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UNINA9910785744903321 |
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Asmus Ronald D |
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Opening NATO's door : how the Alliance remade itself for a new era / / Ronald D. Asmus |
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New York, : Columbia University Press, 2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (425 p.) |
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355.031091821 |
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Diplomatics |
Intervention (International law) |
National security - Europe |
Peaceful change (International relations) |
Post-communism - Europe |
Military & Naval Science |
Law, Politics & Government |
Armies |
United States Foreign relations 1989- |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Note on Sources; Introduction; Book I THE ORIGINS; 1. An Ambiguous Pledge; 2. Dismantling Yalta; 3. Aligning with the West; Book II THE DEBATE BEGINS; 1. Russia First; 2. Making the Case; 3. ""We Need a Perspective""; 4. The Partnership for Peace; Book III ACROSS THE RUBICON; 1. An Ambiguous Decision; 2. Shifting Gears; 3. Pressure from the Right; 4. Holbrooke's Return; 5. Across the Rubicon; Book IV ESTABLISHING THE DUAL TRACK; 1. Establishing the NATO Track; 2. A Parallel Track with Moscow; 3. The May-for-May Deal |
4. The Political Battle Heats Up 5. Bosnia and NATO Enlargement; Book V TOWARD A NEW NATO; 1. On the Back Burner; 2. Sleeping with the Porcupine; 3. Tough Love for Central and Eastern Europe; 4. Ukraine and the Baltic States; 5. ""A Long Dance with Natasha""; Book VI THE NATO-RUSSIA ENDGAME; 1. Madeleine's Vision; 2. Chancellor Kohl |
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Comes Through; 3. The Road to Helsinki; 4. Breakthrough at Helsinki; 5. Playing Both Sides of the Chessboard; Book VII HEAD-TO-HEAD AT MADRID; 1. Sintra; 2. Playing the Heavy; 3. A Baltic Challenge; 4. Madrid; 5. The Final Compromise; Book VIII THE POLITICAL BATTLE |
1. Creating a Command Post: The Birth of S/NERO2. The Campaign Starts; 3. Dancing with Jesse Helms; 4. New Members and New Missions; 5. The Endgame; CONCLUSION; Notes; Index |
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How and why did NATO, a Cold War military alliance created in 1949 to counter Stalin's USSR, become the cornerstone of new security order for post-Cold War Europe? Why, instead of retreating from Europe after communism's collapse, did the U.S. launch the greatest expansion of the American commitment to the old continent in decades? Written by a high-level insider, Opening NATO's Door provides a definitive account of the ideas, politics, and diplomacy that went into the historic decision to expand NATO to Central and Eastern Europe. D |
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UNINA9910811938603321 |
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Autore |
Ferrie Chris |
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Titolo |
Where Did the Universe Come From? And Other Cosmic Questions : Our Universe, from the Quantum to the Cosmos |
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Naperville : , : Sourcebooks, , 2021 |
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©2021 |
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1-7282-3882-X |
1-7282-3883-8 |
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1 online resource (274 pages) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Front Cover -- Front Flap -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- The Quantum and the Cosmos -- Part 1: The Quantum of Cosmos Past -- Where did the universe come from? -- Why is the universe so smooth? -- Why is there matter in the universe? -- Where did the elements come from? -- Part 2: The Quantum of Cosmos |
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Present -- How did we unravel the chemistry of the heavens? -- Where did the chemicals inside us come from? -- Why do dying stars rip themselves apart? -- Is the entire universe a quantum thing? -- Part 3: The Quantum of Cosmos Future -- Why don't all dead stars become black holes? -- Will matter last forever? -- Do black holes last forever? -- Is the end of the universe really the end? -- Part 4: The Future of a Quantum Cosmos -- Where have we been? -- What does a theory of everything look like? -- Where can a theory of everything take us? -- What still stands in our way? -- Acknowledgments -- Endnotes -- Index -- About the Authors -- Back Flap -- Back Cover. |
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"Have you ever wanted to travel to the edge of the universe? What about getting sucked up into a black hole? For fans of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry comes an accessible science narrative that invites readers to eavesdrop on a conversation between two scientists as they dive into a multidisciplinary discussion of our understanding of the universe. Explore the depths of our universe, both known and unknown, with two award-winning physicists, Chris Ferrie and Geraint F. Lewis, as they examine the universe through the uniquely accessible lenses of quantum physics and cosmology, tackling questions such as: Where did the universe come from? Do black holes last forever? What is left for humans to discover? A brief but fascinating exploration of the vastness of the universe, Where Did the Universe Come From? And Other Cosmic Questions will have armchair physicists, astral enthusiasts, and reluctant science readers turning the pages until their biggest and smallest questions about the cosmos have been answered"-- |
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UNINA9910864193703321 |
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Autore |
Castelli Alberto |
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Titolo |
Love, Beauty or Morality / / by Alberto Castelli |
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Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024 |
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[1st ed. 2024.] |
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1 online resource (195 pages) |
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Emotions (Philosophy) |
Philosophy of mind |
Ethics |
Philosophical anthropology |
Philosophy of feelings |
Moral Psychology |
Philosophy of Anthropology |
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The Laws of Love -- The Beauty of Unfulfillment -- Eros and Thanatos -- Bipolarism in the Nineteenth Century Novel -- Romanticism: The Solipsistic Nature of Incest -- The Cruel Century -- The Wasteland of love -- Neo-Platonic Love in fictional obsessions.-Lolita and Laide: The Curse of Youth -- Terror and Sublime. A Tale of Love. |
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This book is moved by two main questions. Is Love a matter of beauty or mortality? In other words, is love an ethical ideal? Also, modernity understood as the age of mechanical reproduction, has shaped not simply our cities but our very same way of feeling. How has our conception of love changed, if it has, in the past two centuries? This book is to address these questions. It is not to trace the evolution of the idea of love in Western culture, from Plato to the present day. It aims to bring to the surface different shades of love lingering at the heart of Western culture to rehabilitate the myth of love to its original credibility. Our confused civilization has split love into sensual and moral aspects but to be aware of it is perhaps to defeat a dilemma that seems so unnatural. This book is about how we make sense of our lives through love and how nineteenth and twentieth-century literature |
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records it. A courageous and shocking book, dedicated to the abyss of love, that is, to the analysis of a feeling that is perhaps impossible but at the same time unrestrainable. The courage of the author deserves all the courage of the reader. A fundamental work, dedicated to a timeless phenomenon. Prof. Maurizio Bonolis Full Professor General Sociology Emeritus in Sapienza - University of Rome. |
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