New Releases by Paul Rogers

As the ‘War on Terror’ evolves into the ‘Long War’ against Islamo-fascism, it demands an enduring commitment to ensuring the security of the United States and its allies. This policy is based on the requirement to maintain control in a fractured and unpredictable global environment, while paying little attention to the underlying issues that lead to insecurity. It is an approach that is manifestly failing, as the continuing problems in Afghanistan and Iraq demonstrate. Moreover, ‘control’ implies the maintenance of a global order that focuses on power remaining in the hands of a transnational elite community, principally focused on North America and Western Europe, but extending worldwide. This elite largely ignores socio-economic divisions and environmental constraints, and sees continuing stability as being best achieved by the maintenance of the status quo, using force when necessary. This collection of essays by Professor Paul Rogers argues that this post-Cold War security paradigm is fundamentally misguided and unsustainable. It concludes with two new essays on the need for a new conception of global security rooted in justice and emancipation. Global Security and the War on Terror will be essential reading for students and scholars of security studies, the Cold War, international relations and development studies.

-- World''s leading security expert asseses prospects for a war with Iran --Iraq stands on the edge of civil war. As sectarian killings escalate, and troops become more deeply entrenched, is there any prospect of an exit strategy? Leading security expert

This volume explores in close detail the events and factors leading up to the second Gulf War in 2003 and considers whether war with Iraq was inevitable. Nick Ritchie and Paul Rogers argue that after the election of George W. Bush, conflict between Iraq and the United States was probable, and that after 9/11 it became virtually inevitable. They begin by setting the story of Iraq, Bush and 9/11 within the broader context of the importance of the Persian Gulf to enduring US national security interests and go on to examine the intense politicking that surrounded the conflict and still reverberates today. The authors examine US policy towards Iraq at the end of the Clinton administration, the opposition in Congress and Washington’s conservative think tanks to Clinton’s strategy of containment, and the evolution of Iraq policy during the first eight months of the Bush presidency and the growing pressure for regime change. They also explore the immediate focus on Iraq after the attacks of September 11 that marked a watershed in US national security policy and chart the construction of the case against Iraq through 2002 and the administration’s determination to end Saddam Hussein’s regime at all costs. The Political Road to War with Iraq will be of great interest to all students and scholars of US foreign policy, war and peace studies and international relations.

Leading security expert analyses the implications of war in Iraq, and the possibility of an attack on Iran and its consequences.

In this IBM Redbooks publication, we describe how to configure the various components of an e-business solution to exploit the availability and scalability benefits of zSeries and Parallel Sysplex using multiple LPARs running Linux for zSeries and z/OS. This publication applies to WebSphere for z/OS V6, and is a continuation of the project evaluating high availability using WebSphere for z/OS V5 and V4. Presented in three parts (theory, systems setup, and availability tests), we cover workload balancing, the use of HTTP sessions, various architectures, and how to set up and test your infrastructures. Considerations for configuring the systems and applications in an e-business environment are also examined, and we address such questions as: - Should there be separate front-end systems for running the WebSphere Application Server? - How should e-business components be configured to minimize or eliminate the impact of a system outage? - What is the best way to communicate between the WebSphere systems and the back-end application systems? - What is the impact on the end user if there is a failure in one of the front-end or back-end systems?

Profiles twenty-six of the jazz greats of all time, from Count Basie to Louis Armstrong, through a review of their work, their life stories, and their greatest hits by one of today''s top jazz performers. A is for "almighty" Louis Armstrong, whose amazingartistry unfolds in an accumulative poem shaped like the letter he stands for. As for sax master Sonny Rollins, whose "robust style radiates roundness," could there be a better tribute than a poetic rondeau? In an extraordinary feat, Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz composer Wynton Marsalis harmonizes his love and knowledge of jazz''s most celebrated artists with an astounding diversity of poetic forms-from simple blues (Count Basie) to a complex pantoum (Charlie Parker), from a tender sonnet (Sarah Vaughan) to a performance poem snapping the rhythms of Art Blakey to life.

This IBM Redbook describes problem diagnosis fundamentals and analysis methodologies for the z/OS system. It provides guidelines for the collection of relevant diagnostic data, tips for analyzing the data, and techniques to assist in identifying and resolving of Language Environment, CICS, CICSPlex/SM, MQSeries, VTAM, and DB2 problems. Also described are some diagnostic procedures that are not purely z/OS, but that are related to the various platforms (UNIX and Windows) where IBM software executes and interacts with z/OS in a Client/Server or distributed framework topology. This document shows you how to: - Adopt a systematic and thorough approach to dealing with problems - Identify the different types of problems - Determine where to look for diagnostic information and how to obtain it - Interpret and analyze the diagnostic data collected - Escalate problems to the IBM Support Center when necessary Diagnostic data collection and analysis is a dynamic and complex process. This redbook shows you how to identify and document problems, collect and analyze pertinent diagnostic data and obtain help as needed, to speed you on your way to problem resolution.

Radical critique of the ''war on terror'' by leading media commentator and peace scholar.

Voyage is a French course with grammar and progression at its heart designed to help teachers cover all the requirements of the National Curriculum. The course provides clear explanantions and a variety of practice activities, making learning and teaching easier. It fully integrates differentiation to meet the needs of a wide-ability range and includes regular assessments such as end-of-unit tests at Key Stage 3 and examination practice at Key Stage 4. It addresses the information and communication technology component of the National Curriculum.

Voyage is a French course with grammar and progression at its heart designed to help teachers cover all the requirements of the National Curriculum. The course provides clear explanantions and a variety of practice activities, making learning and teaching easier. It fully integrates differentiation to meet the needs of a wide-ability range and includes regular assessments such as end-of-unit tests at Key Stage 3 and examination practice at Key Stage 4. It addresses the information and communication technology component of the National Curriculum.

Presenting contemporary French course with grammar and progression, this title helps teachers to cover the requirements of the Revised National Curriculum. This Teacher''s Book provides teachers with support in planning and delivering their lessons. It contains answers to exercises from the Students'' Book and the Copymasters.

This series provides full preparation of the National Curriculum, Standard Grade and Junior Certificate. Students'' books, online teacher''s material and copymasters have been revised to incorporate the new German spelling. It provides lively, differentiated activities which cater for a wide range of abilities. Assessment is fully integrated at all stages.

Zickzack neu new German spelling is a four-stage course leading a wide ability-range of students to success.

Although forest health may be difficult to define and measure, a strong demand exists for assessment of forest conditions at various state, regional, and national scales. Forest Health Monitoring (FHM) is a national program designed to measure the status, changes, and trends of forest conditions annually. This report presents a broad view of forest health issues affecting the Interior West region of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. We found that the forests of the Interior West have changed considerably in the past century. What is more difficult to assess is whether humans have promoted change that is irreversible, or whether the change we see in the forested landscape is within healthy bounds. Discussions of forest health and forest cover change, the developed and wildland interface, insect and disease disturbances, watershed health, biodiversity, and air quality comprise the body of this report. This initial report sets the stage for more in-depth reports on forest health in the Interior West by introducing the FHM program, defining "the forest" regionally, discussing prominent issues, and displaying summary FHM data taken from 1996-1999. A website address is provided on the inside back cover of this report to solicit reader suggestions for improving future FHM reports.

Zickzack neu new German spelling is a four-stage course leading a wide ability-range of students to success.

A radical analysis of global security which argues that elite societies cannot maintain their power and position in an increasingly divided and environmentally constrained world.

A LARGE FORMAT version of a rhyming picture book about a grandmothers memories of her Edwardian childhood, through World War II, to the present day. Includes tips on how to trace ones own family tree. Suitable for National Curriculum Key Stage 1-2. Illustrated in full colour.

Designed to complement any Key Stage 4 French course, this series of large-format French readers has a photo-roman style. This fourth book in the series, like each of the others, contains three stories of increasing length which are presented with manageable amounts of everyday spoken language in the form of speech-bubbles. The photographs complement the text and aim to bring an element of fun to the learning process. Also included are vocabulary lists and exercises, for which the answers are available separately.

Every generation or so, a team comes along whose march toward victory is so improbable that you can''t help but root them along. The 1950 Philadelphia Phillies was that kind of team; young and spirited, the Whiz Kids played a raw, emotional brand of baseball, nipping the Brooklyn Dodgers on the final day of the season to bring the National League''s perennial doormat its first title in 35 years. Hall-of-Fame member Robin Roberts, the team''s ace starter, peppers his recollections with snippets of oral history from his teammates to produce a book as lively as the team itself.--