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  The False Promise of Superiority...

  James H. Lebovic

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  This political analysis exposes the fanciful logic that the United States can use nuclear weapons to vanquish nuclear adversaries or influence them when employing various coercive tactics. 
   
   
   
  During the Cold War, American policymakers sought nuclear advantages to offset an alleged Soviet edge. Policymakers hoped that US nuclear capabilities would safeguard deterrence, when backed perhaps by a set of coercive tactics. But policymakers also hedged their bets with plans to fight a nuclear war to their advantage should deterrence fail. In The False Promise of Superiority, James H. Lebovic argues that the US approach was fraught with peril and remains so today. He contends that the United States can neither simply impose its will on nuclear adversaries nor safeguard deterrence using these same coercive tactics without risking severe, counterproductive effects. As Lebovic shows, the current faith in US nuclear superiority could produce the disastrous consequences that US weapons and tactics are meant to avoid. This book concludes that US interests are best served when policymakers resist the temptation to use, or prepare to use, nuclear weapons first or to brandish nuclear weapons for coercive effect.

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  Eighteenth Century Poetry and Prose

  Various

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  A collection of prose and poetry written principally in the 18th Century. These works of world literature are written in the English language or are in English translation. (Summary by Alan Davis Drake) 
   
  NOTE: Poem 35, “Hills of Home,” was written around 1922 and is therefore not an 18th Century poem.

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  Mad Anthony Wayne: The Life and...

  Charles River Editors

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   “Issue the orders Sir, and I will storm Hell.” – Mad Anthony Wayne  
  	The American Revolution is replete with seminal moments that every American learns in school, from the “shot heard ‘round the world” to the Declaration of Independence, but the events that led up to the fighting at Lexington & Concord were borne out of 10 years of division between the British and their American colonies over everything from colonial representation in governments to taxation, the nature of searches, and the quartering of British regulars in private houses. From 1764-1775, a chain of events that included lightning rods like the Townshend Acts led to bloodshed in the form of the Boston Massacre, while the Boston Tea Party became a symbol of nonviolent protest.  
  	Aside from George Washington, many Americans are likely able to name just as many foreign generals on the rebel side as American generals. While names like Lafayette, Pulaski, Kościuszko, and Baron von Steuben are quickly associated with the Revolution, American officers like Nathanael Greene, Anthony Wayne, Horatio Gates, Henry Knox, and Light-Horse Harry Lee are often overlooked.  
  	In fact, Wayne was one of early America’s most important commanders, from his distinguished service in the Revolutionary War to leading soldiers against various Native American bands along the frontier after America secured its independence. Wayne played critical roles in several of the Revolution’s most noteworthy campaigns, from the fateful Quebec invasion of 1775-1776 to the Yorktown campaign that ended the major fighting in 1781, with crucial actions at places like Valley Forge and Stony Point. He had been promoted to Major General by the time the war ended, and when he died near the end of the 18th century while still on active duty, few American military officers had left behind as influential legacy as the daring, but almost always successful general.

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  License to Travel - A Cultural...

  Patrick Bixby

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  Discover the surprising global history of how the passport has shaped art, thought, and human experience to define the modern world. 
   
  License to Travel exposes the passport as both an instrument of personal freedom and a tool of government surveillance powerful enough to define our very humanity. 
   
  Patrick Bixby examines the passports of artists and intellectuals, ancient messengers and modern migrants to reveal how these seemingly humble documents implicate us in larger narratives about identity, mobility, citizenship, and state authority. 
   
  This concise cultural history:  
  • Takes the reader on a captivating journey from pharaonic Egypt and Handynasty China to the passport controls and crowded refugee camps of today. 
  • Connects intimate stories of vulnerability and desire with vivid examples drawn from world cinema, literature, art, philosophy, and politics 
  • Highlights the control that travel documents have over our bodies as we move around the globe. 
   
  With unexpected discoveries at every turn, from narrow escapes and new starts, tearful departures and hopeful arrivals, License to Travel shares some of our most memorable experiences involving the passport.

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  How to Stop Romanticizing the...

  Magickal Spot

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  You’re not “too attached.” You’re grieving — and your brain is trying to make the loss feel survivable by turning the past into a highlight reel.  
    
  One perfect weekend. One sweet text. One version of them that only existed for a few weeks… while your mind quietly deletes the fights, the anxiety, the disconnection, and the reasons it ended. 
    
  How to Stop Romanticizing the Past is a steady, honest audiobook for anyone stuck in the loop: scrolling old photos, rereading messages, checking their socials, and comparing every new person to an edited memory that no real relationship can compete with. 
    
  Across seven grounded lessons, you’ll learn:why romanticizing happens (and why it feels addictive)what you’re actually missing underneath “I miss them”how selective memory distorts the relationship into a fantasyhow to grieve the “hoped-for version” you never truly hadhow to stop checking their life without white-knuckling ithow to hold the whole truth (good and bad) without collapsinghow to integrate the chapter so it stops pulling you backward 
  This isn’t about hating your ex or erasing your history. It’s about remembering the whole story—so you can stop feeding the fantasy, release the obsession, and move forward with clarity. 
   This audiobook includes a thoughtful companion guide designed to help you break the loop in real time—not just understand it intellectually. Inside the guide, you’ll find grounding exercises, truth-based prompts, and simple reality checks to use when the urge to romanticize, scroll, or revisit the past hits.  
  It helps you remember the whole story, interrupt the highlight-reel thinking, and gently redirect your attention back to the life you’re actually living now.

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  Stories from Kathasaritasagara...

  Anusha HS

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  The book Kathasaritsagara has been created by Soma Deva. It consists of 21,500 shlokas. 
  This book Kathasaritsagara has been divided into 18 lambakaas, and those 18 lambakaas are still more divided into 125 Tharanga's. 
  Some lambakaas are very big, while some are very small. 
  If there are 115 Shlokas in the 11th Lambaka, there are around 4925 Shlokas in 12th Lambaka. 
  During ancient times from the mouth of Lord Shiva, this story got birth. Those who listen to this story will experience all sorts of worldly pleasures. They will be blessed by Lord Shiva and at last reach jnana Loka by the blessings of lord shiva.

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