Friday, May 28, 2004

These are the books I borrowed last night from the library.
Sweet, Stephan A. & Grace-Martin, Karen. Data Analysis with SPSS: A First Course in Applied Statistics (Boston: Pearson Education, 2003)
This book uses two data sets on disk. The disk was not available to borrow. Then using this data the authors guide the student through the process of analysing and intrepeting the data. The main focus is on interpretation of data.
Cincotta, Richard P. & Engelman, Robert & Anastasion Daniele. The Security Demographic: Population and Civil Conflict After the Cold War (Washington, D.C.: Population Action International, 2003).
This book uses maps, tables and population pyramids to look at possible causes or corelates to civic conflict. One main point from demographics is that as countries pass though the phases of the demographic transition they become less prone to civil conflict.
Dingledine, Roger. Privacy Enhancing Technologies: Third International Workshop, PET 2003 Dresden, Germany, March 2003, Revised Papers (Berlin: Springer, 2003)
I have not looked at this book yet.
Bland, Douglas L. & Maloney, Sean M. Campaigns for International Security: Canada's Defence Policy at the Turn of the Century (MOntreal, Que.: McGill-Queens University Press, 2004)
This books looks at Canada's various defence operations and policy in the 1990's and presently.
Mauroni, Al. Chemical and Biological Warfare: A Reference Handbook (Sanata Barbara, Ca: ABC-CLIO, 2003).
This is basic book that covers chemcial and biological warfare. The author questions whether these weapons are really a moral issue and says they are not thus showing how American scholars do not question warfare as much as other world scholars.

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