Taiwan strait crises and Chiang Kai-shek's strategic thinking : a perspective from the Taiwan's archive

This paper uses Taiwan's archival documents to reexamine the two Taiwan Strait crises and the characteristics of Chiang Kai-shek's strategic thinking. Section 2 examines the oscillation of U.S. policy concerning the ROC's offensive toward mainland China and the defense of the Da-chen islands before and after the initiation of the First Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1954-1955. Doing so will highlight the contradictory U.S. attitude that contributed to the crisis and weakened its ability to control Chiang. Section 3 focuses on Chiang Kai-shek's strategic vision toward East Asia. In particular, this section focuses on his strategic thinking and tries to assess whether or not he was a "reckless" or "irrational" leader as often described in the previous research on his personality.

Data and Code archive for the interpolation of surface ocean carbon dioxide

We have developed a statistical gap-filling method adapted to the specific coverage and properties of observed fugacity of surface ocean CO2 (fCO2). We have used this method to interpolate the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) v2 database on a 2.5°×2.5° global grid (south of 70°N) for 1985-2011 at monthly resolution. The method combines a spatial interpolation based on a 'radius of influence' to determine nearby similar fCO2 values with temporal harmonic and cubic spline curve-fitting, and also fits long term trends and seasonal cycles. Interannual variability is established using deviations of observations from the fitted trends and seasonal cycles. An uncertainty is computed for all interpolated values based on the spatial and temporal range of the interpolation. Tests of the method using model data show that it performs as well as or better than previous regional interpolation methods, but in addition it provides a near-global and interannual coverage.

Consideration of three proposals to conduct research on possible health effects of radiation from nuclear weapon testing in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah, and nuclear weapon testing and studies related to health effects : an historical summary : responding to recommendations by the panel of experts on the archive of PHS documents /

Mode of access: Internet.

Music of the American Indian : Northwest (Puget Sound) : from the Archive of Folk Culture /

Mode of access: Internet.

The Archive of Folk Culture : the national collection of American and world folklife.

Shipping list no.: 94-0038-P.

The Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape; a descriptive guide.

Includes bibliographies.

Archive of recorded poetry and literature; a checklist.

Mode of access: Internet.

Prinz Eugen von Savoyen. Nach den handschriftlichen Quellen der kaiserlichen Archive,

1. Bd. 1663-1707.--2. Bd. 1708-1718.--3. Bd. 1719-1736.

Verfassungs-urkunde für das königreich Württemberg vom 25. september 1819 : nach dem von den Ständen ausgestellten, in dem Königl. staats-archive aufbewahrten exemplar getreu abgedruckt ; mit einer geschichtlichen einleitung.

"Vorlaufige festschrift zur feier der 15 jährigen verfassungs-urkunde im jahr 1844."