В книзі висвітлюються найважливіші події, пов’язані з історією, українського козацтва від часу його виникнення на межі XV-XVI ст. до ліквідації урядом Російської імперії в кінці XVIII — на початку XIX ст. Особливу увагу приділено найбільш яскравим постатям Війська Запорозького, їх політичній і державній діяльності. Значне місце на сторінках праці відведено міжнародним відносинам українського гетьманату, козацькій ментальності, побуту, бойовому мистецтву, атрибутиці тощо. Певною мірою показана роль жінки в "лицарському" середовищі. Своє яскраве відображення знайшло ставлення до козаків представників різних народів, і володарів іноземних держав, їх сприйняття за межами Батьківщини. Книга розрахована на широке коло читачів.

Эта необычная книга является своеобразной энциклопедией русской военной истории за 300 лет, с XVII века до 1917 года. В 450 статьях-миниатюрах словаря описываются амуниция, военная форма, эмблемы воинских подразделений Русской армии. Тексты статей посвящены самым важным и увлекательным эпизодам истории Российской империи от Петра Великого до Николая II. В книге также описаны история создания того или иного военного атрибута, исторические курьезы, с ними связанные, представлена история возникновения регулярных полков Русской армии, а также отличия разных видов войск друг от друга. Издание проиллюстрировано рисунками, выполненными самим автором.

Практическое руководство для начинающих по созданию электронных чертежей в среде AutoCAD 2005. Рассмотрен интерфейс программы, настройки параметров чертежа, создание и редактирование типовых и сложных объектов, различные методы ввода координат и обеспечения точности. Описаны принципы работы со слоями, нанесение и редактирование надписей, штриховки, блоки и их атрибуты. Рассмотрены вопросы подготовки и вывода чертежа на печать.

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, conl ict in the former USSR has been a key concern in international security. This book i lls a gap in the literature on violent conl ict, evaluating a region that contains all the modern ingredients for instability and aggression. Bringing together leading experts on war and security, the book addresses current debates in international relations about power, interests, globalisation and the politics of identity as major drivers of contemporary war. Incidents such as the 2008 Russo-Georgian conl ict, the wars in Chechnya, and Russia’s struggles over national identity and resources with former communist states are all thoroughly examined. With new issues like energy security, terrorism and transnational crime, and older tensions between East and West threatening to deepen once more, this is an important contribution to the international security literature.

Contemporary Peace Making draws on recent experience to identify and explore the essential components of peace processes. Each chapter examines a different element in recent peace processes. The collection is organized around five main themes: planning for peace during periods of violence, the process of negotiations (including pre-negotiation), the effects of violence on peace processes, peace accords—constitutional and political options—and securing the settlement and building the peace

This book addresses an important but little-noticed phenomenon in the revolutionary world of military technology. Across a wide range of otherwise-unrelated weapons programs, the Pentagon is now pursuing arms that are deliberately crafted to be less powerful, less deadly, and less destructive than the systems they are designed to supplement or replace. This direction is historically anomalous; military forces generally pursue ever-bigger bangs, but the modern conditions of counter-insurgency warfare and military operations "other than war" (such as peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance) demand a military capable of modulated force. By providing a capacity to intervene deftly yet effectively, the new generations of "useable" weaponry should enable the U.S. military to accomplish its demanding missions in a manner consistent with legal obligations, public relations realities, and political constraints. Five case studies are provided, regarding precision-guided "smart bombs," low-yield nuclear weapons, self-neutralizing anti-personnel land mines, directed-energy anti-satellite weapons, and non-lethal weapons.

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Рассмотрены теоретические основы и практические основы и практические приемы программирования на платформе .NET с использованием популярных языков C#, VB.NET, MC++, IL. Описаны метаданные, общая система типов, сборки, архитектура доменов, атрибуты и др. На большом количестве простых и понятных примеров рассмотрены обработка исключений, делегаты и события, потоки и др. Дано подробное представление низкоуровневого взаимодействия с операционной системой из среды .NET. Прилагается компакт-диск, содержащий большое количество примеров на языках C#, VB.NET, MC++, IL. Для программистов.

Эмблемы, знамена, ордена, медали, значки и знаки Народного Войска Польского в период с 1943 по 1978 г. с цветными и черно-белыми фотографиями.

Since 9/11, one of the most dominant issues in American politics has been: what exactly is a war on terror and who is in charge of it? Previous books on this topic have fallen off the horse on either side: on the right, making military actions under the Bush administration equal to previous declared wars and ceding too much war-making power to the presidency or on the left, requiring congressional approval for any national security steps at all, contradicting much of American historical precedent. Weinberger presents a novel understanding of the Declare War clause of the Constitution (Article 1, Section 8), filtering it through the AUMFs passed by Congress since 9/11 and concluding that the Presidency has wide latitude and autonomy in the overseas theaters, but not on the domestic front.

War was a defining feature of the twentieth century. A vast percentage of the people of the last century were participants or victims in one way or another of the endless stream of civil and interstate wars that characterized this era. These wars and their consequences were accompanied by unprecedented levels of ethnic cleansing and genocide. I am just old enough to remember WorldWar II, which had a profound impact onmy choice of career, discipline and research agenda. I have authored numerous books and articles on various aspects of conflict management and resolution. I have written about intelligence failures and bad crisis management responsible for wars. More recently, in A Cultural Theory of International Relations, I use the origins and dynamics of ancient and modern wars to elaborate and evaluate a broader set of arguments about systematic variation in the propensity and character of cooperation, conflict and risk-taking. In this book, I turn to war itself, with the goal of analyzing its causes in the past and the likelihood that they will diminish as motives for war in the future.