In Her Rival's Arms

In Her Rival's Arms
Author: Alison Roberts
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2014-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1460338804

You can't help who you fall for… The arrival of Dominic Brabant was like something out of a movie. Walking into Suzanna Zelensky's shop in his buttoned-up suit, he couldn't help but make an impression. She can't control the erratic beating of her heart. But this stranger's here for more pressing matters…. Her home is at the top of his redevelopment list! Zanna soon discovers you can't help falling in love with the wrong person…but ending up in her rival's arms might well be the best decision she's ever made!

Forbidden Fiji Nights with Her Rival

Forbidden Fiji Nights with Her Rival
Author: JC Harroway
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2024-10-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0369759508

Two professional rivals find friction in Fiji when working together brings up past grievances, and feelings, from the one reckless night they can’t seem to forget. Read more in JC Harroway’s latest Harlequin Medical Romance novel! TRAPPED…WITH ONLY THEIR CHEMISTRY FOR COMPANY! Trauma surgeon Della has a love-hate relationship with her work rival and brother’s best friend, Harvey. Three years ago, fresh from a messy divorce, she recklessly succumbed to the uncontainable need they shared. Then discovered Harvey had stolen a job out from under her! Now they're stuck working together in Fiji, and their verbal sparring is still as thrilling as it is infuriating. Della is acutely aware of how fine the line is between loathing…and longing. Is it simply a matter of time before they pick up where they left off…? From Harlequin Medical: Life and love in the world of modern medicine.

The Origins of the First World War

The Origins of the First World War
Author: James Joll
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2022-08-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000623858

This thoroughly revised edition has been updated to incorporate recent case studies, biographies, syntheses, journal articles and scholarly conferences that appeared in conjunction with the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War in 2014. The original version of this work, published by James Joll in 1984, quickly became established as the authoritative introduction to the subject of the war’s origins. Significantly expanded by Gordon Martel in 2007, this volume continues to offer a careful, clear, and comprehensive evaluation of the multitude of explanations advanced to explain the causes of the cataclysm of 1914, addressing each of the major interpretive approaches to the subject, with essay-like chapters addressing the alliance system, militarism and strategy, the international economy, imperial rivalries, the role of domestic politics and the ‘mood’ of 1914. This edition offers an extensive new introduction, a new conclusion (including ‘ten fateful choices’ that led to war), an entirely new chapter on the July Crisis, and a vastly expanded Guide to Further Reading. Covering over a century of controversy and scholarship, The Origins of the First World War is a valuable resource for all students and scholars interested in this major conflict.

Diplomatic Theory

Diplomatic Theory
Author: Barry H. Steiner
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2018-03-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1442239077

This book is intended as a primer for generalizing on a case-comparison basis about diplomatic statecraft, including resources and techniques available to states to attain their objectives. Twenty years in the making, it employs an inductive method in which small samples of cases occurring at different times and between different states are studied to track and understand specific variable diplomatic behavior. Its concern with empirically-grounded generalization, in which hypotheses are formulated and tested by case similarities and differences, is a new approach to diplomatic analysis. Diplomacy, though central to international relations study and practice, has generally been studied normatively rather than theoretically, in contrast to other international relations topics. Students of diplomacy, emphasizing statecraft’s complexity, have generally shied away from theory, while theory-minded international relations analysts have neglected statecraft and highlighted military capabilities and positional rivalries as determiners of state behavior. This book instead builds diplomatic theory by investigating variation in case experience, especially in the diplomatic choices made by states. It shows that theorizing is enhanced by a diplomatic point of view and by distinguishing diplomatic behavior as cause and as effect.

Catching Her Rival

Catching Her Rival
Author: Lisa Dyson
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2015-05-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0373609108

Let the games begin... Allie Miller's life is a little crazy at the moment. She just found out she has a twin sister, she's been working day and night to get her PR business off the ground, and now her heart's decided to fall for her biggest professional rival, Jack Fletcher. But Allie is used to life's challenges and intends to face this one--this very handsome, very charming one--head-on. However, when Jack suggests they be just friends, Allie is thrown for a loop. Lusting after the competition is one thing, but being his pal is nearly impossible...especially when she realizes she wants much more.

Cyberspace in Peace and War

Cyberspace in Peace and War
Author: Martin Libicki
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2016-10-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1682470334

This book is written to be a comprehensive guide to cybersecurity and cyberwar policy and strategy, developed for a one- or two-semester class for students of public policy (including political science, law, business, etc.). Although written from a U.S. perspective, most of its contents are globally relevant. It is written essentially in four sections. The first (chapters 1 - 5) describes how compromises of computers and networks permit unauthorized parties to extract information from such systems (cyber-espionage), and/or to force these systems to misbehave in ways that disrupt their operations or corrupt their workings. The section examines notable hacks of systems, fundamental challenges to cybersecurity (e.g., the lack of forced entry, the measure-countermeasure relationship) including the role of malware, and various broad approaches to cybersecurity. The second (chapters 6 - 9) describes what government policies can, and, as importantly, cannot be expected to do to improve a nation’s cybersecurity thereby leaving leave countries less susceptible to cyberattack by others. Among its focus areas are approaches to countering nation-scale attacks, the cost to victims of broad-scale cyberespionage, and how to balance intelligence and cybersecurity needs. The third (chapters 10 - 15) looks at cyberwar in the context of military operations. Describing cyberspace as the 5th domain of warfare feeds the notion that lessons learned from other domains (e.g., land, sea) apply to cyberspace. In reality, cyberwar (a campaign of disrupting/corrupting computers/networks) is quite different: it rarely breaks things, can only be useful against a sophisticated adversary, competes against cyber-espionage, and has many first-strike characteristics. The fourth (chapters 16 – 35) examines strategic cyberwar within the context of state-on-state relations. It examines what strategic cyberwar (and threats thereof) can do against whom – and how countries can respond. It then considers the possibility and limitations of a deterrence strategy to modulate such threats, covering credibility, attribution, thresholds, and punishment (as well as whether denial can deter). It continues by examining sub rosa attacks (where neither the effects nor the attacker are obvious to the public); the role of proxy cyberwar; the scope for brandishing cyberattack capabilities (including in a nuclear context); the role of narrative and signals in a conflict in cyberspace; questions of strategic stability; and norms for conduct in cyberspace (particularly in the context of Sino-U.S. relations) and the role played by international law. The last chapter considers the future of cyberwar.

Explaining War and Peace

Explaining War and Peace
Author: Jack Levy
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2007-06-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134101406

This edited volume focuses on the use of ‘necessary condition counterfactuals’ in explaining two key events in twentieth century history, the origins of the First World War and the end of the Cold War. Containing essays by leading figures in the field, this book analyzes the causal logics of necessary and sufficient conditions, demonstrates the variety of different ways in which necessary condition counterfactuals are used to explain the causes of individual events, and identifies errors commonly made in applying this form of causal logic to individual events. It includes discussions of causal chains, contingency, critical junctures, and ‘powder keg’ explanations, and the role of necessary conditions in each. Explaining War and Peace will be of great interest to students of qualitative analysis, the First World War, the Cold War, international history and international relations theory in general.