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Approaching the topic from several subdisciplinary points of view within music studies, this edited collection addresses the role that music plays in opposing tyranny or solidifying tyrannical power around the world.

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Power grabs, partisan stand-offs, propaganda, and riots make for tantalizing fiction, but the US seems to have devolved into a land that celebrates real-life dictators. Applying historical lessons to contemporary events, Fiala uses the history of tyranny to reveal how we can safeguard against the draw of idealogues and their sycophants.

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This work takes a look at the formidable U-boat bases and bunkers built on the French coast in Norway and Germany, and also focuses on the huge "Valentin" factory complex at Bremen, which manufactured the new type XXI electro-boats.

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Used in a variety of roles, from coastal patrolling through to the combined actions of convey-hunting 'wolf packs', the tactics used by U-Boats were diverse. This book analyses how the U-boats dominated the seas, and how the cracking of the Enigma code effectively hamstrung them, greatly reducing their impact.

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One of the greatest threats to Britain during World War I was the German U-Boat menace. Gordon Williamson traces the development of the U-Boat from the Brandtaucher, designed by Wilhelm Bauer in 1850, through to the commissioning of Germany's first U-Boat to go into service, the U-1, in 1906.

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The U-boat was a formidable foe, developed from a small coastal vessel into a killer picking off merchant convoy ships at will. It was not until the destroyer escort was introduced that there was an effective means of defence and attack against the U-boat. This book describes the design and development of these two deadly opponents.

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A range of organizations is covered, including mass membership organizations, trade associations, cooperatives, unions, public interest groups, think tanks, and policy research organizations, all of which are involved in some manner in the agricultural policy process.

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US Army Reserve components are now be among the first to be used in a range of possible conflicts. This shift has been instituted with little public fanfare or debate yet the consequences could be dramatic and far-reaching. It raises the central question Binkin and Kaufmann address: How has greater reliance on Army reserves affected the nation's ability to protect its security

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This text provides an integrated view of post-9/11 security concerns over the United States's shared border with Mexico and Canada in regards to terrorism, unauthorized migration, drug and arms smuggling, and other illegal trade.

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This text is intended to provide a guide for American companies to enter and succeed in the German market. It examines the scope of US-German business and reviews topics such as: gross domestic product; accounting and tax laws; anti-trust; labour; stock-markets; and US commercial banks in Germany.

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This book draws together the author's observations of the Fourth World Women's Conference, held in China in 1995, and compares the lives of U.S. Latinas with other minority women around the world.

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This book draws together the author's observations of the Fourth World Women's Conference, held in China in 1995, and compares the lives of U.S. Latinas with other minority women around the world.

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The authors discuss the major critical variables--such as Soviet systemic barriers and the narrow character of planned Soviet import demand--that should influence any company's decision to do business in the Soviet Union.

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These profiles of major non-governmental organisations show how they compete to protect consumer or business interests ranging across all stages of American life, from baby foods to funerals. The analyses of 109 interest groups encompasses public interest, trade and professional associations.

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How do 100 major criminal justice groups in the United States work to affect public policies dealing with criminal justice in all its aspects A brief bibliography points to a few significant sources on criminal justice groups as a whole.

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A reference history that describes not only the State Department and Foreign Service of the United States, but also deals with the history of three major State Department functions, namely, the treatymaking process and record, representation in international conferences, and participation in international organizations and other agencies.

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Tracing the antecedents and the creation of the U.S. Department of Transportation, this work assesses its role in both the control of transportation and the encouragement of big businesses in the industry.

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The first comprehensive account of U.S. development aid policies and implementation operations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, this work is a unique contribution to world history and to the extensive literature on Third World development.

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Identifies major links between domestic policy and national security agendas, showing how these agendas affect each other. This work examines what such links mean in terms of the ability of the US to design and implement an appropriate national security policy for the 21st century.

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Analyzes and surveys how 182 nongovernmental organizations affect the development of federal U.S. educational policy.

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This book provides an analytical guide to the modern political campaign, chronologically covering key federal, state, and local campaign laws, election commission rules, and the court decisions interpreting them.