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    Cold War Naval Fighter Pilot to BAe Chief Test Pilot

    It was early Cold War days when 17-year-old David Eagles applied to the Fleet Air Arm hoping to be a fighter pilot for his national service. He little imagined the career that would follow. After flying training with the US Navy and Australian Fleet Air Arm, he settled into Fleet Air Arm fighter pilot life. He progressed through Naval Test Pilot duties – where he was forced to eject from a ... Read more

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  • Instant Insights: Economics of key agricultural practices

    Series Book 70 - Burleigh Dodds Science: Instant Insights
    This collection features six peer-reviewed reviews on the economics of key agricultural practices.The first chapter assesses the economic impact of horticultural crops and integrated pest management programmes. The chapter highlights the importance of considering agricultural system design and the utilisation of novel control tactics.The second chapter considers the economic consequences of novel ... Read more

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    Series Book 93 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Strong coverage of improving smallholder access to key inputs, from seeds to nutrition and pest managementReviews ways of improving public and private sector extension support as well as market access for smallholdersChapter authors mix research expertise and practical experience of successful project implementation on the ground ... Read more

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  • Psychoanalytic Therapy as Health Care

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    In Psychoanalytic Therapy as Health Care, a timely and trenchant consideration of the clash of values between managed care and psychoanalysis, contributors elaborate a thoughtful defense of the therapeutic necessity and social importance of contemporary psychoanalytic and psychodynamic approaches in the provision of mental health care.Part I begins with the question of where psychoanalytic ... Read more

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  • Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Conflict

    Series series Psychological Issues
    Since its inception, and throughout its history, psychoanalysis has been defined as a psychology of conflict. Freud’s tripartite structure of id, ego and superego, and then modern conflict theory, placed conflict at the center of mental life and its understanding at the heart of therapeutic action.As psychoanalysis has developed into the various schools of thought, the understanding of the ... Read more

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