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Numerous reflections exist regarding who should be held accountable and what lessons should be learned from the military withdrawal and political collapse of Afghanistan. This essay argues that the failures in Afghanistan are second- and third-order effects of a failure of strategic thinking on behalf of civilian and military leadership alike. I argue that this failure of strategic thinking is caused, in part, by the overreliance on concepts of civil–military relations espoused by Samuel Huntington. These concepts have been inculcated by a professional military education system that has subsequently developed a generation of officers with an atrophied appreciation for the political aspects of war, and an inability to link operational prowess to the achievement of strategic objectives. This dilemma is aggravated by a similar overreliance on systematic thinking, which further obscures the linkages between the military and political aspects of strategy.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Why this book? -- Praise -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword by Baroness Susan Greenfield -- Introduction -- 1 What is dementia? -- 2 Symptoms of dementia -- 3 First steps to finding a diagnosis -- 4 At the memory clinic -- 5 Medical treatments -- 6 Natural and alternative remedies -- 7 Dealing with troublesome symptoms -- 8 Legal and financial help for those with dementia -- 9 Can dementia be prevented? -- 10 Some final thoughts -- Appendix A: The brain made easy -- Appendix B: Sources of help and advice -- Appendix C: Useful resources

1. Protecting natural capital and biodiversity in agricultural supply chains: introductionJill Atkins and John Peirce, Cardiff Business School - Cardiff University, UKPart 1 The impact of agriculture on natural capital and biodiversity: international case studies2. Factoring biodiversity into the agri-food sector: international best practices and experiences from South AfricaYvette Lange and Warren Maroun, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa3. Avocado cultivation and biodiversity challengesYvette Lange and Warren Maroun, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa4. The circular economy and sustainable soybean farming in Brazil: an integrated approachWayne van Zijl, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa5. Biodiversity considerations in the marine aquaculture and fisheries industriesDusan Ecim and Warren Maroun, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa6. Assessing the impact of pesticides on natural capital and biodiversityMira Lieberman, University of Sheffield, UKPart 2: Protecting biodiversity and natural capital in agri-food supply chains: the role of accounting and finance7. Advances in corporate natural capital accountingJoël Houdet, The Biodiversity Footprint Company and University of Pretoria, South Africa8. Natural capital and biodiversity accounting in the Swedish agri-food sectorKristina Jonäll, University of Gothenburg, Sweden9. Biodiversity reporting in the fast-food industryDusan Ecim and Warren Maroun, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa10. Natural capital and biodiversity accounting in the dairy industry: the case of Valio GroupHannu Schadewitz, Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku, Finland11. Natural capital and biodiversity accounting in palm-oil productionGunnar Rimmel, Aalborg University Business School, Denmark; and Maizatulakma Abdullah, The National University of Malaysia, Malaysia12. Natural capital accounting and biodiversity in the Italian winemaking industryFederica Doni, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy; Antonio Corvino, University of Foggia, Italy; and Silvio Bianchi Martini, University of Pisa, Italy13. The role of global investors in protecting natural capital and delivering ecosystem services within agriculture, food and other land use value chainsMartina Macpherson, Henley Business School, UK/University of Zurich, Switzerland/Future of Sustainable Data Alliance, UK/All-Party-Parliamentary-Group (APPG) on ESG - Houses of Parliament, UK14. Exploring corporate weather accounting by the UK food retail industryElisabetta A. V. Barone, Northeastern University London and University of Galway, UK; Jill Atkins, Cardiff Business School - Cardiff University, UK; and Warren Maroun, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaPart 3: Protecting pollinators and insect biodiversity in agri-food supply chains15. Using data to assess the impact of agriculture on pollinators and pollinator servicesNoa Simón Delso, BeeLife European Beekeeping Coordination, Belgium; and Walter Haefeker, European Professional Beekeepers Association, Germany16. Developing and implementing plans to conserve insect biodiversity in agricultural landscapesScott Longing, Texas Tech University, USA; and Brendan Kelly, Texas Tech University/ Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA

In this timely book, Ed Atkins asks: are we getting decarbonisation right? And how could it be made better for people and communities? In doing so, this book proposes a different type of energy transition. One that prioritises and takes opportunities to do better - to provide better jobs, community ownership and improve people's homes and lives.

"A must-have clinical resource that should have a place on every clinician's shelf-now in a fully revised and updated second edition! Dr. Charles Atkins, board-certified psychiatrist, addictions specialist, and clinical trainer, brings the latest on effective treatment and recovery with Co-Occurring Disorders: A Whole-Person Approach to the Assessment and Treatment of Substance Use and Mental Disorders (2nd edition). Written in his signature straightforward style and packed with accessible clinical tools, it serves as a navigation guide through the complexities of co-occurring disorders, providing clarity where many clinicians find themselves stuck. This book is a must-have resource for the rubber-meets-the-road clinician, as well as the educators who train them"--

"Recent years have witnessed an exponential growth in corporate governance. Improvements in corporate governance practice are being orchestrated at a global level. International bodies such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have developed internationally acceptable standards of corporate governance. In the UK, companies are continuing to strengthen their generally sound corporate governance systems, focusing on shareholder and stakeholder relations and accountability, improvements in the performance of boards of directors, auditors and the accounting function, and paying attention to the ways in which their companies are controlled and run. Similarly, institutional investors, accountants, auditors and the general public are increasingly aware of a continuing need to promote corporate governance reform. Scandals such as Enron, and more recently Carillion, have driven home this need for constant reform"--

"This book focuses on how local, national and international civil society groups opposed the Belo Monte and São Luiz do Tapajós hydroelectric projects in the Brazilian Amazon. In doing so, it explores how contemporary opposition to hydropower projects demonstrate a form of 'contested sustainability' that highlights the need for sustainable development agendas to take more into account than merely greenhouse gas emissions. The assertion that society must look to successfully transition away from fossil fuels and towards sustainable energy sources often appears assured in contemporary environmental governance. However, what is less certain is who decides which forms of energy are deemed 'sustainable'. Contesting Hydropower in the Brazilian Amazon explores one process in which the sustainability of a 'green' energy source is contested. It focuses on how civil society actors have both challenged and reconfigured dominant pro-dam assertions that present the hydropower schemes explored as renewable energy projects that contribute to sustainable development agendas. The volume also examines in detail how anti-dam actors act to render visible the political interests behind a project, whilst at the same time linking the resistance movement to wider questions of contemporary environmental politics. This interdisciplinary work will be of great interest to students and scholars of Sustainable Development, Environmental Justice, Environmental Governance and Development Studies"--

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Trauma and Toothpaste -- Chapter 2: Lockdowns and Love Actually -- Chapter 3: Showers and Slips -- Chapter 4: Goodfellas and Goldilocks -- Chapter 5: Biohazard and Back Rubs -- Chapter 6: Suicide and Sellotape -- Chapter 7: Spinsters and Spiceheads -- Chapter 8: Murder and Mutiny -- Chapter 9: Courtrooms and Cheeseburgers -- Chapter 10: Despair and Dancing Queen -- Chapter 11: Paedophiles and Prizes -- Epilogue -- References -- Acknowledgements.

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1: The Rhetoric of Coalition Bargaining -- Dialogue, Rhetoric and Identification -- Ideological Identification and Division -- Instrumental Identification and Division -- Interpersonal Identification and Division -- The Structure of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: The Formation of the Coalition -- Higher Education -- Constitutional Reform -- Europe -- Foreign Policy -- The Coalition's Narrative of Unity -- Ideological Identification and Shared Values -- Instrumental Identification and the 'National Interest' -- Identification Through Antithesis: The Storyline of the Deficit -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Higher Education Policy -- The Browne Report and the Coalition's Response -- The Parliamentary Debate on Higher Education Funding, 2010 -- Cable and Willetts Address the University Sector -- Clegg's Public Apology, September 2012 -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Constitutional Reform -- The Debate on the PVSC Bill, 2010 -- Inter-Party Division and the 2011 AV Referendum Campaign -- The Conflict Over House of Lords Reform, Summer 2012 -- The Commons Debate on the Amendment to the Electoral Registration and Administration Bill, 2013 -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: The European Union -- Rhetoric, Narratives and Identification -- Inter-Party Identification: The Leaders -- Coalition MPs and the EU -- The European Union Bill 2010-11 -- The European Union (Referendum) Bill 2013-14 -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Foreign Policy -- The Arab Spring and the Coalition Leadership's Case for Intervention in Libya -- The Commons Debate on UNSC Resolution 1973, 2011 -- Cameron and Clegg's Case for Action Against Syria in 2013 -- The Commons Debate on Syria and the Use of Chemical Weapons, 2013 -- Conclusion -- References

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. The first academic work dedicated to the study of computer games in terms of the stories they tell and the manner of their telling. Applies practices of reading texts from literary and cultural studies to consider the computer game as an emerging mode of contemporary storytelling in an accessible, readable manner. Contains detailed discussion of narrative and realism in four of the most significant games of the last decade: 'Tomb Raider', 'Half-Life', 'Close Combat' and 'Sim City'. Recognises the excitement and pleasure that has made the computer game such a massive global phenomenon

The opioids epidemic is dire, but there are answers -- and recovery is real. Dr. Charles Atkins, well-known opioids addiction expert, brings together current research, emerging therapies, and non-drug and integrative strategies in a practical guide for both professionals and the public.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Animal Wastes and Nuisances in Nineteenth-Century London -- 3 The 'Charmed Circle' -- 4 The Urban Blood and Guts Economy -- 5 This Nefarious Traffic: Livestock and Public Health in Mid-Victorian Edinburgh -- 6 Undesirable Nature: Animals, Resources and Urban Nuisance in Nineteenth-Century Paris -- 7 Locating the Transformation of Sensibilities in Nineteenth-Century London -- 8 Fowls and the Contested Productive Spaces of Australian Suburbia, 1890-1990 -- 9 Between the Muzzle and the Leash: Dog-walking, Discipline, and the Modern City -- References -- Index.