CLAUSEWITZ‚ ON WAR NOTES BOOK 1‚ CHAPTER 1 – WHAT IS WAR? 1-INTRODUCTION: When considering the each individual part of war‚ its relation to war as an entirety must also be kept in view 2-DEFINITION: ‘War is nothing but a duel on an extensive scale.’ Metaphor of two wrestlers: ‘Each strives by physical force to compel the other to submit to his will: each endeavours to throw his adversary‚ and thus render him incapable of further resistance.’ ‘War therefore is an act of violence intended to
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UNIVERSITY OF WAH SUBMITTED TO MS: SOBIA IRUM SUBMITTED BY IMAM BAKHSH ASSIGMENT BUSINESS ETHICS IN ISLAMIC CONTEXT DEPARMENT MANAGEMENT SCIENCES SUBMISSION DATE 9_07_2010 What is Ethics?Ethics may be defined as the set of moral principles that distinguish what is right from what is wrong. Ethics has a twofold objective: it evaluates human practices by calling upon moral standards; also it may give prescriptive advice on how to act morally in a given situation. Ethics‚ therefore
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BUSINESS FINANCE AND FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT FOR BUSINESS Business Finance 1. Business Finance is the act or process of accumulation and utilisation of funds in order to accomplish a firm’s ultimate goal of maximisation of owners’ wealth. Ultimate Goal of a Firm 2. Maximisation of the wealth of the owners or the shareholders of a firm is considered as the ultimate goal of financial management. The price of the stock in the securities market represents a shareholder’s current wealth position
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What is the Great Awakening and what happened? What is the Enlightenment and what happened? In the 1730’s and 1740’s‚ a religious movement called the Great Awakening swept through the colonies. Unlike the Great Awakening‚ which stressed religious emotion‚ the Enlightenment emphasized reason and science as the paths to knowledge. In the 1700’s‚ many colonists feared they had lost the religious passion that had driven their ancestors to found the colonies. The Great Awakening revolved around religion
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Introduction - What is Tourism? Online Lesson Since the beginning of time humans have traveled. Food‚ water‚ safety or acquisition of resources (trade) were the early travel motivations. But the idea of travel for pleasure or exploration soon emerged. Travel has always depended upon technology to provide the means or mode of travel. The earliest travelers walked or rode domesticated animals. The invention of the wheel and the sail provided new modes of transportation. Each improvement in technology
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The writers of the Romantic period portrayed nature as a celestial source. In many Romantic works‚ nature’s beauty is praised with pantheistic‚ almost pagan‚ terms. To these writers‚ the natural world was a direct connection to god. Through appreciation for nature‚ one could achieve spiritual fulfillment. The contrary‚ failure to surrender to natural law‚ results in punishment at the hands of nature. Mary Shelley‚ as well as her contemporary‚ Samuel Coleridge‚ depicts the antagonistic powers of nature
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Men in search for freedom from tyrannical rule‚ founded this nation on the belief that all men are created equal. Our Declaration of Independence‚ written in 1776‚ is based on this very statement. At this time in history Abraham Lincoln played a big role as he guided and preserved the United States though the Civil War‚ he also marked the American history by abolishing slavery‚ as well as trying establish equality for all mankind. Making the Civil War an unforgettable event that reunited the nation
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What is Education? “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world‚” said Nelson Mandela‚ the tenth president of South Africa. Education can be the key to changing the world‚ but it is not just a simple object to achieve. Education is the life long process of obtaining knowledge through the home‚ the classroom‚ and through real world experiences. The knowledge obtained in each of these categories can be overlapping‚ but each section provides its own method of presenting
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McGraw-Hill © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. All rights reserved. Using These Slides These PowerPoint slides have been designed for use by students and instructors using the Anthropology: The Exploration of Human Diversity textbook by Conrad Kottak. These files contain short outlines of the content of the chapters‚ as well as selected photographs‚ maps‚ and tables. Students may find these outlines useful as a study guide or a tool for review. Instructors may find these files useful as
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THE POLITICAL DIMENSION OF EUROPE LECTURE - week 1 What is politics? Struggle for power and leadership that gives an individual or a group the ability to make authoritative decisions for the public as a whole‚ for society. The interaction of people‚ ideas and institutions‚ i.e. it provides the focus for understanding how values are allocated and resources distributed
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