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Drawing on a vast range of sources, this is a study of how war wounds men's minds and of medicine's efforts to heal the damage done. At once a historical narrative and intellectual detective story, it tells the full story of shell-shock, explaining the aftermath of wars such as Vietnam.
Triumph or disaster? An epic of medical heroism or evidence of Allied indifference to the fate of Europe's Jews? After Daybreak investigates the emergency relief operation following the British liberation of Belsen.
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While on holiday in the beautiful Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Anja made a life-changing decision. The secrets and lies from years ago still haunted her today. The only way to unburden herself and find peace is by telling the truth. But first, she must return to where it all happened. Larissa leads an uncertain existence, spending much of her life in the hospital, never knowing if death is near. Will her current hospital stay be her final one? Jayden was excited for a few days in the Blue Mountains with his friends Ben and Dean, enjoying hiking, fishing, and camping. Follow the characters as their lives collide unexpectedly one early evening. That night, events were set in motion that nobody could have predicted, leading two women on a whirlwind journey to the other side of the world. Will they uncover the truth and right the wrongs of the past? Life can change in an instant, and sometimes following your heart is the only way, even if it once belonged to someone else.
For decades after 1945, it was generally believed that the German army, professional and morally decent, had largely stood apart from the SS, Gestapo, and other corps of the Nazi machine. Ben Shepherd draws on a wealth of primary sources and recent scholarship to convey a much darker, more complex picture. For the first time, the German army is examined throughout the Second World War, across all combat theaters and occupied regions, and from multiple perspectives: its battle performance, social composition, relationship with the Nazi state, and involvement in war crimes and military occupation. This was a true people’s army, drawn from across German society and reflecting that society as ...
In arbitration, evidence provides the basis for almost every decision, be it procedural, jurisdictional, or substantive. However, users from different legal traditions may not share the same understanding as to how an arbitral tribunal ought to proceed in this regard. Therefore, it is important for lawyers to know how to collect, develop, and present evidence in arbitration proceedings, not only from a legal perspective but also from a cultural point of view. It is against this backdrop that the editors have invited a diverse group of distinguished arbitration practitioners and academics to contribute to this matchless Handbook of Evidence in International Commercial Arbitration. Key concept...
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Charlie McReynolds was born and reared near a large Cattle ranch in West Texas. He dreamed of travel and far away places as a child while milking three cows and laying on the haystack looking at the blue sky and the bright West Texas stars. After college, a run at the Texas legislature, a short term as editor and publisher of the Andrews Reporter, he started traveling for a large steel company. He had written several poems while in college and as a reporter, but on his traveling job, he was again all alone on the road and he begin to write again. Wining a trip to England got him thinking about other places to go. The Philippines, Poland, East Germany, India, Czechoslovakia, Pakistan, France, and Holland as well Belgium, Wales and Scotland was where he traveled until he zeroed in on Cuba. This is a short story of a few of his exploits. Some names have been changed for personal reasons. Most of my stuff is tru
Carter and Ehteshami consider the significant geopolitical, economic and security links between the Middle East and the wider Asian world - links which are often overlooked when the Middle East is considered in isolation or in terms of its relations with the West, but which are of growing importance. Topics covered include Asia's overall geostrategic realities and the Middle East's place within them; relations between the Middle East and China, Russia, central Asia, southeast Asia and south Asia; Islam in central Asia and southeast Asia and the connections with the Middle East; and the important links between the Middle East and India and Pakistan's military and security establishments.