The city between freedom and security contested public spaces in the 21st century

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Foreword: BAS -- Foreword: NSM/PST -- Introduction: On urban Indefensibility: Friction Lines in the Production of the Open City -- The City Between Freedom and Security: Project Journal -- B -- Discursive Texts -- For a Theory of Destituent Power -- Protecting Vulnerable Cities from Terrorism: Enhancing the Resilience of Everyday Urban Infrastructure -- Photo Essay: Melilla, Spain -- The Fear Factor -- Defensible Space as a Crime Preventive Measure -- "Fortress Britain": High Security, Insecurity and the Challenge of Preventing Harm -- Photo Essay: Wall Street, New York, NY, USA -- Situational Crime Prevention: Theoretical Background and Current Practice -- When Life Itself Is War: The Urbanization of Military and Security Doctrine -- Securing the State: National Security and Secret Intelligence -- Designing Peace of Mind: Counterterrorism in Great Britain -- The Right to the City -- Photo Essay: Israel/Palestine -- C -- Contested Sites -- D -- Expert Interviews -- Photo Essay: Oslo, Norway -- Photo Essay: Occupy Wall Street, New York, NY, USA -- Photo Essay: Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt -- E -- Discursive Proposals -- Discursive Design Proposals -- Dystopian Scenario for Extreme Security -- Positive -- Sum Game -- Mutual Concessions -- Grafting the Political to the Processional -- Participatory Adaptation -- In(tro)verted Security -- Decentralized Security -- Security through Urban Mixtures…”

Endgame, 1945 the missing final chapter of World War II by Stafford, David

Table of Contents: “…VE Day -- "Fortune is not always joy" -- "A grotesque comedy" -- "An Iron Curtain" -- "You lost people as you gained your freedom" -- Berlin : the grey city -- Monday, 16 July 1945 -- "Other beasts in other lairs" -- Epilogue : what happened to them?…”

The arts of rule essays in honor of Harvey C. Mansfield /

Table of Contents: “…/ Janet Dougherty -- New models and orders : Hume's Cromwell as modern prince / Andrew Sabl -- Modern politics and the practices of freedom -- The source of Hamlet / Mary Ann McGrail -- Frenzy, gloom, and the spirit of liberty in Hume / Sharon R. …”
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From warfare to wealth the military origins of urban prosperity in Europe by Dincecco, Mark, Onorato, Massimiliano Gaetano

Cultures of war Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, 9-11, Iraq by Dower, John W

Table of Contents: “…Air war and terror bombing in World War II : Ghost cities ; Extirpating "noncombatants" ; "Increasing the terror" in Germany ; Targeting Japan ; Firebombing the great cities ; "Burn jobs" and "secondary targets" ; Morale, shock, and psychological warfare -- 9. …”

Crime control and social justice the delicate balance

Masterplots II.

Table of Contents: “…Taylor -- Roots / Alex Haley -- Runner Mack / Barry Beckham -- Running a thousand miles for freedom / William Craft and Ellen Craft -- Sally Hemings / Barbara Chase-Riboud -- The salt eaters / Toni Cade Bambara -- Sarah Phillips / Andrea Lee -- Scenes from a sistah / Lolita Files -- Season of adventure / George Lamming -- Seduction by light / Al Young -- Seraph on the Suwanee / Zora Neale Hurston -- Seven guitars / August Wilson -- The shadow bride / Roy A. …”
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