This is the first systematic study of modern China's military campaigns and the actual fighting conducted by the People's Liberation Army since the founding of the People's Republic. It provides a general overview of the evolution of PLA military doctrine, and then focuses on major combat episodes from the civil war with the Nationalists to the last significant combat in Vietnam in 1979, in addition to navy and air operations through 1999. In contrast to the many works on the specifics and...

This book examines the crucial formative period of Chinese attitudes toward nuclear weapons - the immediate post-Hiroshima/Nagasaki period and the Korean War. It provides a detailed account of U.S. actions and attitudes during this period and China's response, which was especially acute after both countries had entered the Korean conflict as enemies. This response dispels some of the myths that have long existed regarding China's perceptions of nuclear war.

Now updated, this handbook provides a definitive practical resource to the provisions and complexities of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and how it continues to evolve. Written by some of the country's most knowledgeable experts on the CWA, this practical guide is a compilation of their experience in understanding this complex statute, its implementing regulations and guidelines, and the impact of recent developments. Beginning with an overview of the law's provisions and pertinent regu...

Methods textbooks generally offer prescriptive advice on how to perform certain techniques, how to develop specific strategies, how to analyze your results. But, as all experienced ethnographers know, this fine-sounding advice rarely provides ample guidance in dealing with real people in real field settings. That is where this casebook differs. Selecting many key methods regularly used by anthropologists - participant observation, consensus analysis, simple surveys, scaling, freelisting an...

After Dark Box Set – 4 Short Novellas What would you do if your dreams became REAL?Jeremy Patten discovers he has a unique power. When others sleep Jeremy is able to enter their dreams, a world where those around him are asleep, and Jeremy is conscious of the world and events around him. He is able to use his power to bring realism to the dream world he enters, seek out and help solve the mysteries around him.The Story Begins In the first book of this series, 'The Story Beg...

Another backpacker murder!When Jan and Rodney Wiltshire purchased the Manor in 2002 they thought the history of murders associated with the old establishment was behind them. But when a backpacker is murdered whilst they holiday in the UK the Manor is again in the spotlight with a long list of murders associated with the Manor dating back 60 years.Jeremy Patten uses his unique skill to help Police investigators solve this long running mystery by visiting people after dark. ...

What if your dreams become REAL?Following a freak accident Jeremy Patten discovers he has a unique power. When others sleep, he can summon their subconscious or be summoned to help those in need … enter their dreams, communicate with them, unlock their deepest memories and truths. Not only is he able to learn and understand what is happening in other people's lives, he is able to influence their actions in the pursuit of justice and fair play.Committed to l...

To be a successful business, you need to stop doing random acts of marketing and start using a reliable plan for rapid business growth.Traditional thinking on creating a marketing plan has been a difficult and overwhelming process, resulting in not getting done.Google My Business reveals a new marketing cutting edge breakthrough that makes creating the foundation for a business marketing plan simple and easy. It takes the difficulty out of your business marketing strategy.

The identity of Robin Hood has been questioned many times since the Outlaw of Sherwood first sprang to fame in the twelfth century. No two authorities seem able to agree as to his origins, antecedents, or even whether or not he was a historical personage or a mythical figure. Historians, both amateur and professional, have for years been bringing out new books in which they claim to have found ‘the real Robin Hood’, but his identity remains clouded. More recent studies have sought to push ...

Offering a comprehensive analysis of web series as an experimental media form, this book traces their emergence in the late 1990s in the United States to their global influence across platforms such as YouTube, Facebook and TikTok.Produced independently and outside traditional media channels, web series have transformed screen content by enabling creators to explore unconventional ideas, access new audiences directly, and carve pathways into the industry. This book explores how thi...

Grassland animals run as herds for protection on the open, grassy plains. What other animals are they running from? Find out in this song and book about grassland animals! Paired books and music increase students' enagement and their retention of key facts. Includes hardcover book, music CD plus online music access.

Find out how animals survive in the dry and often very hot desert climate while singing and reading along! Paired music and text increases student engagement and helps kids retain key facts. Includes hardcover book, music CD plus online music access.