1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910508104603321

Autore

Espino Lopez, Antonio

Titolo

Plata y sangre : la conquista del imperio inca y las guerras civiles del Perù / Antonio Espino López

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madrid, : Desperta Ferro, 2019

ISBN

9788494826597

Descrizione fisica

XXXIX, 327 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

985.019

Locazione

SES

Collocazione

985.01

Lingua di pubblicazione

Spagnolo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462965803321

Autore

Ross Steven T

Titolo

American war plans, 1890-1939 / / Steven T. Ross, US Naval War College

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-29134-9

1-315-03927-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 p.)

Disciplina

355/.033573

Soggetti

Military planning - United States - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Firstitle pageblished in 2002 by Frank Cass Publishers.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1. The Creation of Empire; Notes; 2. Defining



the Threat; Notes; 3. War Plans, 1900-18; Notes; 4. A New World Order; Notes; 5. War Plans Revisited; Notes; 6. Darkening Horizons; Notes; 7. Conclusion; Appendix: Maps; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

By the close of the 19th century, the United States was no longer a continental power, but had become a nation with interests that spanned the globe from the Caribbean to China. Consequently, the country faced a new set of strategic concerns, ranging from enforcing the Monroe Doctrine to defending the Philippines.As a result of the United States' new geostrategic environment, the armed services had to establish a system for the creation of war plans to defend the country's interests against possible foreign aggression. A Joint Army and Navy Board, established in 1903, ordered the creation

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784513503321

Titolo

Engineering the human germline : an exploration of the science and ethics of altering the genes we pass to our children / / editors, Gregory Stock, John Campbell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2000

ISBN

1-280-53076-6

9786610530762

0-19-535093-6

1-4294-0177-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 169 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

StockGregory

CampbellJohn H <1938-> (John Howland)

Disciplina

174/.25

Soggetti

Medical genetics

Medical genetics - Moral and ethical aspects

Genetic engineering

Genetic engineering - Moral and ethical aspects

Human cloning

Human cloning - Moral and ethical aspects

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

Contents; Contributors; Introduction: An Evolutionary Perspective; I: THE REALITIES OF HUMAN GERMLINE ENGINEERING; II: THE ROAD AHEAD; III: OTHER VOICES; Appendix: Select Questions from the Public to Participants in the ""Engineering the Human Germline"" Symposium; Notes; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book gives an overview of the potential and the practical details that need to be resolved to make human germline engineering possible. Chapters present the ethical and social concerns and implications of the fast-approaching capability to alter the human germline and take an active role in the future evolution of the species.