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The Secrecy Dilemma in National SecurityRecent scandals like WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden&'s disclosure of NSA documents have brought public debates over government accountability and secrecy bubbling to the surface. How can modern democracies balance the need for privacy in delicate foreign policy matters with the necessity of openness in gaining...

A DefenseThe Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle is the international community's major response to the problem of genocide and mass atrocities - a problem seen in Bosnia, Rwanda and more recently in Syria. This book argues that although it is far from perfect R2P offers the best chance we have of building an international community that...

Our changing attitudes to alcohol, tobacco, and drugsIn Demons, Virginia Berridge explores the factors that have affected social attitudes to tobacco, alcohol, and a variety of drugs, through history. Gender, class, and political context have all played a part in a debate that continues today in concerns about binge drinking in the young and the...

A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding, Programming, Playing, and Recording the Ultimate Electronic Music InstrumentElectronic music instruments weren&'t called synthesizers until the 1950s, but their lineage began in 1919 with Russian inventor Lev Sergeyevich Termen&'s development of the Etherphone, now known as the Theremin. From that point,...

The globalization of trade and increasing international travel and migration poses huge challenges for health practitioners and policy makers who have to meet legal and policy obligations to provide health care of equal quality and effectiveness for all.  Migration, Ethnicity, Race, and Health in Multicultural Societies provides an accessible...

With an ageing population, there is little doubt that the majority of hospital based consultants and their teams will care for older patients and the many complications this presents. This book provides an evidence-based guide for both trainees and consultants in geriatric medicine and those interested in geriatric medicine. Designed in line with...