient technologies for greenhouse emissions abatement -- Chapter 9. Carbon Capture and Storage: most efficient technologies for greenhouse emissions abatement -- Chapter 10. Electrolysis of Iron ores: most efficient technologies for greenhouse emissions abatement.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book describes the available technologies that can be employed to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse emissions in the steel- and ironmaking industries. Ironmaking and steelmaking are some of the largest emitters of carbon dioxide (over 2Gt per year) and have some of the highest energy demand (25 EJ per year) among all industries; to help mitigate this problem, the book examines how changes can be made in energy efficiency, including energy consumption optimization, online monitoring, and energy audits. Due to negligible regulations and unparalleled growth in these industries during the past 15-20 years, knowledge of best practices and innovative technologies for greenhouse gas remediation is paramount, and something this book addresses. Presents the most recent technological solutions in productivity analyses and dangerous emissions control and reduction in steelmaking plants; Examines the energy saving and emissions abatement efficiency for potential solutions to emission control and reduction in steelmaking plants; Discusses the application of the results of research conducted over the last ten years at universities, research centers, and industrial institutions.