Step Wars

Step Wars
Author: Grace Gabe
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2004-04-08
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780312290993

A guide for adult stepchildren whose parents are remarrying later in life addresses such topics as inheritance disputes, health-care issues, the impact of later-life marriages on grandchildren, and family celebrations.

Star Wars

Star Wars
Author: Larry Weinberg
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 72
Release: 1980
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780394844930

Discusses how the movie "Star Wars" was made and how the special effects were created.

Obi-Wan's Foe

Obi-Wan's Foe
Author: Jane B. Mason
Publisher: LucasBooks for Young Readers
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2005
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0375826092

During the Clone wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi confronts General Grievous, Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies, in an easy-to-read title featuring photographs from the new Star Wars movie. Original.

Coding Projects in Scratch

Coding Projects in Scratch
Author: Jon Woodcock
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2016-07-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1465456678

Coding Projects in Scratch uses fun projects to show children how to code with Scratch, teaching essential coding and programming skills to young learners. Built on the basics of coding, each project follows simple, logical steps that are fully illustrated. Kids learn a new, important language through simply explained projects, with key coding concepts broken out in separate panels and illustrated with Minecraft-style pixel art. Learn how to create animations, build games, use sound effects, and more before sharing projects with friends online. Coding Projects in Scratch is highly visual and unique step-by-step workbook will help beginners with no coding skills learn how to build their own projects without any instructions, and helps them develop key programming skills that will last a lifetime.

China’s India War, 1962: Looking Back to See the Future

China’s India War, 1962: Looking Back to See the Future
Author: Air Commodore Jasjit Singh
Publisher: KW Publishers Pvt Ltd
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2013-03-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9385714791

A potential competition exists between India and China, and there is also no doubt that China started the war. Highlighting the mistakes made by India rather than empirically analysing the available data can be regarded as the primary causes for the confusion that exists today. Though complete details and evidence of the developments are available and documented, few of us have attempted to draw up a pragmatic and realist analysis. The consequences of that war have yet to die down entirely and are frequently raked up with issues on recent developments which are not widely dissimilar to those of 1962. China is a complex country. To understand this rapidly progressing nation is even more difficult. There are many perceptions on this country and many of them are formed on account of some international events and China’s growing assertiveness. It may be far-fetched to expect for a paradigm change in stance and motive which could give China an uncertain negotiating position. This edited volume provides the reader an excellent blend of the historical run-up to the aberration, the military developments and consequences. It is also provides useful material to understand the geographical boundary issues between India and China and developing Chinese strategies both on the political and military front.

The Steps to War

The Steps to War
Author: Paul D. Senese
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2008-08-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780691138923

The question of what causes war has concerned statesmen since the time of Thucydides. The Steps to War utilizes new data on militarized interstate disputes from 1816 to 2001 to identify the factors that increase the probability that a crisis will escalate to war. In this book, Paul Senese and John Vasquez test one of the major behavioral explanations of war--the steps to war--by identifying the various factors that put two states at risk for war. Focusing on the era of classic international politics from 1816 to 1945, the Cold War, and the post-Cold War period, they look at the roles of territorial disputes, alliances, rivalry, and arms races and show how the likelihood of war increases significantly as these risk factors are combined. Senese and Vasquez argue that war is more likely in the presence of these factors because they increase threat perception and put both sides into a security dilemma. The Steps to War calls into question certain prevailing realist beliefs, like peace through strength, demonstrating how threatening to use force and engaging in power politics is more likely to lead to war than to peace.

Jango Fett

Jango Fett
Author: Eric Arnold
Publisher: LucasBooks for Young Readers
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2002
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780375814648

Boba Fett's father, Jango, accepts a danger mission as a bounty hunter.

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
Author: David S. J. Hodgson
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2003
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0761542299

Engage in a Golden Age Saga - Strategies for fighting and equipment usage - Exclusive maps for every level, from Endar Spire to the climatic final battle - Strategies for each character class - Details on every NPC and party member - Complete strategies for the card game Pazaak - Comprehensive item, power-up, and weapon lists - Complete walkthrough from Padawan to Jedi Master - Tips for resisting (or receiving) the dark side! - All puzzle solutions, minigames, and side quests revealed

War Is Never Just

War Is Never Just
Author: David Swanson
Publisher: David Swanson
Total Pages: 111
Release: 2018-04-03
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1456630792

Swanson builds a case that the time has come to set behind us the idea that a war can ever be just. This critique of "Just War" theory finds the criteria such theories use to be either unmeasurable, unachievable, or amoral, and the perspective taken too narrow. This book argues that belief in the possibility of a just war does tremendous damage by facilitating enormous investment in war preparations–which strips resources from human and environmental needs while creating momentum for numerous unjust wars.

Churchill and Strategic Dilemmas Before the World Wars

Churchill and Strategic Dilemmas Before the World Wars
Author: John H. Maurer
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780714654683

Part of a three part collection in honour of the teachings of Michael I. Handel, one of the foremost strategists of the late 20th century, this collection explores the paradoxes of intelligence analysis, surprise and deception from both historical and theoretical perspectives.