... during theCold War. e authors note further that the long war, like theCold War, “takes time,” and whether looking back on the 40 years oftheCold War, or further back to World War I (thus ... example ofthe kinds of parallels that may be drawn between theColdWar and the long war. In this book, the authors draw broad lessons for the current conflict from theCold War, despite the differences ... Unified Quest), on the topic ofthe long war, all of which have high-lighted the difficulty of producing a single term capable of describing the complex nature ofthe situation facing the United States....
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... non-commissioned of cers. The purpose of these courses was to make the students familiar with the history and problems ofthe former German colonies in preparation for the day when these colonies ... played important roles in the systematic killing of millions of Jews, and they continued to fulminate about Jewish influence decades later. Much ofthe evidence of their postwar influence in Middle ... told other Nazis about the number of Jews murdered by the Nazis and places he and others might hide if thewar were lost. The report gave details about Eichmann’s family and revealed the identity...
... with thewar in Afghanistan, with most ofthe later increase attributable to thewar in Iraq and the continuing cost ofthe occupation in Afghanistan. Appendix Table 1 compares projected the ... structure ofthe Global Insights model, it likely understates the negative impact of military spending relative to other models. The next section of this paper describes the key projections ofthe ... www.cepr.net The Economic Impact ofthe Iraq War and Higher Military Spending 8 By the twentieth year, the number of jobs projected for the high military spending scenario is 673,400 less than in the...
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... betokened to be the captain of a vessel. They were talking ofthe war, and ofthe probability ofthe Scottish army taking part in it. The fishermen were all ofthe popular party; but the captain, ... sale of them to the soldiers andservants ofthe officers."I should like," he said to the man to whom he disposed ofthe last ofthe contents of his basket, "to catch asight ofthe ... family name ofthe earl. Two or three ofthe men spoke together, and Harrythought that there was some comprehension of his meaning. Then he read aloud the addresses ofthe letters,and the exclamations...
... loans (and therefore shut off their remaining warehouse lines of credit to nonbank lenders) after the outbreak ofthe subprime financial crisis in August 2007.286 b. The Riskiness of Nonprime ... risky.”142 2. The Unheeded Lessons ofthe Dotcom-Telecom Bubble and the Collapse of Enron and WorldCom Further evidence ofthe risks posed by financial conglomerates appeared during the boom-and-bust ... ofthe securities and life insurance industries will be brought within the scope of the TBTF doctrine, thereby expanding the scope and cost of federal ‘safety net’ guarantees.”445 I further...