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American Confusion from Vietnam to Kosovo

Author : William R. Taylor
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595148093
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book American Confusion from Vietnam to Kosovo written by William R. Taylor and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Taylor presents an original theory of the dynamics of confusion in governments and in the lives of ordinary citizens. His model postulates a vicious cycle in which the causes of confusion evoke coping tactics which often worsen those causes. One of the most destructive coping tactics, “Find-an-Enemy-and-Lose-Your-Confusion” spawns conflict and increases the lies and other information pathology already circulating. “Exports” from this vicious cycle include environmental depredation, political oppression, war and death. Using his model, he illuminates the binds entrapping Robert McNamara and Lyndon Johnson as they expanded the Vietnam War in 1965. He then extends the theory using fuzzy cognitive maps (FCMs), and submits the model to the ultimate test: forecasting in “real time” certain events in the 1999 NATO-Serbia War and its aftermath. He published these predictions on his web site during and after that war. This project represents the first use of FCMs to forecast political-military events in real time. The concluding chapters test whether a knowledge of confusion dynamics will increase empathy between opponents, and whether the model is useful for planning humanitarian efforts by betterment organizations.

Parameters

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Parameters written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bibliography of Sources on the Region of Former Yugoslavia

Author : Rusko Matulić
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Bibliography of Sources on the Region of Former Yugoslavia written by Rusko Matulić and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this second volume, Rusko Matulic continues to formulate a comprehensive bibliography of primarily published sources relating to the history, languages, literature, politics, government, religion, and social sciences of former Yugoslavia, including bibliographical materials on expatriates.

Theoretical Roots of US Foreign Policy

Author : Thomas M. Kane
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134164335
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Theoretical Roots of US Foreign Policy written by Thomas M. Kane and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This enlightening new book examines the roots of America's new unilateralism in terms of Machiavelli's theory of state politics.

Friends Journal

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1194 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Friends Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 1194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Steven Spielberg's America

Author : Frederick Wasser
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 074565827X
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Steven Spielberg's America written by Frederick Wasser and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steven Spielberg is known as the most powerful man in New Hollywood and a pioneer of the contemporary blockbuster, America’s most successful export. His career began a new chapter in mass culture. At the same time, American post war liberalism was breaking down. This fascinating new book explains the complex relationship between film and politics through the prism of an iconic filmmaker. Spielberg’s early films were a triumphant emergence of the Sunbelt aesthetic that valued visceral kicks and basic emotions over the ambiguities of history. Such blockbusters have inspired much debate about their negative effect on politics and have been charged as being an expression of the corporatization of life. Here Frederick Wasser argues that the older Spielberg has not fully gone this way, suggesting that the filmmaker recycles the populist vision of older Hollywood because he sincerely believes in both big time moviemaking and liberal democracy. Nonetheless, his stories are burdened by his generation’s hostility to public life, and the book shows how he uses filmmaking tricks to keep his audience with him and to smooth over the ideological contradictions. His audiences have become more global, as his films engage history. This fresh and provocative take on Spielberg in the context of globalization, rampant market capitalism and the hardening socio-political landscape of the United States will be fascinating reading for students of film and for anyone interested in contemporary America and its culture.

Detention of Terrorism Suspects

Author : Maureen Duffy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1509904018
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Detention of Terrorism Suspects written by Maureen Duffy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Controversial erosions of individual liberties in the name of anti-terrorism are ongoing in liberal democracies. The focus of this book is on the manner in which strategic discourse has been used to create accepted political narratives. It specifically links aspects of that discourse to problematic and evolving terrorism detention practices that happen outside of traditional criminal and wartime paradigms, with examples including the detentions at Guantanamo Bay and security certificates in Canada. This book suggests that biased political discourse has, in some respects, continued to fuel public misconceptions about terrorism, which have then led to problematic legal enactments, supported by those misconceptions. It introduces this idea by presenting current examples, such as some of the language used by US President Donald Trump regarding terrorism, and it argues that such language has supported questionable legal responses to terrorism. It then critiques political arguments that began after 9/11, many of which are still foundational as terrorism detention practices evolve. The focus is on language emanating from the US, and the book links this language to specific examples of changed detention practices from the US, Canada, and the UK. Terrorism is undoubtedly a real threat, but that does not mean that all perceptions of how to respond to terrorism are valid. As international terrorism continues to grow and to change, this book offers valuable insights into problems that have arisen from specific responses, with the objective of avoiding those problems going forward.

What They Think of Us

Author : David Farber
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400827604
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book What They Think of Us written by David Farber and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-10 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has never been more important for Americans to understand why the world both hates and loves the United States. In What They Think of Us, a remarkable group of writers from the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Latin America describes the world's profoundly ambivalent attitudes toward the United States--before and since 9/11. While many people around the world continue to see the United States as a model despite the Iraq war and the war on terror, the U.S. response to 9/11 has undoubtedly intensified global anti-Americanism. What They Think of Us reveals that substantial goodwill toward America still exists, but that this sympathy is in peril--and that there is an immense gap between how Americans view their country and how it is viewed abroad. Drawing on broad research and personal experience while avoiding anecdotalism and polemics, the writers gathered here combine political, cultural, and historical analysis to explain how people in different parts of the world see the United States. They show that not all anti-Americanism can be blamed on U.S. foreign policy. America is disliked not just for what it does but also for what it is, and perceptions of both are profoundly shaped--and sometimes warped--by the domestic realities of the countries where anti-Americanism thrives. In addition to analyzing America's battered global reputation, these writers propose ways the United States and other countries can build better relations through greater understanding and respect.

Military Review

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (8 download)

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Professional Journal of the United States Army

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Professional Journal of the United States Army written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

American Defense Policy

Author : Miriam Krieger
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421441470
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book American Defense Policy written by Miriam Krieger and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Organized into three parts, the ninth edition traces the impact that societal changes and emerging technologies are having as force enablers, game changers, or disrupters of American defense policy"--

The Mind-Game Film

Author : Thomas Elsaesser
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135884048
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book The Mind-Game Film written by Thomas Elsaesser and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-28 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents the culmination of Thomas Elsaesser’s intense and passionate thinking about the Hollywood mind-game film from the previous two decades. In order to answer what the mind-game film is, why they exist, and how they function, Elsaesser maps the industrial-institutional challenges and constraints facing Hollywood, and the broader philosophic horizon within which American cinema thrives today. He demonstrates how the ‘Persistence of Hollywood’ continues as it has adapted to include new twists and turns, as well as revisions of past concerns, as film moves through the 21st century. Through examples such as Minority Report, Mulholland Drive, Source Code, and Back to the Future, Elsaesser explores how mind-game films challenge us and play games with our perception of reality, creating skepticism and (self-) doubt. He also highlights the mind-game film's tendency to intervene in a complex fashion in the political moment by questioning the dominant power’s intent to program both body and mind alike. Prescient and compelling, The Mind-Game Film will appeal to students, scholars, and enthusiasts of media studies, film studies, philosophy, and politics.

A-10s Over Kosovo

Author : Phil M. Haun
Publisher : www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK
ISBN 13 : 9781780392769
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book A-10s Over Kosovo written by Phil M. Haun and published by www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK. This book was released on 2011 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2003. The NATO-led Operation Allied Force was fought in 1999 to stop Serb atrocities against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. This war, as noted by the distinguished military historian John Keegan, "marked a real turning point . . . and proved that a war can be won by airpower alone." Colonels Haave and Haun have organized firsthand accounts of some of the people who provided that airpower-the members of the 40th Expeditionary Operations Group. Their descriptions-a new wingman's first combat sortie, a support officer's view of a fighter squadron relocation during combat, and a Sandy's leadership in finding and rescuing a downed F-117 pilot-provide the reader with a legitimate insight into an air war at the tactical level and the airpower that helped convince the Serbian president, Slobodan Milosevic, to capitulate.

Emerging Conflicts of Principle

Author : Thomas Kane
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317144821
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Emerging Conflicts of Principle written by Thomas Kane and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debates over the ethics of war, economic redistribution, resource consumption and the rights and responsibilities associated with membership of a political community are just some of the major conflicts of principle identified by Thomas Kane which characterize world politics today. According to the author, debates such as these are being drawn towards increasingly polarized positions represented by strongly universalist and particularist moral and political ideologies, such as cosmopolitanism and republicanism. Kane analyzes each of these areas, identifying that the potential for ideologically-driven conflict will constitute the greatest challenge facing scholars and policy makers in the twenty-first century.

Emerging Conflicts of Principle

Author : Thomas M. Kane
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9780754648376
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (483 download)

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Download or read book Emerging Conflicts of Principle written by Thomas M. Kane and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debates over the ethics of war, economic redistribution, resource consumption and the rights and responsibilities associated with membership of a political community are just some of the major conflicts of principle identified and analyzed by Thomas Kane which characterize world politics today.

Character Assassins

Author : William M. Connolly
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1477126422
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (771 download)

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Download or read book Character Assassins written by William M. Connolly and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-06-15 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CHARACTER ASSASSINS is a brief history of the consequences of bearing false witness. It tells how toxic talk has led to shunning, witch hunts, persecuti ons, false prosecuti ons, executi ons, pogroms, famines, wars and genocides. From small acorns great oaks grow, and from small lies come poisonous fruits: ruined reputati ons, divided neighborhoods, class hatreds, clan violence, ethnic cleansings and blood libels, preludes to the twenti eth centurys worst horrors. The book criti cally examines various contemporary events. It details intellectual rot and corrupti on in Massachusett s federal and state courts, prosecutors offi ces and law schools. It pinpoints deep seated biases, spin and false reporti ng in Bostons newspapers and radio talks shows. It proves Howie Carrs books are litt ered with falsehoods. It singles out Carr and Dershowitz as examples of chronic character assassins. Lies, ruin, disease, Into wounds like these, Let the truth sti ng! David Gray

Character Assassins Ii

Author : William M. Connolly MPH JD
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1503516458
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Character Assassins Ii written by William M. Connolly MPH JD and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-11-22 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CHARACTER ASSASSINS II re-examines controversial historical events and takes a fresh look at contemporary issues. It is highly critical of the federal government, the Justice Department and courts throughout America. It rebukes prominent public fi gures in law and the media. Essentially, the book is a brief history of the consequences of bearing false witness. It tells how toxic talk has led to shunning, branding, witch hunts, persecutions, prosecutions, executions, pogroms, famines, wars and genocides. From small acorns great oaks grow, and from small lies come poisonous fruits: ruined reputations, divided neighborhoods, class hatreds, clan violence, ethnic cleansings and blood libels, preludes to the twentieth centurys worst horrors. The book critically examines local, national and foreign events. It shows how the press, the courts and government offi cials contort the facts, twist the truth and subvert the Constitution of the United States for political gain, ideological advantage or more simply and crassly to settle old scores from old political feuds or personal vendettas. It all begins with a slur or an insult, then the retort, then the tit for tat and the poisonous chit chat, then the false witness and rumors that spread like wildfi re, then an eye for an eye the stepped upon step up, and strike back, and, as the worm turns, the backbiting and stone throwing spiral out of control, and that inevitably leads to the singling out of the other or of different people, who are subjected in due course to derision, scorn, retribution, persecution and punishment. It compares the Dreyfus case to the Connolly case, and proves how slander and libel can lead to wrongful, highly destructive prosecutions of innocent men and women.