1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996466711503316

Titolo

Supersymmetric mechanics - vol. 1 : supersymmetry, noncommutativity and matrix models / / edited by Stefano Bellucci

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Germany ; ; New York, United States : , : Springer, , [2006]

©2006

ISBN

1-280-61541-9

9786610615414

3-540-33314-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2006.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Physics, , 0075-8450 ; ; 698

Disciplina

530.1423

Soggetti

Supergravity

Supersymmetry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This is the first volume in a series of books on the general theme of Supersymmetric Mechanics, which are based on lectures and discussions held in 2005 and 2006 at the INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati"--Preface.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

A Journey Through Garden Algebras -- Supersymmetric Mechanics in Superspace -- Noncommutative Mechanics, Landau Levels, Twistors, and Yang–Mills Amplitudes -- Elements of (Super-)Hamiltonian Formalism -- Matrix Models.

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first volume in a series of books on the general theme of Supersymmetric Mechanics; the series is based on lectures and discussions held in 2005 and 2006 at the INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati. The selected topics include supersymmetry and supergravity, the attractor mechanism, black holes, noncommutative mechanics, super-Hamiltonian formalism and matrix models. All lectures are intended for beginners at the graduate level and nonspecialists from related fields of research and a substantial effort was made to incorporate in the extensive write-ups the results of the animated discussion sessions which followed the individual lectures. A second volume appears as Lecture Notes Physics, Vol. 701 "Supersymmetric Mechanics - Vol. 2 : The Attractor Mechanism" (2006), ISBN: 3-540-



34156-0.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786352803321

Autore

Felbab-Brown Vanda

Titolo

Aspiration and ambivalence [[electronic resource] ] : strategies and realities of counterinsurgency and state building in Afghanistan / / Vanda Felbab-Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2013

ISBN

1-283-74131-8

0-8157-2442-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (640 p.)

Disciplina

320.9581

958.104/7

958.1047

Soggetti

Afghan War, 2001-2021

Afghanistan Politics and government 2001-2021

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

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; 1 - Bullets over Kabul's Broadway; 2 - Washington's Strategies in Afghanistan since 2001; 3 - Insurgency in the Context of Poor Governance; 4 - The Myths of (Non)Governance in Afghanistan; 5 - Power, Impunity, and Legitimacy in Eastern and Southern Afghanistan: Learning to Love Mafia Rule; 6 - International Efforts to Fight Corruption and Improve Governance; 7 - Logistics and Politics in Northern Afghanistan; 8 - The Afghan Local Police and Other Militias; 9 - Counternarcotics and Economic Development Policies

10 - Pakistan and the Region11 - Military Transition and Negotiations with the Taliban; 12 - What, If Anything, can Still be Done?; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; Back Page

Sommario/riassunto

After more than a decade of great effort and sacrifice by America and its allies, the Taliban still has not been defeated, and many Afghans believe that a civil war is coming.  Aspiration and Ambivalence analyzes



the U.S. and international efforts in Afghanistan and offers detailed recommendations for dealing with the precarious situation leading up to the 2014 transition to Afghan control and beyond. Vanda Felbab-Brown argues that allied efforts in Afghanistan have put far too little emphasis on good governance, concentrating too much on short-term military goals to the detriment of