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UNINA9911141821503321 |
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Autore |
Andrews T. Michael |
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Titolo |
The border challenge : an insider's view of stopping drugs at America's borders / / T. Michael Andrews |
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Lanham, MD, : University Press of America, c2012 |
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0-7618-8715-6 |
1-280-65753-7 |
9786613634467 |
0-7618-5709-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (157 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Border security |
Drug traffic |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CH01. Thresholds of Concern; Part I. THE FEDERAL RESPONSETO FIGHTING DRUGS; Ch02. Organizing and Financing Drug Enforcement; Ch03. Political Leadership for Drug Policy; Ch04. Turf Wars Empower Drug Traffickers; Part II. SECURING OUR BORDERS; Ch05. Fighting Drugs and Violence along Our Southwest Border; Ch06. Intercepting the Business of Illegal Drugs; Ch07. Sharing Drug Intelligence after 9/11; Part III. FORTIFYING NEAR AND DISTANT BORDERS; Ch08. Fighting Drugs along Our Northern Border |
Ch09. Fighting Drugs in Indian CountryCh10. The Drug-Terror Nexus; Epilogue: The Border Challenge; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chronology: Legislative Milestones and Popular Events in Controlling Illegal Drugs, 1911-2011; Notes; Index |
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This book presents an insider's view of the federal government's dual mission to stop the flow of illegal drugs across our borders and to prevent streams of drug money from financing drug cartels, insurgents, and terrorists. Andrews focuses on current challenges facing federal drug enforcement agencies. |
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UNINA9911133774703321 |
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Autore |
Thody Philip <1928-1999, > |
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Faux amis and key words : a dictionary-guide to French language, culture, and society through lookalikes and confusables / / Philip Thody and Howard Evans |
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London : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 1985 |
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9780485120431 |
0485120437 |
9781474284776 |
1474284779 |
9781474247184 |
1474247180 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (242 pages) |
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Linguistics : Bloomsbury Academic Collections |
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Disciplina |
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English language - Paronyms - French |
French language - Paronyms - English |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- How to use this book -- 1 Administration, Law and the Armed Forces -- 2 History and Politics -- 3 Economics, Industry and Agriculture -- 4 Education and Science -- 5 Philosophy, Religion and Morals -- 6 Sex and the Family -- 7 Travel and Health -- 8 Food and Drink -- 9 Clothes and Houses -- 10 Literature, the Arts and the Media Selective -- Reading List -- Index of Head-Words. |
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"Witty, entertaining, and informative, this book on so-called 'false friends' will be of immediate use to anyone using the French language and needing to understand French society and culture. The individual entries have been carefully designed to carry the basic linguistic information required and then develop into a wider consideration of the social and cultural context within which the specific words and phrases are used in current French. As this title is supposed to be used in conjunction with and not instead of a dictionary, it also offers a brief list of recommended reading ranging from standard dictionaries to |
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introductory works on French society and institutions."--Bloomsbury Publishing. |
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