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Cover: MG-404

American Carrier Air Power at the Dawn of a New Century - 2005

Benjamin S. Lambeth

Recent campaigns have demonstrated that American carrier air power can conduct coordinated deep-strike missions beyond coastal reaches, providing around-the-clock target coverage, accurate target attack, and multiple successful target attacks.

Cover: MR-1620 | Countering al Qaeda:  An Appreciation of the Situation and Suggestions for Strategy

Countering al Qaeda: An Appreciation of the Situation and Suggestions for Strategy - 2002

Brian Michael Jenkins

Next steps in the U.S. campaign to defeat al Qaeda and combat terrorism

Diverting Children from a Life of Crime: Measuring Costs and Benefits - 1998

Peter W. Greenwood, Karyn Model, C. Peter Rydell, James Chiesa

In combating crime in America, little attention has been paid to keeping children from becoming criminals. What benefit might be realized from such an approach, and at what cost?

Cover: MG-377

A Framework for Enhancing Airlift Planning and Execution Capabilities Within the Joint Expeditionary Movement System - 2006

Robert S. Tripp, Kristin F. Lynch, Charles Robert Roll, Jr., John G. Drew, Patrick Mills

How can the Air Force improve the planning and execution activities associated with developing intratheater airlift operations within the military joint end-to-end multimodal movement system?

Cover: MR-1552

From Celluloid to Cyberspace: The Media Arts and the Changing Arts World - 2002

Kevin F. McCarthy, Elizabeth Heneghan Ondaatje

Examines the organizational features of the media arts, placing them in the context of the broader arts environment and identifying the major challenges they face.

Hospital Care for the Uninsured in Miami-Dade County: Hospital Finance and Patient Travel Patterns - 2002

Catherine A. Jackson, Kathryn Pitkin Derose, James Chiesa, Jose J. Escarce

Examines the extent to which uncompensated care is provided by hospitals other than JMH, and whether the greater access to surtax-funded care at JMH might cause patients to pass up facilities much nearer to their homes and travel long distances for care.

Cover: MG-265

I Want You!: The Evolution of the All-Volunteer Force - 2006

Bernard D. Rostker

This volume presents the inside story of the U.S. military's transformation from a force of conscripts and draft-motivated ''volunteers'' to a force of professionals revered throughout the world.

In Our Backyard: How 3 L.A. Neighborhoods Affect Kids' Lives - 2002

Anne R. Pebley, Mary E. Vaiana

Cover: MG-288

Just Cause or Just Because?: Prosecution and Plea-Bargaining Resulting in Prison Sentences on Low-Level Drug Charges in California and Arizona - 2005

K. Jack Riley, Nancy Rodriguez, Greg Ridgeway, Dionne Barnes-Proby, Terry Fain, Nell Griffith Forge, Vincent Webb, Linda J. Demaine

Examines the characteristics of California and Arizona offenders who ultimately ended up in prison on low-level drug charges.

Cover: MG-235

Monitoring the Progress of Shipbuilding Programmes: How Can the Defence Procurement Agency More Accurately Monitor Progress? - 2005

Mark V. Arena, John Birkler, John F. Schank, Jessie Riposo, Clifford A. Grammich

Explores the reasons for and ways to anticipate schedule delays in shipbuilding programmes.

Cover: MG-246

The Muslim World After 9/11 - 2004

Angel Rabasa, Cheryl Benard, Peter Chalk, C. Christine Fair, Theodore W. Karasik, Rollie Lal, Ian O. Lesser, David E. Thaler

Examines the major dynamics that drive changes in the religio-political landscape of the Muslim world, the effects of 9/11, the global war on terrorism, and the war in Iraq, and their implications for global security and U.S. and Western interests.

Protecting Emergency Responders, Volume 2: Community Views of Safety and Health Risks and Personal Protection Needs - 2003

Tom LaTourrette, D. J. Peterson, James T. Bartis, Brian A. Jackson, Ari Houser

Examines the hazards that emergency responders face and the personal protective technology needed to contend with those hazards.

Quality of Care for Cardiopulmonary Conditions: A Review of the Literature and Quality Indicators - 2000

Eve A. Kerr, Steven M. Asch, Eric G. Hamilton, Elizabeth A. McGlynn

This volume focuses on indicators for care of cardiopulmonary conditions.

Quality of Care for Women: A Review of Selected Clinical Conditions and Quality Indicators - 2000

Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Eve A. Kerr, Cheryl L. Damberg, Steven M. Asch

This volume focuses on indicators for care of women.

Cover: MR-1626

Shaping the Next One Hundred Years: New Methods for Quantitative, Long-Term Policy Analysis - 2003

Robert J. Lempert, Steven W. Popper, Steven C. Bankes

What should people do today to shape the next hundred years to their liking?

State Arts Agencies 1965-2003: Whose Interests to Serve? - 2004

Julia F. Lowell

Argues that the recent cuts in state arts agencies' budgets are a product of the agencies' political weakness rather than just a one-time response to fiscal crisis, and proposes a solution plus salient issues that must be addressed.

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