Defense management [[electronic resource] ] : key elements needed to successfully transform DOD business operations : testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate / / statement of David M. Walker

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910693222303321
• Autore: Walker David M (David Michael), <1951->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Government Accountability Office, , [2005]
• Collana: Testimony ; ; GAO-05-629 T
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from title screen (viewed on May 9, 2005).; "For release ... April 28, 2005."; Paper version available from: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.

Islamikaze : manifestations of Islamic martyrology / / Raphael Israeli

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910970450003321
• Autore: Israeli Raphael
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; Portland, OR, : Frank Cass, 2003
• ISBN: 1-135-75902-2; 0-7146-5491-4; 0-203-50422-4; 1-280-09550-4; 1-135-75903-0
• Descrizione fisica: 494 p
• Disciplina: 297.7/2
• Soggetti: Martyrdom - Islam; Terrorism - Religious aspects - Islam; Islamic fundamentalism; Islam and culture; Islam and politics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [463]-470) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Sampling Muslim reactions to the New York and Washington horrors -- 2. Muslim terminology and world of discourse -- 3. Fida'l, Shahid and Islamikaze -- 4. The doctrine of Islamikaze -- 5. Friends and foes : interpretations and misinterpretations -- 6. Champions of Islamikaze : their admirers and (muted) detractors -- 7. Identifying the enemy : domestic and external -- 8. The Jews, Zionism and Israel : an evil unto itself -- 9. The western war against Islamikaze -- 10. Conclusions and prospects.
• Sommario/riassunto: Raphael Israeli's overview of Islamic martyrology focuses upon the situation that has developed worldwide since the World Trade Centre was destroyed. His thesis is that a sea-change has occurred in international terrorism that supersedes all other perspectives.

Videogames and education / / Harry J. Brown

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910969711403321
• Autore: Brown Harry J (Harry John), <1972->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Armonk, N.Y., : M.E. Sharpe, c2008
• ISBN: 1-317-45265-8; 1-315-69837-4; 1-317-45266-6; 1-282-11953-2; 9786612119538; 0-7656-2442-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Collana: History, humanities, and new technology
• Classificazione: 81.65
• Disciplina: 794.801/9
• Soggetti: Video games - Psychological aspects; Learning, Psychology of; Video games and children
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published 2008 by M.E. Sharpe.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-209) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Videogames and Education; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Of Orangutans and Cyborgs; Chronology; I POETICS; II RHETORIC; III PEDAGOGY; Notes; Glossary; Videogame Bibliography; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: Videogames challenge our notions of identity, creativity, and moral value, and provide a powerful new avenue for teaching and learning. This book is a rich and provocative guide to the role of interactive media in cultural learning.