Security, strategy, and the quest for bloodless war by Mandel 1949-

Subjects: “…Casualty aversion (Military science)…”

Arab and Jew woundad spirits in a promised land by Shipler, David K. 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Aversion -- Images -- Interaction.…”

Saving for retirement intention, context, and behavior by Clark, Gordon L., Strauss, Kendra 1975-, Knox, Janelle Kallie 1983-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Environment and behaviour -- Risk propensities -- Sophistication, salience, and scale -- Being in the market -- Housing, retirement saving, and risk aversion -- The demand for annuities -- The 'new' paternalism -- Pension adequacy and sustainability…”

Warrior diplomat a green beret's battles from Washington to Afghanistan by Waltz, Michael G.

Table of Contents: “…State of the war : office of the Secretary of Defense -- Arabs, Afghans, and Americans : the war of ideas -- The Tagab Valley : patrolling to ambush -- The clinic in Achin : development dilemmas -- The road to Musa Qala : the Taliban are back -- The French in Maruf : a pawn in a diplomatic game -- Operation Perth : war by consensus -- Back to Washington : the Pentagon and the White House -- The Mangal tribe : protecting people we can't access -- The elder in Khost : risk aversion and the cost of inaction -- Night raid : the catch-and-release detention system -- Blackbeard rising : the Afghan National Army Commandos -- On the border with Pakistan : the rocket's red glare -- The tribes of Chamkani : the community defense initiative -- Washington again : wishing the problem away…”

Federalism in Asia

Table of Contents: “…Democratization and federalization in Asia / Baogang He -- Multi-nation federalism / Will Kymlicka -- Regionalist federalism : a critique of ethno-national federalism / David Brown -- Federal accommodation of ethnocultural identities in India / Gurpreet Mahajan -- Democracy and federalism in Pakistan / Katharine Adeney -- Semi-democracy and minimalist federalism in Malaysia / William Case -- Indonesia's post-revolutionary aversion to federalism / Anthony Reid -- Federalism versus autonomy in the Philippines / R.J. …”

Social welfare and religion in the Middle East a Lebanese perspective by Jawad, Rana