Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; About The Author; Preface; Chapter One: Us and them; Chapter Two: Romans, Germans, and Berbers; Chapter Three: Frankish myths of origin; Chapter Four: From Franks to Crusaders; Chapter Five: The fantasy of the "Holy Roman Empire"; Chapter Six: A short history of the "Saracens"; Chapter Seven: The First Crusade: a "pilgrimage" to resue the "Holy Land"; Chapter Eight: The fantastic "Kingdom of Jerusalem"; Chapter Nine: The Second Crusade: persisting fantasies; Chapter Ten: Templars and Hospitallers: monkish knights…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction: `The Last Voice from the Abyss' Part I 1933 -- 1941 Chapter 1 `Not a Jewish Problem': The Publisher's Perspective on the Nazis' Rise and the Refugee Crisis Chapter 2 'This Here Is Germany': Reporting from the Berlin Bureau Chapter 3 'Worthy of France': The Vichy Government's Anti-Semitic Laws and Concentration Camps Chapter 4 `A New Life in Nazi-Built Ghettos': German Domination of Poland, Rumania and the Baltic States Part II 1942 -- 1945 Chapter 5 `To Awaken the Conscience of Christendom': Pressure to Publicize the First News of the Extermination Campaign Chapter 6 `Amidst the Advertisements on Page 19': Placement Decisions and the Role of the News Editors Chapter 7 `All Jews Are Not Brothers': The Publisher's Battle with Zionists Chapter 8 `The Semitic Question Should Be Avoided': German Atrocities and U.S. …”

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“…The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina (GFAP), popularly known as the Dayton Peace Agreement (DPA) since it was negotiated and initialed at a U.S. Air Force base in Dayton, Ohio, defined Bosnia and Herzegovina as a state consisting of two entities, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) and the Republika Srpska (RS). …”

“…How social networks shaped the imperial Chinese stateChina was the world’s leading superpower for almost two millennia, falling behind only in the last two centuries and now rising to dominance again. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…: African hermeneuts, you have spoken at last : reflections on Semeia 73 (1996) / "Dear God! …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.5 Sketches of risk management for SWFs 4.6 An unconventional dimension of risk management: shareholders vs stakeholders; 5: SWFs in the Geopolitics of the Twenty-first Century; 5.1 The shift to the East of the global economy: the New Silk Route; 5.2 The law of unintended consequences? China's influence through financial muscle; 5.3 SWFs investing in the less developed economies: Africa as the last investment frontier; 5.4 The new financial geography: the emerging multipolar financial architecture; 5.5 The dominance of the US in global financial markets: SWFs as US diversifiers…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; What's a Savvy Aftershock Investor to Do?; Chapter 2: Since We Last Spoke . . . : Aftershock Update: They Read Our Playbook, the World Is Printing Money…”

“…However, while Duverger's Hypothesis concerning the link between PR and multipartism is now widely accepted, the empirical evidence that plurality voting results in two-party systems is remarkably weak—with the U.S. the most notable exception. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The Approach of the Basel Accords -- Basel I -- Basel II -- Pillar 1: Minimum Capital Requirements -- Pillar 2: Supervisory Review -- Pillar 3: Market Discipline -- Basel II.5 -- Basel III -- The Continuing Evolution of the Basel Accords -- Key Points -- Knowledge Check -- Notes -- Chapter 14: Lender of Last Resort -- Introduction -- Lender of Last Resort Concept -- Henry Thornton, Walter Bagehot, and Alternative Views -- The Fed's Role in the Great Depression -- The Credit Crisis of 2007-2009 -- Key Points -- Knowledge Check -- Notes -- Chapter 15: Interconnectedness Risk -- Introduction -- A Case Study of Interconnectedness -- Interconnectedness Categories -- The Depository Trust &amp -- Clearing Corporation -- Post-Crisis Regulatory View of Interconnectedness -- Basel Committee on Banking Supervision -- Office of Financial Research -- CPMI IOSCO Principles -- An Approach to Analyzing Interconnectedness Risk -- The Depository Trust &amp -- Clearing Corporation -- Key Points -- Knowledge Check -- Notes -- Chapter 16: Conclusion: Looking Ahead -- It's Not a Question of If, but When, Where, and How -- A Summary of Global Surveys -- Sources of Systemic Risk -- Preparing for the Next Crisis -- Notes -- Appendix: Systemic Risk Models -- Introduction -- Structural versus Reduced-Form Credit Models…”

“…The End of Leadership tells two tales. The first is about change—about how and why leadership and followership have changed over time, especially in the last forty years. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…: Sounding the Alarm about the U.S. Dollar; Here's How It Begins . . .; The Funny Money Game; It All Began for Us in 1971; The Last Time Money Was Worth Something; How the Dollar Really Works; Chapter One: Dollar Decline: How Did We Get Here?…”

“…The second part deals with one very useful theory, called duality, which enables us to: (1) gain algorithmic insights; and (2) obtain an approximate solution to non-convex optimization problems which are often difficult to solve. …”