Эта книга расскажет о том, как удалось открыть целых 85 способов завязывания галстука. Все они представлены в сопровождении схем и фотографий, а также очерка истории галстучных узлов. Впервые вам предоставляется возможность выбора между узлами `Платтсбург` и `Восточным`, `Сент-Эндрюс` и `Ники`, - а также известными `Виндзором` и `Полувиндзором`, и знакомым всем простым узлом. Союз стиля и науки еще никогда не был столь плодотворным.

British-Polish relations during the Second World War were dogged by the fact that Polish demands on the Soviet Union threatened Soviet relations with Britain and the United States, and Soviet participation in the war. In this book Anita Prazmowska relates British policies and war-time strategy to Polish expectations and policies. She describes a tragic situation where Polish soldiers were trapped between the unrealistic plans of their government and the harsh realities of a war that they fought for Britain with no prospect of a satisfactory outcome for them or their country.

Данный словарь содержит расшифровку более 16 тысяч аббревиатур и различного рода сокращений, которые относятся к областям телекоммуникаций, спутниковой связи, морской связи, радиолокации и военной связи, авионики, электроники, компьютерной техники, сети Интернет, радио и телевизионного вещания, волоконно-оптической связи, информационных технологий, дистанционного зондирования, сотовой связи, специлизированной мобильной связи, радиолюбительской связи и др. Особое внимание обращено на сокращения, используемые в документации ITU (International Telecommunications Union - Международный союз электросвязи), IMO (International Maritime Organization - Международная морская организация), IMSO (International Maritime Satellite Organization - Международная организация морской спутниковой связи) и APSCC (Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council - Cовет по спутниковой связи Азиатско-Тихоокеанского региона). Словарь также содержит аббревиатуры и сокращения, часто используемые в журналах по телекоммуникациям, в контрактах и финансовых документах.

Details what ordinary life was like during the extraordinary years of the reign of Soviet Union. Thirty-six illustrations, thematic chapters, a glossary, timeline, annotated multimedia bibliography, and detailed index make it a sound starting point for looking at this powerful nation's immediate past. What was ordinary life like in the Soviet police state? The phrase daily life implies an orderly routine in a stable environment. However, many millions of Soviet citizens experienced repeated upheavals in their everyday lives. Soviet citizens were forced to endure revolution, civil war, two World Wars, forced collectivization, famine, massive deportations, mass terror campaigns perpetrated against them by their own leaders, and chronic material deprivations. Even the perpetrators often became victims. Many millions, of all ages, nationalities, and walks of life, did not survive these experiences. At the same time, millions managed to live tranquilly, work in factories, farm the fields, serve in the military, and even find joy in their existence. Structured topically, this volume begins with an historical introduction to the Soviet period (1917-1991) and a timeline. Chapters that follow are devoted to such core topics as: government and law, the economy, the military, rural life, education, health care, housing, ethnic groups, religion, the media, leisure, popular culture, and the arts. The volume also has two maps, including a map of ethnic groups and languages, and over thirty photographs of people going about their lives in good times and bad. A glossary, a list of student-friendly books and multimedia sources for classroom and/or individual use, and an index round out the work, making it a valuable resource for high school as well as undergraduate courses on modern Russian and Soviet history. Copious chapter endnotes provide numerous starting points for students and teachers who want to delve more deeply.

Підручник ставить за мету ознайомити студентів5юристів з країнознавчою термінологією України, Великої Британії, США – про державний устрій цих країн, політичні партії, виборчі системи, правові системи, систему судочинства. У підручнику міститься матеріал про право Європейського Союзу, права людини, міжнародне право, конституційне право, трудове право. Підручник призначений для студентів І–ІІІ курсів юридичних спеціальностей вищих навчальних закладів.

Підручник становить за мету ознайомити студентів-юристів із країнознавчою термінологією України, Великобританії, США - про державний устрій цих країн, політичні партії, виборчі системи, правові системи, систему судочинства. У підручнику міститься матеріал про право Європейського Союзу, права людини, міжнародне право, конституційне право, трудове право.

EU food safety legislation has evolved over 30 years or so, reflecting a blend of scientific, social, political and economic factors. As a result, there has, at times, been little coherence in its development, resulting in over-complex and fragmented measures and lack of consistency. It is only recently that the EU has developed a clear policy framework for food law.

This book examines the influence of the European Commission and the European Court of Justice in the political and legal enforcement of member state compliance in the EU. The author shows how the EU's supranational institutions have played an independent role in the creation of a European enforcement system that is exceptionally effective compared to that of other international organizations.

In the first book to offer a comprehensive analysis of family law in the European Union, McGlynn argues that a traditional concept of 'family' which has many adverse effects - on individuals, on families (in all their diverse forms), and indeed on the economic ambitions of the EU is forming the basis for the little-recognised and under-researched field of EU family law. This book examines three different aspects of family life - childhood, parenthood and partnerships - and critically analyses existing EU law in relation to each. It examines the emerging field of EU family law, providing a highly sceptical account of recent developments and a robust challenge to the arguments in favour of the codification of European civil law, including family law.

When the Soviet Union pulled its forces out of Afghanistan, the American media had a simple explanation: Soviet troops had been hounded out of the mountains by U.S.-armed guerrillas--the skies cleared of Soviet aircraft by Stinger missiles--until the Kremlin was forced to cry uncle. But Diego Cordovez and Selig S. Harrison shatter this image. Out of Afghanistan shows that the Red Army was securely entrenched when the Soviet Union agreed to withdraw: American weaponry and Afghan bravery raised the costs for Moscow, but it was six years of skillful diplomacy that gave the Russians a way out. Cordovez and Harrison provide the definitive account of the Soviet blunders that led up to the invasion and the bitter struggles over the withdrawal that raged in the Soviet and Afghan Communist parties and the Reagan Administration. The authors are particularly well-suited to their task: Cordovez was the United Nations mediator who negotiated the Soviet pullout, and Harrison is a leading South Asia expert with four decades of experience in covering Afghanistan. Their story of the U.N. negotiations is interwoven with a gripping chronicle of the war years, complete with palace shootouts in Kabul, turf warfare between rival Soviet intelligence agencies, and the CIA role in building up Islamic fundamentalist guerrilla leaders at the expense of Afghan moderates. Cordovez opens up his diaries to take us behind the scenes in his negotiations, and Harrison draws on interviews with Mikhail Gorbachev, former Secretary of State George Shultz, and other key actors. The result is a book full of surprises. For example, the authors demonstrate that the Soviets intervened not out of a desire to drive to the Indian Ocean, but out of a fear of a U.S.-supported Afghan Tito. Rebuffs by hardline "bleeders" in the Reagan Administration undermined efforts by Yuri Andropov to secure a settlement before his death in 1983. Even more startling, Gorbachev resumed the search for a negotiated withdrawal more than a year before the first American-supplied Stinger missiles were deployed in the war. The Soviet intervention in Afghanistan was one of the pivotal events of recent history. Out of Afghanistan destroys many of the myths surrounding the Afghan war and will have a profound impact on the emerging debate over how and why the Cold War ended.

An examination of the legal framework of the EU internal market as established in the case law of the European Court of Justice, discussing in particular EC competition law, the free movement of goods, services, persons and capital and the evolution of the interpretation of the provisions. The 'State' has been retreating from direct intervention in economic life as more goods and services, the provision of which was once thought to be a 'public' responsibility, are delivered through market mechanisms. Given the need for consistent application of EC law in the internal market, a common core conception of public authority, shielded from the discipline of EC competition law, is needed. The resulting realignment of public and private functions and responsibilities is not a linear and coherent process, especially in light of the changing nature of the European legal integration project and the progressive incorporation of non-economic values in the Treaties.