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The iconic green beret worn by Army Special Forces units dates back to the 1950s in the United States, and the Green Berets are today recognized as one of the strongest arms of the U.S. military. Their missions are uniquely designed for small squads to quickly and quietly take efficient action against enemies abroad. This title takes readers among the ranks of the Green Berets, explaining the units' work in counterterrorism, covert reconnaissance, and more. Colorful photographs complement the text to transport readers behind the scenes of this celebrated unit.

Even among America's top military units, the First Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta--better known as Delta Force--is considered elite. Its ranks are populated by the best soldiers the United States can offer, and the unit is tasked with sensitive and dangerous work. This title takes readers inside the shadowy Delta Force, discussing its history and some of its declassified operations. The text is supplemented with full-color photographs and engaging sidebars, giving readers a chance to see what it's like to be a Delta Force operator.

To whom does the U.S. military go when it needs a specially trained force to lead the way? The U.S. Army Rangers, of course! This elite, special ops force has been leading the way for other military units for hundreds of years. From the French and Indian War to the modern war on terrorism, Army Rangers have been called upon to enter dangerous territory to find essential information about the enemy. Rangers are trained for covert operations. They're adept at getting to hard-to-reach areas while carrying heavy packs, whether it's by boat, helicopter, or on foot. The text discusses the colorful history of the U.S. Army Rangers, famous Rangers, and what it's like training for the 75th Ranger Regiment. Amazing photographs of Rangers in action are sure to draw in readers.

No matter how advanced a military is or how intelligent its members are, the reality is that missions will sometimes fail. The Pararescue units of the U.S. Air Force are responsible for extracting soldiers who are gravely injured or trapped behind enemy lines. Pulled from the Air Force's Special Warfare division, these elite soldiers are not only skilled medics, they're also accomplished survivalists. In this title, readers get a glimpse of what it takes to become a member of a Pararescue squad. The accessible text is paired with engaging sidebars to explain the history and modern operations of this unit.

Why equality cannot be conditional on a shared human "nature" but has to be for all. For centuries, ringing declarations about all men being created equal appealed to a shared human nature as the reason to consider ourselves equals. But appeals to natural equality invited gradations of natural difference, and the ambiguity at the heart of "nature" enabled generations to write of people as equal by nature while barely noticing the exclusion of those marked as inferior by their gender, race, or class. Despite what we commonly tell ourselves, these exclusions and gradations continue today. In Unconditional Equals, political philosopher Anne Phillips challenges attempts to justify equality by reference to a shared human nature, arguing that justification turns into conditions and ends up as exclusion. Rejecting the logic of justification, she calls instead for a genuinely unconditional equality.Drawing on political, feminist, and postcolonial theory, Unconditional Equals argues that we should understand equality not as something grounded in shared characteristics but as something people enact when they refuse to be considered inferiors. At a time when the supposedly shared belief in human equality is so patently not shared, the book makes a powerful case for seeing equality as a commitment we make to ourselves and others, and a claim we make on others when they deny us our status as equals

About the editor; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: sovereign bonds, burden sharing and the Troika's rescues; 1 The Great Recession, spillover in Europe, banking collapse in Ireland; 2 Crises and contagion: a survey; 3 Countering the myths of the Portuguese debt; 4 Greece: Europe's worst success story; 5 Argentina 2001: a heterodox exit from the crisis; Epilogue; Contributors; Glossary; Index.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: through a glass darkly -- 1. The music of cracking necks -- 2. True to Dixie and to Moses -- 3. The great white plague -- 4. Consequences of powerlessness -- 5. Water force -- 6. White like me -- 7. A blight and a sin -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Why is assertiveness important? -- Women and assertiveness -- How to be assertive -- Understanding ourselves -- Understanding others -- Teams, groups and facilitation -- Communicating in organisations -- The functions of management -- Leadership -- Developing interview skills -- Delegating -- Personal development -- Combatting stress -- Time management -- Goal setting and change management.

How Martha Graham became a cultural ambassador : modernist on the frontier -- "The new home of men" : modern Americana goes to Asia and the Middle East -- "Dedicated to freedom" : Martha Graham in Berlin, 1957 -- The aging of a star in Camelot : Israel, Europe, and "behind the Iron Curtain," 1962 -- Triumphing over "exhaustion," 1963-1974 -- "Forever modern" : from ashes to ambassador in Asia, 1974 -- "Grahamized and Americanized" : the defector joins the first lady on the global stage -- "And Martha knew how to play that" : from détente to disco in Jimmy Carter's Middle East, 1979 -- Dancing along the wall : Graham, Reagan, and the reunification of Berlin, 1987-1989.

Identifying the rule (what does a legal rule look like?) -- Whose rule is is? (sorting out subject matter and jurisdiction in the legal mess and finding a direction for your research) -- What you need to know about court structure, case law, and our three branches -- Finding the legal rule -- Issue, rule, application and conclusion -- Determining the legal issue and the legally relevant facts -- The rule, synthesizing the rule, and explaining the rule -- Rule application -- Methods of rule application -- The legal memo -- Onward and upward--persuasion.