In Search of Enemies
- 285pages
- 10 heures de lecture
Focusing on the Angola paramilitary program of 1975-76 in which he played a leading role, a former CIA officer glimpses of the agency's clandestine operations and argues for their elimination
John W. Stockwell Livres
Ancien officier de la CIA avec treize ans de service et sept missions, John R. Stockwell est devenu un critique virulent des politiques du gouvernement américain. Après avoir dirigé l'implication américaine dans la guerre civile angolaise lors d'opérations clandestines en 1975, il a démissionné et a écrit une œuvre séminale offrant un récit interne sans précédent d'une "action clandestine" majeure de la CIA. Son écriture offre une fenêtre unique sur le fonctionnement interne des opérations clandestines et les répercussions de la politique étrangère américaine. Les textes de Stockwell témoignent de sa profonde désillusion face aux pratiques gouvernementales et de son engagement à révéler la vérité derrière les entreprises clandestines.
Excellent introductory text, written by two experts, presents a coherent and systematic view of principles and methods. Topics include integration by parts, Watson's lemma, LaPlace's method, stationary phase, and steepest descents. Additional subjects include the Mellin transform method and less elementary aspects of the method of steepest descents. 1975 edition.
Traditional Anglo-American Folk Music
- 544pages
- 20 heures de lecture
Originally published in 1994. Filling a gap in the sound recordings of traditional Anglo-American folk music this volume covers both vocal and instrumental material from the 1920s to the 1990s. The listings have also been limited to performers native to the tradition rather than "revival" performers. The album selection is grouped into field recordings and commercial (pre-1942) recordings, with subdivisions into individual recordings or anthologies. The discography not only reflects its author¿s in-depth knowledge of Anglo-American folk music¿s historical development but charts a valuable step forward in the evaluation, as well as select lissting, of available sound recordings.