1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000333370203316

Titolo

Applied mathematics letters

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : Pergamon

ISSN

0839-9659

Descrizione fisica

v. : ill. ; 27 cm

Disciplina

510.5

Soggetti

Matematica -- Periodici

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Comincia nel 1988

Descrizione basata su Vol.23, n.1(2010)-

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786859303321

Autore

Bingham Sandra

Titolo

The Praetorian Guard : a history of Rome's elite special forces / / Sandra Bingham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2013

ISBN

0-85773-286-2

0-85772-163-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Disciplina

355.3

Soggetti

Praetorian Guard - History

Special forces (Military science) - Rome - History

Rome Army History

Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D

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 and index.



Nota di contenuto

History -- Organization -- Duties.

Sommario/riassunto

From the Immortals, the personal bodyguard of the Persian Achaemenid kings; the death-or-glory Companions, Alexander the Great's glorious cavalry corps; to Napoleon's Imperial Guards, flower of the French army, select martial cohorts are perennially fascinating. And perhaps no special force commands the romance, the mystique or the enduring appeal of ancient Rome's throroughbred protection and counter-insurgency squadron: the renowned Praetorian Guard. This elite military unit existed for over 300 years. Conceived as a personal army for the emperor, the Guard soon took over a wide range of pow

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830710903321

Autore

Chandler Marc <1961->

Titolo

Making sense of the dollar [[electronic resource] ] : exposing dangerous myths about trade and foreign exchange / / Marc Chandler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Bloomberg Press, 2009

ISBN

0-470-88538-6

1-119-20430-5

1-282-68738-7

9786612687389

0-470-88337-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Collana

Bloomberg ; ; v.18

Disciplina

332.4/560973

332.4560973

Soggetti

Foreign exchange - United States

Dollar, American

Balance of trade - United States

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. 203-205) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Making Sense of the Dollar; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Myth 1: The Trade Deficit Reflects U.S. Competitiveness; 2 Myth 2: The Current Account Deficit Drives the Dollar; 3 Myth 3: You Can't Have



Too Much Money; 4 Myth 4: Labor Market Flexibility Is the Key to U.S. Economic Prowess; 5 Myth 5: There Is One Type of Capitalism; 6 Myth 6: The Dollar's Privileged Place in the World Is Lost; 7 Myth 7: Globalization Destroyed American Industry; 8 Myth 8: U.S. Capitalist Development Prevents Socialism; 9 Myth 9: The Weak U.S. Dollar Boosts Exports and Drives Stock Markets

10 Myth 10: The Foreign Exchange Market Is Strange and Speculative11 Summary and Some Thoughts on the Way Forward; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Making Sense of the Dollar explores the many factors--trade deficits, the dollar's role in the world, globalization, capitalism, and more--that affect the dollar and the U.S. economy and lead to the inescapable conclusion that both are much stronger than many people suppose"--Provided by publisher.