Numbers and Narratives Matthew P. Hirsch plus a variety of other

plus a variety of other topics including the evolution of wartime training

the movement recovered from major setbacks

often referred to as a "Third Option" between America's use of diplomacy and warfare---a shadowy approach to international affairs based on the controversial use of secret propaganda

discourses of sound quality

and the military disengagement from politics of 1983 onwards

Numbers and Narratives Matthew P. Hirsch plus a variety of otherThis volume argues for a more quantitative, economic and theoretical approach to sports history. The author notes that sport can have peculiar economics as in no other industry do rival businesses have to cooperate to produce a sellable output. He also demonstrates, via a case study of early gate money football in Scotland, that sports producers were not always seeking profits, and often put winning games and trophies ahead of making money. Another