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Case studies explore how to improve military adaptation and preparedness in peacetime by investigating foreign wars

An invigorating introduction to Spanish translation for advanced learners-now in its third edition with updated texts, new exercises that reinforce concepts found in previous chapters, and additional partner and group activities

Observations on the new American republic by an early president of Georgetown University

Offers an introduction to major topics in the field of Arabic sociolinguistics examines key issues in diglossia, code-switching, gendered discourse, language variation and change, and language policies. This title introduces and evaluates various theoretical approaches and models.

What is the Arabic term for "suicide bombing"? What phrase would be used to describe "peacekeeping forces" in the Arab media? Or "economic sanctions"? This title provides concise and accessible lists of the vocabulary, providing key terms for translating from and into Arabic.

An original history of six generations of an African American family living in Washington, DC

Jusuur 1 provides entry-level students with a wealth of written and audio-visual materials to develop their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Students who finish the two-book program will be able to communicate at novice-high or intermediate-low levels of proficiency.

"The Jusuur Arabic Language Program is an entry-level textbook program designed for students with no experience learning Arabic and, often, no experience with language learning in general. While existing textbooks (including Al-Kitaab) are designed for university-level courses meeting 4-5 times per week, Jusuur is for learners progressing at a more measured pace and with fewer contact hours, such as students in high school, community college, or less intense college classes. Each Jusuur textbook is designed for one academic year of use. After completing Jusuur 1, the Alphabet Workbook, and Jusuur 2 (i.e. after two years of instruction), students will be in the novice-high to intermediate-low range of proficiency. Thematically based, developmentally appropriate, and properly paced to suit learners at the secondary and post-secondary levels, the book would be the first to teach these student groups communicatively, following sociolinguistic principles. Integrating Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and colloquial Jordanian (a form of Levantine), students learn to communicate in Arabic from the very beginning about topics important to their daily lives. Further, teachers are provided with extensive supporting resources, substantially freeing up their time so that they can focus on teaching, not material preparation"--

In How We Vote, Kathleen Hale and Mitchell Brown explore how election officials work, how ballots are cast and counted, and how jurisdictions try to innovate while also protecting the security of the voting process. The result is a fascinating picture of how we vote now and will vote in the future.

Andrew Radin's Institution Building in Weak States introduces a domestic opposition theory that helps explain why institution building fails and what is required to make it work, offering a corrective for scholars of post-conflict missions, international development, and peacebuilding.

A riveting introduction to the complex and evolving field of geospatial intelligence, Geospatial Intelligence: Origins and Evolutions tells the story of how the current age of geospatial knowledge evolved from its ancient origins to become ubiquitous in daily life across the globe.

Pakistan's Political Parties examines how the civilian side of the state's current regime has survived the transition to democracy, providing insight into the evolution of political parties in Pakistan and their role in developing democracies in general. This overview is a one-of-a-kind resource.

Pakistan's Political Parties examines how the civilian side of the state's current regime has survived the transition to democracy, providing insight into the evolution of political parties in Pakistan and their role in developing democracies in general. This overview is a one-of-a-kind resource.

Shocks and Rivalries in the Middle East and North Africa is the first book to examine issue-driven antagonisms within groups of MENA states and their impact on relations within the region. The volume also considers how shock events can alter interstate tensions and the trajectory of conflict.

Shocks and Rivalries in the Middle East and North Africa is the first book to examine issue-driven antagonisms within groups of MENA states and their impact on relations within the region. The volume also considers how shock events can alter interstate tensions and the trajectory of conflict.

Daly uses the lens of virtue and vice to reimagine a Catholic ethics that can scrutinize the social forces that both affect our moral character and contribute to human well-being or suffering, creating an ethical framework for responding virtuously to the problems caused by global social systems.

Presents the histories of more than forty Americans who spied against their country over the years. This book illustrates the common threads in these spy cases, and the evolution of American attitudes towards espionage since the onset of the Cold War.

Reimagining Human Rights presents an interpretation of human rights "from below," showing how victims of atrocity can embrace the rhetoric of human rights to dismantle old narratives of power and advance new ones.

America's Entangling Alliances challenges the belief that the US resists international alliances. By documenting thirty-four alliances-including defense pacts, military coalitions, and security partnerships-Davidson finds that the US demand for allies is best explained by the evolution of US power.

Christine Firer Hinze advances Monsignor John A. Ryan's American Catholic defense of worker justice and a living wage, advocating for an action-oriented livelihood agenda that situates US working families' economic pursuits within a commitment to sustainable, radical sufficiency for all.

The first book to use the Catholic theological tradition to explore the importance of free time, The Fullness of Free Time provides a useful framework for scholars and students of moral theology as well as anyone hoping to make their free time more meaningful.

With contributions from the leading professionals in the field, The Art of Teaching Russian offers Russian-language practitioners current research, pedagogy, and specific methodologies for teaching the Russian language and culture in the twenty-first century.

With contributions from the leading professionals in the field, The Art of Teaching Russian offers Russian-language practitioners current research, pedagogy, and specific methodologies for teaching the Russian language and culture in the twenty-first century.

In this volume of the Building Bridges Seminar, leading Christian and Muslim scholars respond to the global crisis of inequality by demanding and modeling interreligious dialogue and exploring how the two faiths can work together to address inequality.

In this volume of the Building Bridges Seminar, leading Christian and Muslim scholars respond to the global crisis of inequality by demanding and modeling interreligious dialogue and exploring how the two faiths can work together to address inequality.

Al-'Arabiyya Volume 53 features five articles and six book reviews. Three of the articles contribute in many meaningful ways to Arabic sociolinguistics, one to Arabic second language learning and teaching pedagogy, and one to Arabic dialectology.

As a Georgetown resident for nearly a century, Britannia Kennon (1815-1911) of Tudor Place was close to the key political events and figures of her time. This record of her experiences-now available to the public for the first time-offers a unique glimpse of nineteenth-century America.

In Moral Agency within Social Structures and Culture, editor Daniel K. Finn proposes a field-changing critical realist sociology that puts Christian ethics into conversation with modern discourses on human agency and social transformation.