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This book is both funny and informative. My favorite headline:
"The New 'Roller': Spinning circles may be answer to world's transport nightmare"

About the invention of the wheel.

With the publication of Hardt and Negri's Empire, many scholars of international studies have found a new interest in Foucault's theories of biopolitics and governmentality. However, this interest has yet to yield substantive debate within the discipline. Global Governmentality, a new edited volume of twelve essays, represents a noteworthy effort to rectify this situation.

The book explores its topic in two sections. Part I (Chapters 1-4) engages with global governmentality from a theoretical perspective, noting how shifting discourses on danger create the possibilities for new expressions of disciplinary power. Part II (Chapters 5-12) focuses on a selection of practical dimensions of global governmentality, providing a degree of the empirical substance found lacking by many in the more prose-driven approach adopted by Hardt and Negri.

The essays in the first part of the book are linked by a common concern with the persistence of disciplinary power in the foreign policies of liberal governments. Of course, the significance of governmentality is traditionally thought to stem from its ability to `govern through freedom'. Yet, as Hindess notes in Chapter 1, the government of subjugated peoples in the age of classical imperialism was often shaped by a perceived need for coercive rule. This perception stemmed not from liberal hypocrisy but from liberalism's fundamental preoccupation with "the question of what can be sensibly governed through the promotion of appropriate forms of freedom and what must be governed in other ways" (32).

Today, the developmental discourses that informed classical imperialism are being displaced by neoliberal understandings of the human species. However, as Dillon (Chapter 4) notes, these new understandings also come with their own anxieties. While liberalism today refuses to target specific races as immutably different or essentially dangerous, it struggles instead to comprehend the potential for danger within the species itself, construed as a fluid and dynamic referent object. This point is developed by Dean in Chapter 2, who notes how the pervasiveness of ontologically nonspecific enemies has ruptured the very logic upon which the European Law of Nations was founded, replacing it with a world order based on a logic of "international civil war" (p. 52). This is a vision of world order then in which human practice plays a central role. Indeed, as Kendal (Chapter 3) argues, global governmentality is constituted by a multiplicity of networks, each an assemblage in the Deleuzian sense, produced through practices of language, ideas, and material. And it is this concern with practice that differentiates governmentality from those more totalizing or `grand theory' approaches concerned with globalization, network or risk society.

This last point provides the common thread of the more empirical works presented in Part II. In Chapter 12, for example, Valverde and Mopas examine the global proliferation of private agencies in law enforcement processes. This shift is significant, they argue, not because it implies a decrease in state sovereignty or evidence of `globalization' but because it suggests the emergence of a new regime of disciplinary power based on the logic of risk management. In Chapter 11, Larner and Le Heron explore some implications of this development, noting the general extension of corporate calculative benchmarking and audit practices into economic and social life. The increasing use of such techniques is significant, they suggest, because of their capacity to render completely disparate spaces ontologically commensurable and thus capable of being differentiated within the `global' in terms of standards of `best practice'.

The turn to risk management also has implications for self-governance. As Barry notes in Chapter 10, the rise of the audit as an instrument of "ethicalization of business" (p. 195) can be interpreted as a strengthening of governmental ability to rule `at a distance'. Similarly, Rojas (Chapter 5) suggests that in the wake of the ostensible failure of structural reform approaches to development in the late 1990s, poverty has come to be viewed as a problem immanent to the will of the poor themselves. Likewise, in Chapter 6, Lui examines the definition of refugees as subjects lacking capacities of self-sufficiency. In both these cases, intervention is justified to the extent that it promotes the subject's sense of `ownership' over their own reform programs.

Of course, neo-liberal governmentality does not always have things its way. Places are messy and not always amenable to being ordered. Ò Tuathail and Dahlman explore just this point in Chapter 7, using the case of the war in Bosnia to see how different mentalities of government can compete with each other at different scales for power. Two other chapters in the book usefully demonstrate the diverse scalar possibilities of governmentality as they relate to European integration. Walters (Chapter 8) draws a contrast between the discourse inherent in the writings of such mavens of European integration as Ernst Haas and discourses of contemporary globalization in order to suggest a diminishing faith in the twin notions of modernity and progress. Dale develops this point in Chapter 9, noting at how this passage has informed the creation of the EU's Open Method of Coordination.

While a reader seeking either an introduction to Foucault's theory of governmentality or even a broad guide to the impact of poststructural thinking on IR theory would be advised to give Global Governmentality a wide berth, it must be said that the book is an invaluable resource for those interested in exploring the diverse ways in which governmentality can be applied beyond the domestic sphere. As debate over the applicability of Foucauldian theories of governance to world politics gathers, this book will no doubt come to achieve significant bibliographic recognition.

Guidance and Control 1997 aka Vol 94 in Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Edited by Culp and Wiens

FOREWORD vii
PREFACE ix

SECTION I AUTONOMY AND INNOVATIONS IN GUIDANCE AND CONTROL 1
GPS Attitude System Integrated With an Inertial System for Space Applications (AAS 97-001), Hendrik C. Gelderloos, Suneel I. Sheikh and Brian W. Schipper 3

Design of a Low-Cost Attitude Determination and Control System for a Free-flying Telerobotic Satellite Servicer (AAS 97-003), Steven W. Sell and David L. Akin 23

TOPEX/POSEIDON Autonomous Maneuver Experiment (TAME) Design and Implementation (AAS 97-004), T. Kia, J. Mellstrom, A. Klumpp, T. Munson and P. Vaze 41

Attitude Control and Survival of the STARDUST Spacecraft During the Wild-2 Coma Passage (AAS 97-005), Eric P. Lander and Seth E. Hollar 57

SECTION II ORBITAL PHENOMENON ON GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION AND CONTROL 77
Application and Flight Data Test Results of an Earth Albedo Model (AAS 97-011), Eleanor A. Ketchum, Thomas W. Flatley and James R. Morrissey 79
Protecting the Space Station from Meteoroids and Orbital Debris (AAS 97-012), Paul Shawcross 93

Predicting Conjunctions With Trackable Space Debris: Some Recent Experiences (AAS 97-014), Edna L. Jenkins and Paul W. Schumacher, Jr. 99
Debris Considerations for the Orbcomm Constellation (AAS 97-015), Timothy D. Maclay and Maria Evans 107

Tracking and Data Relay Satellites H, I, J Compliance With NASA's Orbital Debris Policy: A Case Study (AAS 97-016), John S. Gagosian, Robert D. Furber and Samir C. Malek 119

SECTION III NATURAL RADIATION EFFECTS ON GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION AND CONTROL DESIGN 131
Radiation Hardened Electronic Component Development at GSFC (AAS 97-022), Mark Flanegan and Ken LaBel 133

Microelectronics and Photonics Test Bed (AAS 97-024), James C. Ritter 139
Radiation Effects Issues for JPL Interplanetary Missions (AAS 97-026), C. Barnes, A. Johnston, C. Lee, G. Swift and B. Rax 151

Radiation Hardening Techniques for Commercially Produced Microelectronics for Space Guidance and Control Applications (AAS 97-027), Charles P. Brothers, Jr., Joseph R. Chavez, David R. Alexander and David G. Mavis 169

SECTION IV PRECISION OPTICAL CONTROL 181
Design of an Artificial Star for Gravity Probe B: A Precision Light Beam for Testing a Cryogenic Space Telescope (AAS 97-061), Edward B. Acworth, Rob J. Bernier, N. Jeremy Kasdin, Daniel B. DeBra, John Lipa, C. W. Francis Everitt, Ken Triebes and Lynn Huff 183

Scene Based Image Motion Compensation (SIMC) (AAS 97-062), David R. Shostak and Michael Skow 203

Actuator Systems for Precision Motion Control (AAS 97-063), Marc Samuelson, Ephrahim Garcia, John Otto, Jeff Paine and John Main 215

Imaging Pointing Control and Aspect Determination System for the NASA Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (AAS 97-064), Chris J. Schauwecker, Stephen L. Shawger, Frank C. Tung and Gerald S. Nurre 233

Pointing and Scanning Control of Optical Instruments Using Rotating Unbalanced Masses (AAS 97-065), Carlee A. Bishop, John Y. Hung, Michael E. Polites and Dean C. Alhorn 251

A Precision Pointing Control System for the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) (AAS 97-067), Tooraj Kia, David S. Bayard and Fernando Tolivar 267,

SECTION V RECENT EXPERIENCES IN GUIDANCE AND CONTROL 285
EUVE Reaction Wheel Assembly In-Flight Performance (AAS 97-071), Robert Bauer 287

Performance of the MSX Guidance and Control System (AAS 97-072), D. R. Haley, T. E. Strikwerda, J. C. Ray, H. L. Fisher, G. A. Heyler and R. T. Pham 311

On-Orbit Anomalies in the TOMS-EP Earth Sensors (AAS 97-073), Brent P. Robertson, Josephine K. San and Vaughn H. Selby 331

Recent Experience of the Space Inertial Reference Unit (SIRU) (AAS 97-074), R. Ciolino, G. Londerville and D. Haley 347

On-Board Ephemeris Determination Using a GPS Receiver for the MSTI-3 Spacecraft (AAS 97-075), Igor Lazbin 367

Fast Mission Start-Up, An Attitude Control Stress Test (AAS 97-076), James G. Watzin 381

Near Guidance and Control System (AAS 97-077), T. E. Strikwerda, J. C. Ray, D. R. Haley, G. A. Heyler, H. L. Fisher and R. T. N. Pham 397

APPENDICES 417
INDEX 437

For Guidance and Control 1998 aka Vol 98 Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, edited by Culp and Igli

FOREWORD vii
PREFACE ix

SECTION I
ADVANCES IN GUIDANCE AND CONTROL 1
TOPEX/POSEIDON Autonomous Maneuver Experiment (TAME) In-Flight Execution (AAS 98-001), T. Kia, J. Mellstrom, A. Klumpp, H. S. Lin, P. Sanatar, K. Shen, P. Vaze and M. Nachman 3
New Millennium Earth Orbiter-1 Mission: Attitude Control Requirements and Capabilities (AAS 98-002), Paul Sanneman, Kathie Blackman, Marcelo Gonzalez and Dave Speer 21
MIT Origins Testbed: Initial Control Results (AAS 98-003), Gregory J. W. Mallory, Homero L. Gutierrez and David W. Miller 41
New Control Law Designs for LIDAR Payloads (AAS 98-004), Girard Manke, Ken Ellis and Richard Jackson 61
Hitting the Hardbody (AAS 98-005), Louis A. Morine and Bruce P. Connors 77
High Precision Mini-CMG's and Their Spacecraft Applications (AAS 98-006), Jacques Busseuil, Michel Llibre and Xavier Roser 91
Satellite Orbit-Raising Using LQR Control with Fixed Thrusters (AAS 98-007), Paul M. Stoltz, Sanjivan Sivapiragasam and Tobin Anthony 109

SECTION II
COMMERCIAL SPACE APPLICATIONS OF GUIDANCE AND CONTROL 121
Adapting a Commercial Off-the-Shelf IMU to Commercial Space Applications (AAS 98-011), R. Ciolino and E. Schifferns 123
Attitude Determination and Control for the Global Imaging System 2000 (AAS 98-012), Doug Wiemer 139
Statistical Spacecraft Pointing Performance Calculation: The ESA Pointing Error Handbook and the APP Software Package (AAS 98-013), D. G. Dungate 161
GPS/INS Autonomous Navigation Systems for Space Applications (AAS 98-016), Robert L. Bunn 181
Progress In High Performance Fiber Optic Gyroscopes (AAS 98-017), G. A. Sanders, B. Szafraniec, L. Strandjord, A. Kaliszek, R. Dankwort, C. Lange, D. Kimmel and R. A. Bergh 197

SECTION III
GUIDANCE AND CONTROL IN LAUNCH SYSTEMS 203
Threshold Selection and Validation for a Redundant, RLG Based Space Navigation System (AAS 98-021), Brian Yu, Robert Tillotson and Robert Baum 205
GN&C Development for the K-1 Launch Vehicle (AAS 98-022), Neil J. Adams and Darryl G. Sargent 225
TIVB SRMU TVC Modeling to Enhance Performance Upgrade (AAS 98-023), Glen A. Binegar, John T. Duffy and Roger A. Thelander 243
The GN&C of the SMV (Space Maneuver Vehicle) Flight Test Vehicle: Rapid Design of an Unpowered Autolanding System (AAS 98-024), Viet H. Nguyen, Ashwani K. Chaudhary, David Poladian, Vincent L. Wong and Michael J. Zyss 255
X-34 GNC Trades: A Simple Design for Complex Requirements (AAS 98-025), Timothy J. Osowski 269
Guidance and Control Concepts for the X-33 Technology Demonstrator (AAS 98-026), Greg A. Dukeman and Michael W. Gallaher 287

SECTION IV
GUIDANCE AND CONTROL STORYBOARD DISPLAYS 307
Real-Time, Single-Frame, Optimal Attitude Estimation Using Horizon Sensor and Magnetometer Data (AAS 97-044), S. M. Hill and T. J. McCusker 309
Radiation Hardened 32-Bit Single Board Computer (AAS 98-034), Gary R. Brown, Robert D. Campbell and Richard F. Elmhurst 323
Evasive Scanwheel® Anomalies Corrected (AAS 98-036), Vaughn H. Selby and Andrew W. Moschak 335
A Lightweight, Low-Cost Star Camera Designed for Interplanetary Missions (AAS 98-040), Jim D. Chapel and Richard Kiessig 345
The "Sweet Sensor SuiteTM" 3 Axis Attitude Readout (AAS 98-042), Gerald Falbel 357
Fiber Optic Gyroscope with Reduced Non-Linearity at Low Angular Rates (AAS 98-043), Robert A. Kovacs 375
SMEX*Lite: NASA's Next Generation Small Explorer (AAS 98-044), James G. Watzin 389
Attitude Control Magnetometer (AAS 98-046), S. W. Billingsley, Eva M. Douglas and Paolo Carosso 405
Dynamic Modeling and Control of Rotating Unbalanced Mass (RUM) Actuated Systems (AAS 98-047), Carlee A. Bishop, John Y. Hung, Michael E. Polites and Dean C. Alhorn 411
Ground Tests of the ABRIXAS Attitude Determination and Control System (AAS 98-050), Matthias Wiegand, Oliver Matthews, Peter Offterdinger and H. J. Rath 431
Progress in a Strategic Grade IFOG, Michael K. Scruggs (AAS 98-051), Peter Wall and Ming H. Yu 439
An Object Oriented Architecture for Distributed Spacecraft Simulations (AAS 98-053), R. R. Strunce and F. A. Maher 451

SECTION V
SENSOR AND ACTUATOR PHENOMENA AND MODELING 461
Autonomous Formation Flyer (AFF) Sensor Technology Development (AAS 98-062), George Purcell, Da Kuang, Stephen Lichten, Sien-Chong Wu
and Larry Young 463
High Fidelity Mathematical Modeling of Reaction Wheel Performance (AAS 98-063), Bill Bialke 483
Six-Axis Vibration Isolation System Using Soft Actuators and Multiple Sensors (AAS 98-064), D. Thayer, J. Vagners, A. von Flotow, C. Hardham and K. Scribner 497
New Attitude Control Strategies Using Pulsed Plasma Thruster Systems (AAS 98-065), R. J. Cassady, J. P. Morris, C. E. Vaughan and M. J. Willey 507
Dynamically Tuned Gyros (DTG's) Span Three Decades and Are Still Improving: A Development of Historical Significance (AAS 98-066), Richard F. Cimera and Theodore J. McDonough 523
Mars Surveyor Program Landing Radar: Overview of Flight Tests and GN&C Interfaces (AAS 98-067), John A. Cuseo and Bradley R. Haack 539
MiDES Earth Sensor- Modeled Vs. Flight Data, Alan Doctor (AAS 98-068), George Rullman and Lenworth Anderson 559

SECTION VI
RECENT EXPERIENCES IN GUIDANCE AND CONTROL 571
Guidance and Control Aspects of the Mathilde Fast Flyby (AAS 98-071), G. A. Heyler and A. P. Harch 573
Attainable Pointing Accuracy with Star Trackers (AAS 98-072), D. R. Haley, T. E. Strikwerda, H. L. Fisher and G. A. Heyler 593
The Use of GPS on Surrey's Small Satellites (AAS 98-073), Martin J. Unwin 605
Missile Technology Demonstration Flight Test - 2: Lessons Learned (AAS 98-074), Sandra H. Slivinsky, Rodney G. Galloway and Angelia P. Bukley 613
The Importance and Difficulty of Attitude Control System (ACS) Phase and Polarity Testing: Lessons Learned from TOMS-EP Early Orbital Operations (AAS 98-075), Ray Lundquist, Phillip Sabelhaus, Steven S. Scott and Eric B. Holmes 633
Attitude Control Recovery of the Cerise Microsatellite Following an In-Orbit Collision (AAS 98-078), Y. Hashida, N. P. Bean, W. H. Steyn and M. S. Hodgart 655

APPENDIX 665
Publications of the American Astronautical Society 667
Advances in the Astronautical Sciences 668
Science and Technology Series 675
AAS History Series 681
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NDEX 683
Numerical Index 685
Author Index 688

CONTENTS
Volume 101, Advances in the Astronautical Sciences,
Guidance and Control 1999

FOREWORD vii
PREFACE ix

SECTION I: CELESTIAL FLAK 1
A Comparison of Radar and Optical Techniques for Conducting Near Earth Object (NEO) Searches (AAS 99-001), John V. Lambert, John L. Africano and Eugene G. Stansbery 3
Orbit Determination and Estimation of Impact Probability for Near Earth Objects (AAS 99-002), Paul W. Chodas and Donald K. Yeomans 21
The Deflection of Earth Impacting Objects Using Chemical Propulsion (AAS 99-003), Cameron Meek 41
Optimal Asteroid Deflection Using Low-Thrust Propulsion (AAS 99-004), Mudar S. Abu-Saymeh and Craig A. Kluever 51
Deflection of Large Near-Earth Objects (AAS 99-005), Gregory H. Canavan 63
Rock a Bye, Baby (AAS 99-006), David Sonnabend 71

SECTION II: ADVANCES IN GUIDANCE AND CONTROL 85
A Star Recognition Algorithm Based on Star Groups and Associated Means (AAS 99-011), S. Potteck 87
Improved Modeling in a MATLAB-Based Navigation System (AAS 99-012), Julie Deutschmann, Itzhack Bar-Itzhack, Wallace E. Larimore and Rick Harman 95
Experimental Results on Three Multipath Compensation Techniques for GPS-Based Attitude Determination (AAS 99-013), Alessandro Pasetti and Luisella Giulicchi 105
Onboard Navigation State Vector Propagation for the Interim Control Module of the International Space Station (AAS 99-014), Mark T. Soyka and Robert R. Dasenbrock 125
X-40A Guidance and Control and Flight Test Results (AAS 99-015), Viet H. Nguyen, Ashwani K. Chaudhary, David Poladian, Vincent L. Wong and Michael J. Zyss 145
Six Axis Vibration Isolation Using Modern Control Techniques, (AAS 99-016), Doug Thayer, Mark Campbell and Juris Vagners 167
LANDSAT-7 Failure Detection and Correction (AAS 99-017), S. Scott, P. Sabelhaus, J. Rapp, C. Mazzocco, B. Bjork, K. Hawkins, J. Tralie and M. Deshield 181

SECTION III: AUTONOMOUS RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING 201
Vision-Based Navigation for Rendezvous, Docking and Proximity Operations (AAS 99-021), John L. Junkins, Declan C. Hughes, Karim P. Wazni and Vatee Pariyapong 203
Experimental Results of Autonomous Rendezvous Docking on Japanese ETS-VII Satellite (AAS 99-022), Masaaki Mokuno, Isao Kawano and Toru Kasai 221
An Evaluation of the GPS Relative Navigation System for ETS-VII and HTV (AAS 99-023), Christopher D'Souza, Anthony Bogner, Timothy Brand, Jun Tsukui, Hiroshi Koyama and Taichi Nakamura 239
The ATV Rendez-vous Predevelopment Programme (ARP) (AAS 99-024), M. Cislaghi, W. Fehse, D. Paris and F. Ankersen 259
The Video Guidance Sensor: A Flight Proven Technology (AAS 99-025), Richard T. Howard, Thomas C. Bryan, Michael L. Book and Richard W. Dabney 281

SECTION IV: SYSTEM MODELING AND SIMULATION 299
Application of MATLAB®/Simulink® to Guidance and Control Flight-Code Design (AAS 99-062), Wayne F. Dellinger, Mark A. Salada and Hongxing Stella Shapiro 301
Use of the MATRIXx Integrated Toolkit on the Microwave Anisotropy Probe Attitude Control System (AAS 99-063), David K. Ward, Stephen F. Andrews, David C. McComas and James R. O'Donnell, Jr. 317
LANDSAT-7 Simulation and Testing Environments (AAS 99-064), E. Holmes, K. Ha, K. Hawkins, J. Lombardo, R. Phillips, M. Ram, P. Sabelhaus and S. Scott 335
Missile Technology Demonstration 3 (MTD-3) Flight Performance, (AAS 99-050), S. Slivinsky, R. Galloway, S. Breitling, C. Wilborn and A. Bukley 351
Step-Function Improvement in Attitude Determination Accuracy Without Abandoning Heritage Earth and Sun Reference Sensors (AAS 99-054), Robert B. Barnes 365
Space Based Radar (SBR) Tactical Display System (TDS) Virtual Prototyping Tool (AAS 99-060), John Barry, Paul Helt and Dan Olson 381

SECTION V: RECENT EXPERIENCES IN GUIDANCE AND CONTROL 387
Indostar-1 Early Orbit Operations (AAS 99-071), Marvin Arluk, Derek M. Surka, Michael A. Paluszek and Wendy I. Sullivan 389
Initialization and Early On-Orbit Performance of the Geosat Follow-on Satellite (AAS 99-072), William Frazier, Scott Mitchell, Michael Weiss and Douglas Wiemer 405
TRMM On-Orbit Attitude Control System Performance (AAS 99-073), Brent Robertson, Sam Placanica and Wendy Morgenstern 421
On-Orbit Performance of the Transition Region And Coronal Explorer (TRACE) Attitude Control System (AAS 99-075), Darrell Zimbelman and James G. Watzin 437
1997 RADARSAT Antarctic Maneuver (AAS 99-078), Gary W. Crocker, Jacques Payeur and Gregory R. Hammel 457

APPENDICES 483
Appendix A: Guidance and Control Storyboards 485
Appendix B: Publications of the American Astronautical Society 489
Advances in the Astronautical Sciences 490
Science and Technology Series 497
AAS History Series 503

INDEX 505
Numerical Index 507
Author Index 509

Joining the 'Advanced in Homeland Security' college-level set is Sandra F. Amass 's Volume 1, The Science of Homeland Security, which will serve as the perfect introduction to college-level courses discussing communication strategies, physical security, strategy modeling techniques, technical elements of risk and likelihood. Anticipate essays that include statistical formulas and references, in-depth analysis of risk factors and responses, and scientific analysis of bioterrorist threats and more. Volume 2, GUIDING FUTURE HOMELAND SECURITY POLICY: DIRECTIONS FOR SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY is just as detailed and scientific, analyzing the future of homeland security directions based on scientific logic and probable directions. Both are essential for any college-level analysis of homeland security issues.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

This book reviews the global Hadley Circulation that dominates weather patterns across half the earth's surface. Various climate authorities (modelers to paleoclimatologists) have contributed to the book. The net result is a very thorough treatise on our current knowledge of this important circulation feature that helps to maintain the global heat balance with direct connections to El Nino (ENSO) events. The first section of the book examines the dynamics of the Hadley Circulation and the interannual variability of this circulation. Later chapters relate the Hadley Circulation to ENSO, the North Atlantic Oscillation and to the tropical Walker Circulation.

Through a series of chapters dealing with paleoclimatological reconstructions of Hadley Cell related climate indices, the authors present an overview of long term changes in the Hadley circulation over the past 10,000 to 30,000 years. Final chapters are devoted to climate scenarios under a warming globe (CO2 or Solar forced changes).

This book will be an excellent reference for researchers interested in global climate change as it relates to changes in the Hadley Circulation. The writing in most chapters is very easy to follow and thus, the book should have appeal to a broad spectrum of scientists interested in climate variability in the tropics and subtropics (e.g. meteorologists, climatologists, oceanographers and biologists). The book has numerous graphs, maps and tables that illustrate key features of the Hadley Circulation and its associated interannual variability. With over 500 pages of text, the book is most certainly worth its price.

Stroebe's book is a comprehensive and well structured review of most aspects of bereavement relevant to clinicians. It covers updated research, while differentiating among various human losses : the loss of a child, vs. that of a parent, vs. a spouse. Grief ceremonies are compared across cultures, and guidelines are provided for the detection of abnormal vs. normal processes of bereavement.
The last chapter , presenting ways of intervention is short, but concise and helpful.

This book offers a comprenesive overview of the marketing research discipline. A must read for:
- Anyone who is new to marketing research or deals with research data and research suppliers
- Anyone who wants to become a trusted adviser offering insights your clients can act on
- Anyone who wants to understand how to design effective marketing research studies based on the latest research methodologies and techniques
- Anyone who wants to structure and organize their marketing research departments into powerful change agents
- Anyone who teaches or studies strategic or tactical marketing research

This book does a great job of balancing and bringing together the latest accademic thinking in terms of design, survey methodology, analysis and business application. It offers examples of what any researchers should think of when designing a research study, what the tools are available to analyze the data and how to dissimenate research findings companies can act on. As opposed to some of the other marketing research books this book goes beyond simply explaining the mathematical underpinnings of design, sampling, research techniques and analysis but offers real world applications. It discusses a wide array of topics from ad testing, customer satisfaction, brand measurement to marketing mix optimization.

To keep up with the advances in marketing research such as the use of the Internet to collect and mine data, globalization, the evolution of decision support tools, the organization of the marketing research department and the application of ever more powerful regression techniques this book offers the latest and greatest thinking. In my role as a professional marketing researcher of a fortune 500 company I have applied many of the concepts in this book to guide research suppliers and strenghten my role as a trusted adviser.

Much of the contextual material in this volume is out-of-date, given the fact that the articles originally appeared in the Harvard Business Review years ago (2000-2001). However, I think the core concepts remain sound and provide a valuable frame-of-reference for understanding the advances in strategy which have occurred during the last five years. It is also worth noting that several of these articles were later developed into an especially important business book. For example, Robert Kaplan and David Norton's article, "Having Trouble with Your Strategy? Map It" which led to the writing of their book, Strategy Maps.

No brief commentary such as this can do full justice to the rigor and substance of the eight articles. It remains for each reader to examine the list to identify which subjects are of greatest interest to her or him. My own opinion is that all of the articles are first-rate. One of this volume's greatest benefits is derived from the fact that a variety of perspectives are provided by a number of different authorities on the same general subject. In this instance, "advances [to date] in strategy"

Readers will especially appreciate the provision of an executive summary which precedes each article. They facilitate, indeed expedite frequent review of key points which - presumably - careful readers either underline or highlight. Also of interest is the "About the Contributors" section which includes suggestions of other sources to consult. Here are questions which suggest key issues to which the authors of these articles respond:

Which Internet strategies can create robust competitive advantages based on traditional strengths such as unique products, proprietary content, and distinctive physical activities? (Michael Porter)

How and why did 3M rewrite its business planning with "strategic stories"? (Gordon Shaw, Robert Brown, and Philip Bromiley)

How to "map" a strategy? (Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton)

Which "simple rules" can help achieve competitive advantage in high-velocity markets? (Kathleen M. Eisenhardt and Donald N. Sull)

How can financial engineering help to advance corporate strategy? (Peter Tufano)

How to (and why) transform "corner-officer strategy" into front-line action? (Orit Gadiesh and James L. Gilbert)

Which patterns in network intelligence are reshaping industries and organizations? How? (Mohanbir Sawhney and Deval Parikh)

Which activities and goals used in streamlining cross-company processes can help to create "the super-efficient company"? (Michael Hammer)

Those who share my high regard for this volume are urged to check out other "Harvard Business Review on..." volumes such as those on Becoming a High-Performance Manager, Change, Corporate Strategy, Decision Making, Effective Communication, the Innovative Enterprise, Leadership, and Measuring Corporate Performance.

Also Robert Kaplan and David Norton's The Strategy-Focused Organization, and Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour Through The Wilds of Strategic Management co-authored by Henry Mintzberg, Joseph Lampel, and Bruce Ahlstrand as well as Michael Porter's On Competition, Lawrence Hrebiniak's Making Strategy Work, and the recently published Success Built to Last co-authored by Jerry Porras, Stewart Emery, and Mark Thompson.