Clem Brooks, Jeff Manza, "Whose Rights?: Counterterrorism and the Dark Side of American Public Opinion"
English | 2013 | pages: 202 | ISBN: 0871540584 | PDF | 2,6 mb
In the wake of the September 11 attacks, the U.S. government adopted a series of counterterrorism policies that radically altered the prevailing balance between civil liberties and security. These changes allowed for warrantless domestic surveillance, military commissions at Guantanamo Bay and even extralegal assassinations. Now, more than a decade after 9/11, these sharply contested measures appear poised to become lasting features of American government. What do Americans think about these policies? Where do they draw the line on what the government is allowed to do in the name of fighting terrorism? Drawing from a wealth of survey and experimental data, Whose Rights? explores the underlying sources of public attitudes toward the war on terror in a more detailed and comprehensive manner than has ever been attempted. In an analysis that deftly deploys the tools of political science and psychology, Whose Rights? addresses a vexing puzzle: Why does the counterterrorism agenda persist even as 9/11 recedes in time and the threat from Al Qaeda wanes? Authors Clem Brooks and Jeff Manza provocatively argue that American opinion, despite traditionally showing strong support for civil liberties, exhibits a "dark side" that tolerates illiberal policies in the face of a threat. Surveillance of American citizens, heightened airport security, the Patriot Act and targeted assassinations enjoy broad support among Americans, and these preferences have remained largely stable over the past decade. There are, however, important variations: Waterboarding and torture receive notably low levels of support, and counterterrorism activities sanctioned by formal legislation, as opposed to covert operations, tend to draw more favor. To better evaluate these trends, Whose Rights? examines the concept of "threat-priming" and finds that getting people to think about the specter of terrorism bolsters anew their willingness to support coercive measures. A series of experimental surveys also yields fascinating insight into the impact of national identity cues. When respondents are primed to think that American citizens would be targeted by harsh counterterrorism policies, support declines significantly. On the other hand, groups such as Muslims, foreigners, and people of Middle Eastern background elicit particularly negative attitudes and increase support for counterterrorism measures. Under the right conditions, Brooks and Manza show, American support for counterterrorism activities can be propelled upward by simple reminders of past terrorism Descriptions and communication about disliked external groups. Whose Rights? convincingly argues that mass opinion plays a central role in the politics of contemporary counterterrorism policy. With their clarity and compelling evidence, Brooks and Manza offer much-needed insight into the policy responses to the defining conflict of our age and the psychological impact of terrorism.

Phil Cooper, "Who Is Elon Musk?: The Story of a Boy Who Got Bullied In School and Then Went On to Become the Most Interesting and Famous Man in Tech"
English | 2022 | ASIN: B09TWTJFT8, B09TQ2WGML | EPUB | pages: 46 | 0.1 mb
As a kid, Elon became so lost in his daydreams that even his parents were worried he wasn't in the right frame of mind. However, Elon knew that one day his dreams would come true.

Andrew Leigh, "What's the Worst That Could Happen?: Existential Risk and Extreme Politics"
English | 2021 | ISBN: 0262046075 | 240 pages | True EPUB | 0.36 MB
Why catastrophic risks are more dangerous than you think, and how populism is making them worse.

Jeremy Wildeman, "What Lies Ahead? Canada's Engagement with the Middle East Peace Process and the Palestinians"
English | ISBN: 1032190620 | 2021 | 160 pages | EPUB | 587 KB
This edited volume explores Canada's foreign policy relationship with the Palestinians and broader Middle East Peace Process (MEPP). Canada was intensively involved from 1992 to 2000 in peacebuilding as a mediator in the multilateral part of the MEPP, as chair of the Refugee Working Group, and sponsor of Track II negotiations. This all changed after a significant mid-2000s discursive and policy shift when Canada withdrew from the politics of Israel-Palestine peacebuilding and took a strong partisan stance in favour of Israel.

What Is The Modern Economic System: How Can You Use It To Grow Your Business by Elizabeth Graham
English | 2021 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B098YRNCGF | 70 pages | EPUB | 0.16 Mb
Understanding business is hard. Understanding how people will react to your business is also hard. What if there was a book that takes away the stress and worry of guessing how your customers or clients will act. In "What Is The Modern Economic System", the author teaches you how to spot cycles within the economy and use it to your advantage. The book will help you understand how to use the economic market to grow any business.

Katy Hayward, "What Do We Know and What Should We Do About the Irish Border?"
English | ISBN: 1529770653 | 2021 | 112 pages | EPUB | 990 KB
The Irish border is a manifestation of the relationship between Britain and Ireland. When that relationship has been tense, we have seen the worst effects at the Irish border in the form of violence, controls and barriers. When the relationship has been good, the Irish border has become - to all intents and purposes - open, invisible and criss-crossed with connections. Throughout its short existence, the symbolism of the border has remained just as important as its practical impact.

Troels Burchall Henningsen, "Western Intervention and Informal Politics: Simulated Statebuilding and Failed Reforms "
English | ISBN: 1032070072 | 2021 | 200 pages | EPUB | 502 KB
This book examines the political and military dynamic between threatened local regimes and Western powers, and it argues that the power of informal politics forces local regimes to simulate statebuilding.

Weight Loss Tips, Diet Guides, & More by RAZAQ ADEKUNLE
English | 2020 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B08QD1PZXF | 80 pages | EPUB | 0.18 Mb
There are many common weight loss myths that people live by when it comes to their health. It is difficult at times to separate the weight loss myths and fact from what is true. Many sounds true while others are just laughable.

Jack Watling, "War by Others' Means: Delivering Effective Partner Force Capacity Building "
English | ISBN: 036776640X | 2021 | 116 pages | EPUB | 584 KB
A new era of great power competition places a strategic premium on the efficiency with which states can pursue their aims. There is therefore likely to be an expanded scope for partnered operations. Partner force capacity building has a long history, with very mixed results, yet there is little historical memory in the institutions tasked with carrying it out. War by Others' Means uses archival research, interviews with practitioners, and observation of capacity building to understand why states undertake it, how they should select, train and equip their partners, and how they should manage the generation and withdrawal of trainers.

Erskine Childers, "War and the Arme Blanche"
English | ISBN: 1986728080 | 2018 | 238 pages | EPUB | 782 KB
My central purpose in this volume is to submit to searching criticism the armament of Cavalry. That armament now consists of a rifle and a sword in all regiments, with the addition of a lance in the case of Lancers. I shall argue that the steel weapons ought either to be discarded or denied all influence on tactics, and a pure type of mounted rifleman substituted for the existing hybrid type. I shall contrast the characteristics and achievements of this pure type with the characteristics and achievements of the hybrid type. I shall argue that a right decision in the case of Cavalry carries with it indirect consequences of the most far-reaching importance in regard to the efficient training of all our other mounted troops, regular or volunteer, home or colonial-troops which belong almost entirely to the pure type, but on whose training the mere existence of a hybrid type, with a theory of tactics derived from the steel, reacts unfavourably.