This book will be valuable to those with an interest in international security, conflict bargaining, and US foreign policy. It identifies important conditions that influence whether resolved statements issued by leaders in international disputes are effective at coercing adversaries. It also utilizes statistical analysis and case studies of US foreign policy.

Why do some leaders and segments of the public display remarkable persistence in confrontations in international politics, while others cut and run? The answer given by policymakers, pundits, and political scientists usually relates to issues of resolve. Yet, though we rely on resolve to explain almost every phenomenon in international politics—from prevailing at the bargaining...(展开全部)

Why do some leaders and segments of the public display remarkable persistence in confrontations in international politics, while others cut and run? The answer given by policymakers, pundits, and political scientists usually relates to issues of resolve. Yet, though we rely on resolve to explain almost every phenomenon in international politics—from prevailing at the bargaining...(展开全部)

Nations at War provides an explanation of war in international politics grounded on data-based, empirical research. The book classifies and synthesizes the research findings of over 500 quantitative analyses of war at the analytic level of the state, dyad, region, and international system. Because wars follow from political decisions, two basic decision-making models - the rati...(展开全部)

"Analysis of Financial Statements" is a powerful business handbook for investors, bankers, and other professionals who rely on financial statement understanding and analysis. For investors who need to evaluate why increased sales didn't lead to higher stock prices...for bankers who need to know the underlying reasons a customer wants to borrow funds...for any business person wh...(展开全部)

Recent financial events have taught us to take a more critical look at the financial disclosures provides by companies. In the Third Edition of Analysis of Financial Statements, Pamela Peterson-Drake and Frank Fabozzi once again team up to provide a practical guide to understanding and interpreting financial statements. Written to reflect current market conditions, this reliabl...(展开全部)

Revised and up to date, the Second Edition includes valuable information that addresses questions such as: What is transparency and why do we care? How can financial statements inform investors? How can financial statements mislead investors? How has the Sarbanes-Oxley Act changed companies' financial disclosures? What should you look for in financial disclosures when judg...(展开全部)

This collection brings together twenty-two essays by Paul Ricoeur under the topics of structuralism, psychoanalysis, hermeneutics, and religion. In dramatic conciseness, the essays illuminate the work of one of the leading philosophers of the day. Those interested in Ricoeur's development of the philosophy of language will find rich and suggestive reading. But the diversity of ...(展开全部)

Originally developed to help heterosexual couples, fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilization and sperm donation have provided lesbians with new methods for achieving pregnancy during the past two decades. "Queering Reproduction" is an important sociological analysis of lesbians' use of these medical fertility treatments. Drawing on in-depth interviews with lesbians se...(展开全部)