Author: Robert Hutchings File Type: pdf Truth to Power, the first-ever history of the U.S. National Intelligence Council (NIC), is told through the reflections of its eight Chairs in the period from the end of the Cold War until 2017. Co-editors Robert Hutchings and Gregory Treverton add a substantial introduction placing the NIC in its historical context going all the way back to the Board of National Estimates in the 1940s, as well as a concluding chapter that highlights key themes and judgments. This historic mission of this remarkable but little-known organization, now forty years old, is strategic intelligence assessment in service of senior American foreign policymakers. Its signature inside products, National Intelligence Estimates, are now accompanied by the NICs every-four-years Global Trends. Unclassified, Global Trends has become a noted NIC brand, its release awaited by officials, academics and private sector managers around the world. Truth to Power tracks the NICs role in providing strategic analysis on every major foreign policy issue confronting the United States during this consequential period. Chapters provide insider insights on the Balkan wars of the 1990s, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003, the nuclear weapons programs in Iran and North Korea, upheaval in the Middle East including the rise and fall of the Islamic State, the rise of China, and the Russias turn toward aggression under Vladimir Putin. The book also assesses the NICs newly expanded role in direct support to meetings of the National Security Council as well as its longstanding role in producing longer-range strategic intelligence.

Author: Errol Morris File Type: pdf In 1972, philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn threw an ashtray at Errol Morris. This book is the result. At the time, Morris was a graduate student. Now we know him as one of the most celebrated and restlessly probing filmmakers of our time, the creator of such classics of documentary investigation as The Thin Blue Line and The Fog of War. Kuhn, meanwhile, wasand, posthumously, remainsa star in his field, the author of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, a landmark book that has sold well over a million copies and introduced the concept of paradigm shifts to the larger culture. And Morris thought the idea was bunk. The Ashtray tells whyand in doing so, it makes a powerful case for Morriss way of viewing the world, and the centrality to that view of a fundamental conception of the necessity of truth. For me, Morris writes, truth is about the relationship between language and the world a correspondence idea of truth. He has no patience for philosophical systems that aim for internal coherence and disdain the world itself. Morris is after bigger game he wants to establish as clearly as possible what we know and can say about the world, reality, history, our actions and interactions. Its the fundamental desire that animates his filmmaking, whether hes probing Robert McNamara about Vietnam or the oddball owner of a pet cemetery. Truth may be slippery, but that doesnt mean we have to grease its path of escape through philosophical evasions. Rather, Morris argues powerfully, it is our duty to do everything we can to establish and support it. In a time when truth feels ever more embattled, under siege from political lies and virtual lives alike, The Ashtray is a bracing reminder of its value, delivered by a figure who has, over decades, uniquely earned our trust through his commitment to truth. No Morris fan should miss it. **

Author: T. K. V. Desikachar File Type: pdf The first yoga text to outline a step-by-step sequence for developing a complete practice according to viniyoga--yoga adapted to the needs of the individual. A contemporary classic by a world-renowned teacher. This new edition adds thirty-two poems by Krishnamacharya that capture the essence of his teachings. Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, who lived to be over 100 years old, was one of the greatest yogis of the modern era. Elements of Krishnamacharyas teaching have become well known around the world through the work of B. K. S. Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois, and Indra Devi, who all studied with Krishnamacharya. Krishnamacharyas son T. K. V. Desikachar lived and studied with his father all his life and now teaches the full spectrum of Krishnamacharyas yoga. Desikachar has based his method on Krishnamacharyas fundamental concept of viniyoga, which maintains that practices must be continually adapted to the individuals changing needs to achieve the maximum therapeutic value. In The Heart of Yoga Desikachar offers a distillation of his fathers system as well as his own practical approach, which he describes as a program for the spine at every level--physical, mental, and spiritual. This is the first yoga text to outline a step-by-step sequence for developing a complete practice according to the age-old principles of yoga. Desikachar discusses all the elements of yoga--poses and counterposes, conscious breathing, meditation, and philosophy--and shows how the yoga student may develop a practice tailored to his or her current state of health, age, occupation, and lifestyle. This is a revised edition of The Heart of Yoga.**Review . . . a milestone in the transmission of yoga from the ancient masters to the modern world. (Bodhi Tree Book Review, Winter 1999 Spring 2000) Read this book from cover to cover and you will begin to understand what yoga is all about. (The Sunday Times) Those who are interested in understanding what yoga is about, those who are looking for a larger context and focus for their hatha practice, those who look to the Yoga Su-tra for guidance, and all those who have loved and benefited from Krishnamacharya andor Desikachar, directly or indirectly, will want this book. (Yoga International) An invaluable source of information regarding the theory and practice of yoga. A must for students and teachers alike. (Indra Devi, author of Yoga for You) Desikachar speaks from the heart with tenderness as well as an engineers careful attention to details and individuality. (LA Yoga, January 2011) I can think of no better book to recommend to a friend beginning to be excited by yoga but bewildered by the plethora of different schools and their sometimes-conflicting teachings. In addition, I would be hard-pressed to think of a book I would recommend more highly to any yoga student seeking to deepen a yoga practice . . . The great gift of The Heart of Yoga lies not simply in the depth of Desikachars learning, but in the compassion, gentleness, practicality, and down-to-earth spirit that permeate the book. (Yoga Journal) From the Back CoverYOGA I can think of no better book to recommend to a friend beginning to be excited by yoga but bewildered by the plethora of different schools and their sometimesconflicting teachings. In addition, I would be hardpressed to think of a book I would recommend more highly to any yoga student seeking to deepen a yoga practice . . . The great gift of The Heart of Yoga lies not simply in the depth of Desikachars learning, but in the compassion, gentleness, practicality, and downtoearth spirit that permeate the book. --*Yoga Journal * Read this book from cover to cover and you will begin to understand what yoga is all about. --The Sunday Times Those who are interested in understanding what yoga is about, those who are looking for a larger context and focus for their hatha practice, those who look to the Yoga Su-tra for guidance, and all those who have loved and benefited from Krishnamacharya andor Desikachar, directly or indirectly, will want this book. --*Yoga International * An invaluable source of information regarding the theory and practice of yoga. A must for students and teachers alike. --Indra Devi, author of *Yoga for You * Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, who lived to be over 100 years old, was one of the greatest yogis of the modern era. Elements of Krishnamacharyas teaching have become well known around the world through the work of B. K. S. Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois, and Indra Devi, who all studied with Krishnamacharya in their early years. Krishnamacharyas son T. K. V. Desikachar lived and studied with his father all his life and now teaches the full spectrum of Krishnamacharyas yoga. Desikachar has based his method on Krishnamacharyas fundamental teaching, which maintains that practices must be continually adapted to the individuals changing needs to achieve the maximum therapeutic value. In The Heart of Yoga Desikachar offers a distillation of his fathers system as well as his own practical approach, which he describes as a program for the spine at every level--physical, mental, and spiritual. This is the first yoga text to outline a stepbystep sequence for developing a complete practice according to the ageold principles of yoga. Desikachar discusses all the elements of yoga--poses and counterposes, conscious breathing, meditation, and philosophy--and shows how the yoga student may develop a practice tailored to his or her current state of health, age, occupation, and lifestyle. Krishnamacharya placed the highest value on Patanjalis Yoga Sutra, which is included here in its entirety, with a translation and commentary by Desikachar. Added to this second edition of The Heart of Yoga is the Yoganjalisaram--thirtytwo poems composed by Krishnamacharya that capture the essence of his teachings and further make The Heart of Yoga a milestone in the transmission of yoga from the ancient masters to the modern world. A structural engineer by training, T. K. V. Desikachar lived and studied with his father until Krishnamacharyas death in 1989. He has devoted his life to yoga instruction for people of all backgrounds and all levels of ability, and currently teaches at the school founded in his fathers memory in Madras, as well as in Europe, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.

Author: Melanie Walker File Type: pdf This book explores the idea that teaching and learning pedagogy at universities is a crucial space for students formation as ethical graduates, equipped with knowledge, skills and values to contribute to more equal societies. We know that universities across the globe do not stand apart from social and educational inequalities at multiple levels they have the potential to reproduce or reduce social inequalities and therefore towards transformative ends. This book suggests how this could be achieved both via policy and practice around the globe