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  Argentine Perspectives on the...

  Nicholas van der Bijl

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  A new assessment of the Falklands War from the Argentine perspective.
  
  In 1982, the United Kingdom and Argentina fought a war over an historical disagreement over the colonial “ownership” or rights over the Falkland Islands. Within months of the Argentinian defeat, General Edgardo Calvi, then the Argentine Head of the Army Joint Chief of Staff, was instructed to undertake a wide-ranging and formal inquiry to investigate the performance of the Argentine Army during the Falklands. Calvi concluded that while the Army had the motivation, it lacked the organization, equipment, training, and ability to oppose an army capable of operating in a variety of environments. The war exposed political, military, and public weaknesses in a period of considerable internal unrest during the seven years of the Dirty War. Several senior officers who fought in the Falklands were imprisoned for offenses committed during the Dirty War. Secrecy and political disagreements isolated the Service chiefs of staff from the logistic and operational planning. This book tells the story of the Falklands War from the Argentine Army perspective.

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  Ora - Healing Ourselves –...

  Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Leonie Pihama

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  This collection brings together indigenous thinkers and practitioners from Aotearoa and internationally to discuss the effects of
  trauma on indigenous peoples across social, economic, political and cultural environments.
  The authors explore understandings and practices of indigenous people, grounded in the knowledge of ancestors and based on
  research, that facilitate healing and wellbeing. The first part of the book focuses on research findings from He Oranga Ngākau:
  Māori Approaches to Trauma Informed Care, which supports health providers working with whānau experiencing trauma. It
  discusses tikanga Māori concepts, decolonising approaches and navigating mauri ora.
  The subsequent chapters explore indigenous models of healing, focusing on connections to land and the environment, whakapapa
  connections and indigenous approaches such as walking, hunting, and growing and accessing traditional foods for wellbeing.

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  Intimidation - Using Fear or...

  Cito Harder

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  Intimidation is a powerful tool used to control, manipulate, or influence others through fear, coercion, or the threat of consequences. It is a fundamental aspect of power dynamics in human interactions, appearing in personal relationships, workplaces, politics, and even entire societies. While often associated with overt threats and aggressive behavior, intimidation can also be subtle, manifesting through psychological pressure, social exclusion, or implied consequences rather than direct violence. Regardless of its form, intimidation serves as a means of asserting dominance and shaping the behavior of individuals or groups. 
  Throughout history, intimidation has played a crucial role in maintaining authority and enforcing societal norms. Rulers, military leaders, and institutions have long relied on fear to deter opposition and ensure obedience. From ancient empires using public punishments to instill fear in the masses to modern governments leveraging surveillance and propaganda, intimidation remains a key strategy for those in power. However, it is not limited to large-scale societal control—intimidation also operates at the personal level, where individuals use fear to manipulate or silence others in personal, professional, and social settings. 
  The effectiveness of intimidation lies in its ability to exploit human psychology. Fear is a primal emotion, hardwired into the brain as a survival mechanism. When people perceive a threat—whether physical, emotional, or social—they often become more compliant, seeking to avoid harm or conflict. This reaction can be seen in various contexts, such as an employee hesitating to speak out against an abusive manager, a student fearing retaliation from a school bully, or a population complying with oppressive laws due to the threat of punishment.

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  Pompeii - History of the Roman...

  Kelly Mass

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  Pompeii was an ancient Roman city situated near modern-day Naples in the Campania region of Italy, within what is now the comune of Pompei. It thrived as a bustling urban center until the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. This violent explosion buried Pompeii, along with the neighboring cities of Herculaneum and several luxurious villas in the surrounding countryside, including those at Boscoreale and Stabiae, beneath a thick blanket of volcanic ash and pumice. The depth of this sudden entombment ranged from four to six meters (13 to 20 feet), sealing the city and its inhabitants in a chilling moment of suspended animation.  
  When excavations began centuries later, Pompeii revealed itself as an unprecedented time capsule of Roman life. The city was preserved in remarkable detail, offering a rare and invaluable glimpse into the daily routines, architectural styles, and cultural expressions of its people. However, the early excavations, conducted with rudimentary methods, often led to the destruction of crucial evidence. Despite these losses, Pompeii remains one of the most well-documented archaeological sites, providing scholars with insights into the lives of Romans that would have otherwise been lost to history. 

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  The Timeline of Intelligent Life...

  Martin K. Ettington

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  I’m fascinated with Ancient History because there are continuous new discoveries which push back the dawn of civilization by thousands of years. In the last couple of decades, the discoveries at Gobekli Tepe in eastern Turkey pushed back man-made structures to the time period of 9,000-11,000 B.C. Thousands of years before the next know civilizations existed.This book includes my research on ancient sites around the world, underground structures, giants, the destruction of civilization about 10,500 B.C., the real Atlantis, and out of place objects which can be millions of years old.With this collection of a wide variety of information I decided that what is needed is a full timeline of intelligent life on Earth from millions of years ago to the present. There are a lot of gaps in this information but enough records, findings, and discoveries exist to propose an initial timeline of intelligent life on Earth going back hundreds of millions of years.Yes-I’m saying intelligent life has existed on Earth that long, and since humanity and even primates don’t exist in those times at all, aliens must have lived on the Earth at that time. There are three parts to this book:Part One - Millions of Years AgoThis includes stories of aliens existing on Earth in our history, and many out of place objects made by intelligent beings, and the fossil record which provides supporting evidence that intelligent life did exist at those times.Part Two - The Unknown Civilizations of ManHere we have evidence of structures built by man but way before any accepted records that civilization or man made constructions existed. Some of these things may go back 100,000 years ago.Part Three – Post Ice Age CivilizationsThis part includes evidence that the Younger Dryas event was actually comets striking the Earth which caused major disasters and probably the destruction of civilizations about 10,500 B.C.My intention is that this timeline will provide a skeleton to be filled in.

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  A Vindication of the Rights of...

  Mary Wollstonecraft

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  One of the first works published on feminist philosophy, in response to the theorists of the time that argued that education was not a place for women, Wollstonescraft rebukes such oppressing stances, championing the idea of empowering women in education, politics, and society rather than serving as decorative additions to their husbands.

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