The book is dedicated to the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, it became a seminal study of the John F. Kennedy School of Government and thus revolutionized the field of international relations. It is a unique and fascinating study of the most important event of the Cold War, a vivid look at the decision-making process under pressure

Building on the concepts of professional competence that he introduced in his classic The Reflective Practitioner, Schon offers an approach for educating professional in all areas that will prepare them to handle the complex and unpredictable problems of actual practice with confidence, skill, and care

With fresh and provocative insights into the everyday reality of politics in post-Soviet Central Asia, this volume moves beyond commonplaces about strong and weak states to ask critical questions about how democracy, authority, and justice are understood in this important region. In conversation with current theories of state power, the contributions draw on extensive ethnographic research in settings that range from the local to the transnational, the mundane to the spectacular, to provide a unique perspective on how politics is performed in everyday life

The book gives a concise comprehensive overview of the fundamental objectives and outlooks of ethical theory

The book analyses the complex calculations of the various political and social forces that emerged from or surfed on the revolutionary fervor that gripped Egypt in 2011, from the Muslim Brotherhood to non-Islamist factions and civil society groups

The book, written by a group of philosophers, aims to exhibit some of the main problems in the various fields of philosophy a they stand at the present stage of philosophical history

A fascinating detailed account of the strategic factors that led to the Allied victory. The author shows how the great strategy of the leaders was carried out by ordinary soldiers, scientists, and engineers. Kennedy reveals the true heroes of war, highlighting for the first time the creative strategies, tactics, and organizational decisions that turned the lofty goals of the Allies into a successful reality

The first book to examine in detail the history of British intelligence during the Cold War. The author gives a panoramic overview of the secret actions of the government, reveals CIA plots and secret activities in the British colonies, murders at the hands of KGB agents and failed coups sponsored by the British and US governments in the Middle East, the main purpose of which was to seize oil and other natural resources. The book is based on recently declassified intelligence documents and private collections from a number of archives

In the book discusses environmental issues including pollution control, reducing environmental damage, global climate change policies, questions about how we should balance environmental and economic considerations, and what form government policies should take

The joint group exhibition, dedicated to the works of almost 30 Kazakhstan artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, aims to emphasize "local modernity", modernism fueled by international, often undesirable, ideologies and strong ties with traditional, historically suppressed Kazakh culture