This handbook covers German industry and commerce. Contents include industrial regions, metallurgical industries, engineering trades, chemical industries, and miscellaneous industries. For commerce, topics are distribution, structure of German...
Discussion of France. This section covers north central France, Brittany-Normandy, west central France, southwest France, northeast France, east and south central France, Mediterranean France, Corsica and includes a list of tables.
The purpose of this study is to analyze some basic theoretical concepts of quality assurance and to discuss the responsibilities of the manager for the proper application of such concepts to a successful quality assurance program. This paper...
For many countries, the finite nature of fossil fuels is a matter of significant security concerns. Producer and consumer countries alike increasingly see energy supply security as a subject of their security and defense policy. Being strategically...
There's not any doubt that oil is a finite resource and that the United States relies heavily on oil for homeland security, defense security, and economic security. Every facet of the American lifestyle is dependent on oil. The United States...
This Civil Affairs handbook describes the main branches of industry of Japan- these include textiles, metals and metal products, chemical industry, coal and petroleum, processed foodstuffs, clay products, timber industry, and printing and binding;...
This thesis studies the depiction of military life and actions in war movies. The public’s perception of the military is shaped through a variety of means, one of which is the feature film showing at the local theater. The increase in population...
To evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of "Point of Origin"and "Point of Destination" contracts in the procurement of army supplies and to recommend a general procurement policy with respect to the use of such contracts.
In the past decade, China's urban population and economy have grown dramatically. China realizes it must maintain steady and secure access to natural resources in order to placate its populace and maintain economic growth. This monograph examines...
This regulation prescribes Army policy and procedures and assigns responsibilities for requesting the production and dissemination of intelligence. It establishes those processes by which Army activities obtain available published intelligence and...
This study assesses the Colombian opium and heroin production threat to the U.S. since it was first perceived in about l990. It compares and contrasts the production of heroin to that of cocaine, including the cultivation, processing and...
Saudi Arabia possesses many characteristics that are valuable to the United States as a strategic ally in the Middle East. The first reason is that a strong and positive relationship is crucial to the National Strategy of the United States. The...
In October 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) curtailed oil production and embargoed oil shipments to those countries they perceived as sympathetic to Israel-the United States, Western Europe and Japan. In order to...
This monograph examines a portion of how the Army fights with a smaller force and fewer supporting resources at the operational level. A possible way to employ scarce resources comes from centralizing critical resources and connecting them through...
Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, and his Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, Mrs. Victoria Clarke, initiated the embedded news media program. The intent was for the public to see directly through the media what happened at the...
Discussion of Austria. This section covers industrial production, industrial employment, building and construction, mining and smelting, chemicals, paper, glass, lumbering and woodworking, foodstuffs, the Austrian tobacco monopoly, leather and...
This Civil Affairs handbook documents the census of industry and commerce in Belgium with subjects on metallurgy, textiles, chemicals, diamond cutting industry, machinery/vehicles/mechanical products, foodstuffs, quarries and the cement industry,...
In mineral resources, Japan's position was very poor, and the country became more dependent upon outside sources of supply for most raw materials at the outbreak of the war. This handbook on Japan's natural resources includes information on forest...
This thesis examines the question of the scarcity of strategic raw materials and the potential for the interruption or cut-off in the supply of these raw materials to the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Strategic raw...