1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910151733103321

Titolo

The Air Force KC-46A Aerial Refueling Tanker : purpose, plans, and progress / / Julia D. Gibson, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Nova Publishers, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-62618-634-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (132 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Military and veteran issues

Disciplina

358.4/16212

Soggetti

Airtankers (Military science) - United States - Design and construction

Airtankers (Military science) - United States - Costs

Airtankers (Military science) - United States - Maintenance and repair

KC-135 (Tanker aircraft)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This is an edited, reformatted and augmented version ..."--Page 1.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Air Force KC-46A Tanker Aircraft Program : background and issues for Congress / Jeremiah Gertler -- KC-46 tanker aircraft : acquisition plans have good features but contain schedule risk / United States Government Accountability Office -- KC-46 tanker aircraft : program generally stable but improvements in managing schedule are needed / United States Government Accountability Office.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910812263703321

Autore

Burton Howard

Titolo

Conversations about History, Volume 2

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : Open Agenda Publishing, , 2021

©2021

ISBN

1-77170-185-4

1-77170-156-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 pages)

Collana

Ideas Roadshow Collections ; ; v.18

Disciplina

909

Soggetti

Constitutions

Derveni papyrus

Byzantine Empire

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Textual Note -- Preface -- Apocalypse Then -- The First Crusade -- A conversation with Jay Rubenstein -- Introduction -- I. Becoming a Medievalist -- II. Guibert of Nogent -- III. Armies of Heaven -- IV. Considering Impact -- V. Moving On -- Continuing the Conversation -- The Derveni Papyrus -- A conversation with Richard Janko -- Introduction -- I. A Great Discovery -- II. Derveni Details -- III. An Ancient Culture War -- IV. Rose-coloured Glasses? -- V. Summing Up -- The Passionate Historian -- A conversation with John Elliott -- Introduction -- I. Beginnings -- II. In Search of Objectivity -- III. Past and Present -- IV. Circumventing Obstacles -- V. Doing History -- VI. The Power of Imagination -- VII. Decline -- VIII. The Impact of Technology -- IX. Going Global -- X. History's Due -- Continuing the Conversation -- Constitutional Investigations -- A conversation with Linda Colley -- Introduction -- I. Personal History -- II. Constitutions, Part 1 -- III. Constitutions, Part 2 -- IV. Implications and Applications -- V. Marching Onwards -- Continuing the Conversation -- Byzantium -- Beyond the Cliché -- A conversation with Maria Mavroudi -- Introduction -- I. Becoming A Byzantinist -- II. Historical Background -- III. The High-School Narrative -- IV. Recovering Truth -- V. Building Knowledge -- VI. Annotated Discoveries -- VII. A Translational



Discovery -- VIII. Arrows of Causality -- IX. Decline -- X. Extracting Meaning -- XI. Ever-Moving Targets.

Sommario/riassunto

Conversations About History, Volume 2, is a five-part Ideas Roadshow Collection of carefully-edited Ideas Roadshow Conversations featuring leading historians with a detailed preface highlighting the connections between the different books. All five books include a detailed essay setting up the different ideas and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter. The following experts have participated in this Collection: 1. Linda Colley, the Shelby M.C. Davis 1958 Professor of History at Princeton University;2. John Elliott, Professor of Modern History at University of Oxford;3. Richard Janko, Gerald F. Else Distinguished University Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan;4. Maria Mavroudi, Professor of History at UC Berkeley;5. Jay Rubenstein, Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Premodern World at the University of Southern California.Howard Burton is the creator and host of Ideas Roadshow and was the Founding Executive Director of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and an MA in philosophy.