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Through the voices of William Blake, Rainer Maria Rilke, Franz Kafka, Martin Buber, Lao-Tzu, Gregory Bateson, and Jiddu Krishnamurti and his own commentary on their texts, Schoen explores values in psychotherapy and the values of meaning in life. In the final chapter Dr. Schoen, a psychiatrist in private practice and former president of the Gestalt Institute of San Francisco, discusses terms, "Contextual Therapy," and outlines a new paradigm of therapy. Schoen goes beyond the Transpersonal and the existential, and asks readers to explore their own values by exploring the values and world views of these great thinkers, poets, and story tellers. ... Read more

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The contemporary search for the feminine face of God is requiring a re-examination of the relationship of Christianity to the pagan world in which it came to birth. Stephen Benko approaches this study as both an historian and a Christian believer. Inquiring into extra-biblical sources of Marian piety, belief and doctrine, he proposes 'that there is a direct line, unbroken and clearly discernible, from the goddess-cults of the ancients to the reverence paid and eventually the cult accorded to the Virgin Mary.' Chapter by chapter he seeks to establish his conclusion that 'in Mariology the Christian genius preserved and transformed some of the best and noblest ideas that paganism developed. Rather than being a 'regression' into Paganism, Mariology is a progression toward a clearer and better understanding of the feminine aspect of the divine and the role of the female in the history of salvation.' ... Read more

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Not perfect but not as bad as the previous reviews
Good analysis of and stock taking of realist theories of the causes of war, including going beyond the normal structural realist "material factors" and systems level causes.Yes van Evera could use more historical research to back up his cases, that is a constant criticism I have of his work.However, this is a good, well argued book that is very accessible unlike books that are either: heavily quantitative (which are just qualitative works set to numbers, how you quantify social phenomenon is a subjective enterprise), rational choice, or post-modern.

An uncommonly useful contribution from academia
As a policy maker involved in foreign policy, I am ususally dismayed bythe lack of useful research from political scientists.This book is aprofound exception.

Van Evera's book has clarified my thinking on manypoints; I recommend this book wholeheartedly.

Causes of War?
This book claims to offer a "master theory" explaining the causes of war. It also seeks to provide policy prescriptions to show soldiers and statesmen how to make conflict less likely.It is a loftyaim, but the book falls far short of its mark. Van Evera's book is arevision of part of a fifteen-year-old dissertation that must rank amongthe most widely cited unpublished works in history, It is a work of socialscience, and he takes great care to observe all the methodologicalconventions of the field.The resulting volume is thus of greater interestto students and professors than soldiers and statesmen.It is, at itscore, a book about formulating and testing hypotheses.It is organizedaround five hypotheses: (1) "war is more likely when states fall preyto false optimism about its outcome," (2) "war is more likelywhen the advantage lies with the first side to mobilize or attack,"(3) "war is more likely when the relative power of states fluctuatessharply," (4) "war is more likely when the control of resourcesenables the protection or acquisition of other resources," and (5)"war is more likely when conquest is easy." Van Evera devotesthe first four chapters of the book to his first four hypotheses.Thesechapters collectively offer a useful survey of how power and perceptions ofit can create incentives for war.At times, however, the book's search fora "master theory" clashes with the demands of carefulscholarship.In some cases, Van Evera cites evidence supporting hishypotheses while omitting equally persuasive facts contradicting it. Elsewhere he draws upon ambiguous or contradictory cases to support hishypothesis.He also frequently makes assertions without supporting them. He claims, for example, that while striking first rarely confers abattlefield advantage, leaders often operate under the illusion that itdoes. (p. 71).He offers no basis for this conclusion.Instead, he merelylists cases that be believes support his contention.Moreover, the caseshe examines in depth - World War I, China's entry into the Korean War, andthe 1967 Arab-Israeli War - are at best ambiguous on this issue. Heheart of the book examines the hypothesis that war is more likely whenconquest is easy - in other words, when the offense is at a markedadvantage.Van Evera argues that his formulation of offense-defense theoryoffers the master key that unlocks the causes of war.It is, however,little more than a re-tread of theories that grew out of nuclear deterrencetheory and the study of the origins of World War I during the Cold War. There is scant evidence that statesmen actually decide to start warsbecause of a perceived offensive advantage.There is one potentialexception, World War I, and Van Evera milks it for all that it is worth. There is, however, something methodologically suspect about using a case toprove a theory that grew out of a study of that very case. Thucydides believed that states go to war due to fear, honor, andself-interest.Van Evera apparently dismisses the third explanation,because nowhere does it appear in his hypotheses.Implicit in his book'soverall argument is the assumption that states can never use war as arational instrument to achieve political objectives. In fact, however,throughout history statesmen have found war preferable to other outcomes,and not merely due to misperception. The book's final chapter, whichdiscusses nuclear strategy, is its weakest.Indeed, it seems out of place. It is a polemic against ballistic missile defense distinguished byassertion rather than argumentation. Whatever one's view of nationalmissile defense, there are thoughtful arguments on both sides of the issue. These are, however, entirely absent from this book.Instead, what appearsis a regurgitation of Cold War arguments about nuclear deterrence, onesthat are by now worn and frayed.

A surprisingly pedestrian analysis of the "Causes of War"
This book is profoundly disappointing.After waiting almost a decade for publication, one wonders "is this really it?"While scholars have identified myriad potential causes of war, Van Evera picks just five,all drawn from the so-called Realist school.Current puzzles such as thedemocratic peace go unmentioned.Discussion of where his analysis fitsinto the quantitative literature on the origins of war is absent, there isno bibliography, the index is incomplete, he relies almost entirely onEnglish language secondary sources for his case studies, and themethodological discussion is embarassing.Regarding the latter, Van Everasmugly claims that the rules of scientific inference simply do not apply inhis case.As a course book its principle use would be to instruct graduatestudents on how *not* to conduct social science.If you're a true believerin the realist school, then this is a book you will love, otherwise it islargely forgetable sophistry.Blainey's 'Causes' is a far, far betterbook.

ok... but what about peace?
reinvesting argumentative dialogue that flirts with disaster in a nuclear age is destined to result in disaster.the path to peace is carefully outlined in religious text throughout time... and should be complete in vaneverera's text.i recommend text from the Hopi, Swiss, Tibet, Kikuyutraditional elders on the subject of "peace". ... Read more

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This book examines the roots of contemporary environmental consciousness and action in terms of both popular experience and tradition. A wide range of geographical and thematic case-studies explore the myth, tradition and collective memory that shape our environmental thought.
Containing a wealth of empirical source material, this book will be invaluable for sociologists and historians alike.
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This digital document is an article from Poetry, published by Thomson Gale on October 1, 2005. The length of the article is 2574 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Letters to the editor.(Letter to the Editor)
Author: David Fenza
Publication: Poetry (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 187Issue: 1Page: 64(9)

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Great Little Kids Train Book!
A super sweet story and wonderful illustrations...and it's not Thomas!Good for little boys or girls ages 2 through 5, maybe even for a 6 year old if they are reading it.

Three Books in One!
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A feisty final-year student at the University of Hustler, Abby Maguire works in an Ann Summers-style intimate apparel outlet.? While dressing the shop window of "Some Like It Hot", she is attacked by two lapsed paramilitaries, who destroy the store and almost destroy Abby.? With the aid of her placement tutor, Dave Kelley, Abby escapes the psychopathic enforcers only to plunge into a noisome netherworld of arms dealers, money launderers, secret agents, neo-Nazis, paedophile priests and, most horrifying of all, freelance management consultants. An action-packed prequel to the acclaimed [i]The Marketing Code[/i], [i]Agents & Dealers[/i] races from Edinburgh to Nuremberg via Belfast and Dublin. Spine-chilling and side-splitting by turns, it reveals the whereabouts of the legendary Spear of Destiny, uncovers the equally legendary encounter between Adolf Hitler and W.B. Yeats, exposes a ruthless secret society at the heart of Ireland's unstoppable Tiger economy and unmasks the blood-soaked background to Dan Brown's bestselling books, [i]Angels & Demons[/i] and [i]The Da Vinci Code[/i].Other titles by Stephen Brown:[i]The Customer KeyThe Marketing CodeFail Better! [/i] ... Read more

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Liberia was in the headlines in 1990 when thousands of teenage fighters, including young men wearing women's clothing and bizarre objects of decoration, laid seige to the capital, Monrovia. In response to the crisis, a West African peacekeeping force, ECONMOG, was sent to stabilize the country and prevent the main warlord, Charles Taylor, from coming to power. Seven years later, however, Taylor was elected President. The country had a fragile peace but the war had spread to its neighbour Sierra Leone. This book traces the history of the civil war that has blighted Liberia in recent years and looks at its roots in the way governments have been established in West Africa during the 20th century. ... Read more