1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910965312203321

Autore

Garver Eugene

Titolo

Confronting Aristotle's Ethics : ancient and modern morality / / Eugene Garver

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006

ISBN

9786611956851

9781281956859

1281956856

9780226284019

0226284018

Descrizione fisica

IX,290 s

Disciplina

171/.3

Soggetti

Ethics

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. 225-275) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

What Aristotle's Rhetoric can tell us about the rationality of virtue -- Decision, rational powers, and irrational powers -- The varieties of moral failure -- Passion and the two sides of virtue -- Aristotle's ethical virtues are political virtues -- The ethical dimensions of Aristotle's Metaphysics -- Living politically and living rationally : choosing ends and choosing lives.

Sommario/riassunto

What is the good life? Posing this question today would likely elicit very different answers. Some might say that the good life means doing good-improving one's community and the lives of others. Others might respond that it means doing well-cultivating one's own abilities in a meaningful way. But for Aristotle these two distinct ideas-doing good and doing well-were one and the same and could be realized in a single life. In Confronting Aristotle's Ethics, Eugene Garver examines how we can draw this conclusion from Aristotle's works, while also studying how this conception



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910894438703321

Titolo

_M63_a63_t63_i63_k63 [Matik] : das Magazin der Studierenden Mathematik/Informatik / Hrsg.: Fachschaftsrat Mathematik/Informatik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paderborn, : Fachschaftsrat Mathematik/Informatik, 1979-2015

Descrizione fisica

Online-Ressource

Classificazione

99 ; Paderborn794010

Disciplina

510

004

370

Soggetti

Mathematik

Informatik

Zeitschrift

Online-Publikation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Gesehen am 10.04.2018



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910163221303321

Autore

Sessoms Lieutenant Commander Richard

Titolo

The Brown Water Navy in the Mekong Delta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

TBD : , : Normanby Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

9781782897828

1782897828

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (49 p.)

Soggetti

Counterinsurgency

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Title page -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- INSURGENCY --   THE GENESIS OF THE VIET CONG --   THE MEKONG RIVER --   THE BUCKLEW REPORT --   OPERATION MARKET TIME --   IMPACT OF MARKET TIME -- OPERATION GAME WARDEN --   IMPACT OF GAME WARDEN --   THE MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE --   IMPACT OF THE MRF --   OPERATION SEALORDS --   DEMISE OF THE BROWN WATER NAVY --   CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX A -- APPENDIX B -- BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sommario/riassunto

In 1964 the Viet Cong was firmly entrenched in the Mekong Delta region. Using fear and terror tactics, the insurgency gained control of the population creating a safe haven for the movement to thrive and expand. The United States and the Government of South Vietnam recognized the infiltration problem in the Mekong Delta but their military organizations were either unable or incapable to deal with the problem. The geography of the region made it impossible for a U.S. Army or Marine Corps division to operate effectively and the South Vietnamese Army and Navy lacked the training and equipment to operate successfully. In response to these obstacles, Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, commissioned the U.S. Navy to develop a fighting force capable of operating in the delta and ridding the region of the Viet Cong influence. The Navy used for main Operations: MARKET TIME, GAME WARDEN,-The Mobile Riverine Force, and



SEALORDS to achieve these goals. In four short years the Brown Water Sailors experienced marked success with Viet Cong influence minimized and resupply efforts rerouted to the tortuous Ho Chi Minh Trail. However, by the end of 1968 American resolve to fight a war in South Vietnam had deteriorated and the Government needed a way out. President Nixon's Vietnamization program provided the exit for American forces and in turn mitigated the Brown Water Navy's successes of the previous four years.The Brown Water Navy overcame tremendous obstacles in less than one year to create and deploy a formidable fighting force to the Mekong Delta. In four years aggressive strides against the Viet Cong insurgency were achieved only to be mitigated by the effects of Vietnamization.