Courage in The Twentyfirst Century

Will the twenty-first century be the next American Century? Will American power and ideas dominate the globe in the coming years? Or is the prestige of the United States likely to crumble beneath the pressure of new international challenges? This ground-breaking book explores the changing patterns of American thought and culture at the dawn of the new millennium, when the world's richest nation has never been more powerful or more controversial. It brings together some of the most eminent North American and European thinkers to investigate the crucial issues and challenges facing the United States during the early years of our new century.

Фотолетопись военной истории минувшего столетия. Конфликты, проиллюстрированные в этом альбоме, это в первую очередь две мировые войны, а также войны между отдельными странами, гражданские войны и революции. Более 40 обзорных статей анализируют конфликты, которые оказали наибольшее влияние на историю человечества. Книга представляет собой русский перевод издания «Chronicle of Conflict in the Twentieth Century» by Reed Consumer Books Limited, London, 1993./ The photoannals of a military history of the last century. The conflicts illustrated in this album, it first of all two world wars, and also wars between the separate countries, civil wars and revolutions. More than 40 reviews analyze conflicts which rendered the greatest influence on a history of mankind. The book represents Russian translation of the edition « Chronicle of Conflict in the Twentieth Century » by Reed Consumer Books Limited, London, 1993.

Here is the ultimate inside history of twentieth-century intelligence gathering and covert activity.

This volume, compiled by two of the leading experts in the field, provides the specialist and trainee in microbiology, infectious disease, infection control, and epidemiology with a concise, timely and authoritative review of some of the most problematic infections of the new century. This volume will foster a better understanding of the issues and new ideas for preventing and controlling infectious disease.