02881nam 2200565Ia 450 991077755380332120230617010027.01-58729-479-6(CKB)1000000000459795(EBL)843106(OCoLC)66393286(SSID)ssj0000100335(PQKBManifestationID)11140566(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000100335(PQKBWorkID)10036570(PQKB)10672175(MiAaPQ)EBC843106(MdBmJHUP)muse9281(Au-PeEL)EBL843106(CaPaEBR)ebr10354414(EXLCZ)99100000000045979520031009d2004 ub 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrAggregate of disturbances[electronic resource] poems /by Michele GlazerIowa City University of Iowa Pressc20041 online resource (69 p.)The Iowa poetry prizeDescription based upon print version of record.0-87745-878-2 Contents; 2 Blinds & a Bittern; Part 1; Wherein space is constructed that matter may reside in . . .; Matter; A Small Infidelity; Firefly; box; On So; Part 2; Translucencies, her death; Part 3; Letter; Conjunctions; Drive; Ad Infinitum; Real Life #11: Hummingbird; John Is in the Next Room; Inscape; Part 4; Echo to Narcissus; Real Life #14: Vagaries; Woman Sitting for a Portrait at a Warehouse Sale; Sonnet; The Mathematics of Fire; Feathers; Early Romance: Japanese Garden (in the heart of the city); The sculptor muses on his black-billed magpie; Valediction; Fragment's Song; Moon CasingsPart 5Map; Historic House, Astoria; Happy; The Fecundity; Home; The Infinite Imperative; Lament; Home Is a Stone HouseIn Aggregate of Disturbances, Michele Glazer confronts the slipperiness of language and perception as she probes natural processes-the lives of insects, the uncertainty of love, and the deaths of human beings. Nature's beauty interests Glazer less than the fact that it is chaotic, amoral, redundant, charming, and indifferent to human concern-qualities that are, in these poems, turned into another kind of beauty. "The stalk was knocked flat &the allium's great lavender sphere / kissed the dirt &in the aftermath the pendulous blossomed / tip bobbed like a wand madly attempIowa poetry prize.American poetry21st centuryAmerican literatureAmerican poetryAmerican literature.811/.54Glazer Michèle1958-1464092MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777553803321Aggregate of disturbances3824295UNINA06050oam 2200721 a 450 991095703700332120200520144314.097982160349719780313070082031307008310.5040/9798216034971(CKB)1000000000008519(OCoLC)179157154(CaPaEBR)ebrary10023110(SSID)ssj0000271047(PQKBManifestationID)11215283(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000271047(PQKBWorkID)10280266(PQKB)10682459(Au-PeEL)EBL3000803(CaPaEBR)ebr10023110(OCoLC)929145151(MiAaPQ)EBC3000803(OCoLC)46991258(DLC)BP9798216034971BC(Perlego)4202980(EXLCZ)99100000000000851920010510e20022024 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrWhen reason fails portraits of armies at war : America, Britain, Israel, and the future /Michael Goodspeed1st ed.Westport, Conn. :Praeger,2002.London :Bloomsbury Publishing,20241 online resource (226 p.)Studies in military history and international affairsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780275973780 0275973786 Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-210) and index.Intro -- Acknowledgments and Dedication -- Introduction -- Chapter 1-The American Army in Vietnam -- The American Phase of the Vietnam War -- Strategic Factors -- Geographic Factors -- The Communist Soldier -- The American Soldier -- The Nature of Military Service in Vietnam -- The Reserves and National Will -- The NCO Corps -- The Officer Corps -- Drugs -- A War With No Front Line -- The Media -- Firepower -- Tactics -- Big Battles -- The American Army and Its Vietnamese Allies -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2-The British Army in Northern Ireland -- Background to the Troubles -- The Characters of the Combatants -- The British Army in Ulster -- The Republicans -- The Loyalists -- Chapter 3-The Israeli Army in the Middle East -- People, Geography and Background -- The Origins of Conflict -- The First War and the Emergence of the Israeli Army -- Traditional Israeli Strategic Considerations -- Geography -- Population -- Time and Space -- Civil Military Integration -- The War in 1956 -- The Six-Day War -- Israeli Morale -- Israeli Equipment -- The Arab Armies in 1967 -- Israeli Attitudes to the IDF and the Arabs 1967-1973 -- Israeli Leadership -- Israeli Discipline -- The Israeli Reserve System -- Women in the Israeli Army -- The IDF's Personnel System -- The October War -- Israeli Intelligence -- The Invasion of Lebanon -- The Intifadah -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4-The Future of Armies -- Leadership-The Human Dimension -- Political Leadership of Armies -- Military Leadership in Postmodern Society -- Leadership-The Officer Corps -- Professionalism, Society and the Soldier -- The Soldier, Efficiency and Traditions -- Armies and Modern Values -- Discipline, the Individual and the Group -- Technology -- Firepower -- Mobility -- Communications -- New Tactical Concepts -- Technology, Mass, Time and Space -- Technology and Training -- Organizations.Special Forces -- Intelligence -- Administrative Organizations -- Customization of the Administrative System -- Civil-Military Affairs -- Legalism and Warfare -- Armies and the Conflict Spectrum -- Armies and National Temperament -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.A nation's fighting forces are often believed to embody a country's qualities of determination, resourcefulness, and courage. This study examines the influences of these qualities from the viewpoint of the American Army in Vietnam, the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the Israeli Army throughout its struggle in the Middle East. It is a provocative look at corporate military character--operations, personalities, organizations, administrative policies, training, social factors, technology, strategy, and tactics--all elements that are woven tightly together to explain why national armies perform in the manner that they do. Goodspeed uses these historical case studies as the basis of his analysis, then explores the social, technical, and organizational issues that future armies will likely face. He assesses the future of modern warfare in technical terms in the context of mass, mobility, firepower, and communications. The Duke of Wellington once scoffed, Tell the history of a battle? One might as well describe the history of a ball. This book takes the Iron Duke's advice to heart and seeks to explain modern military victory and defeat in terms of corporate military character, a complex and fragile mosaic, one in which national temperament is only a minor feature. In so doing, it takes on a subject long veiled in myth and invention. The social, political, and technical blueprints for the conduct of wars in the 21st century are already well established. Goodspeed illustrates these patterns by showing how armies have coped in the most influential campaigns of modern times and in this light assesses the key factors driving change for future wars. Studies in military history and international affairs.Military art and scienceHistory20th centuryVietnam War, 1961-1975Arab-Israeli conflictNorthern IrelandHistory1969-1994Military art and scienceHistoryVietnam War, 1961-1975.Arab-Israeli conflict.355/.009/04Goodspeed Michael1798383DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910957037003321When reason fails4341112UNINA