Excerpt: FOREWORD; Most of the ideas that form of the foundation of American defense policy and military strategy today were once new and untested concepts at the far edge of strategic thought. It took thinkers of vision and creativity to give them life and refine them to the point they could be adopted by the defense community and used for strategy and force development. This is a never ending process: new strategic concepts constantly emerge, some fade away, a few pass...

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I. Introduction: In the early 1990s, Thailand had one of Asia?s fastest growing economies, with GDP increasing over 10 percent on average from 1990-93, and showed signs of continued economic expansion. Such economic growth was expected to require substantial investment in the power sector, with average annual growth projected at 14 percent annually, or about 2 GW per year. To meet this challenge, the Government of Thailand (GOT) established a strategy for the power secto...

The number of persons confirmed dead from the Indian Ocean tsunami that struck on December 26, 2004, had exceeded 174,000 as of March 31, 2005; the majority of decedents were buried or cremated without being identified. In contrast, in Thailand, disaster victim identification (DVI) continues, with approximately 1,800 persons identified among the 5,395 persons confirmed dead; of the dead, approximately 50% were not citizens of Thailand (1). This large-scale, multinational...

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Secret societies ; Caussideiere, Marc, 1808-1861

Published by: Alliance Pub. Co., ; Houdini Collection: Vol. 8, no. 3 (June 1901); Latest issue consulted: Vol. 8, no. 3 (June 1901); The leading exponent of the New Thought.

Latest issue consulted: Vol. 8, no. 3 (June 1901).

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