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Advocating Weapons War And Terrorism
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Author : Ian E. J. Hill
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2018-08-17
Advocating Weapons War And Terrorism written by Ian E. J. Hill and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-17 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Technē’s Paradox—a frequent theme in science fiction—is the commonplace belief that technology has both the potential to annihilate humanity and to preserve it. Advocating Weapons, War, and Terrorism looks at how this paradox applies to some of the most dangerous of technologies: population bombs, dynamite bombs, chemical weapons, nuclear weapons, and improvised explosive devices. Hill’s study analyzes the rhetoric used to promote such weapons in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. By examining Thomas R. Malthus’s Essay on the Principle of Population, the courtroom address of accused Haymarket bomber August Spies, the army textbook Chemical Warfare by Major General Amos A. Fries and Clarence J. West, the life and letters of Manhattan Project physicist Leo Szilard, and the writings of Ted “Unabomber” Kaczynski, Hill shows how contemporary societies are equipped with abundant rhetorical means to describe and debate the extreme capacities of weapons to both destroy and protect. The book takes a middle-way approach between language and materialism that combines traditional rhetorical criticism of texts with analyses of the persuasive force of weapons themselves, as objects, irrespective of human intervention. Advocating Weapons, War, and Terrorism is the first study of its kind, revealing how the combination of weapons and rhetoric facilitated the magnitude of killing in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and illuminating how humanity understands and acts upon its propensity for violence. This book will be invaluable for scholars of rhetoric, scholars of science and technology, and the study of warfare.
Chemical And Biological Weapons
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Author : Daniel E. Harmon
language : en
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Release Date : 2009-01-15
Chemical And Biological Weapons written by Daniel E. Harmon and has been published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-15 with History categories.
Describes the development and use of chemical and biological weapons throughout history, examining the effects, political significance, deterrents, and moral and ethical issues.
Unconventional Weapons And International Terrorism
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Author : Magnus Ranstorp
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2009-01-13
Unconventional Weapons And International Terrorism written by Magnus Ranstorp and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-13 with History categories.
This book addresses the critical importance of understanding innovation and decision-making between terrorist groups and unconventional weapons, and the difficulty in pinpointing what factors may drive violence escalation. It is useful for students of terrorism studies and nuclear proliferation.
Terrorism And Weapons Of Mass Destruction
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Author : Ian Bellany
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2007-12-12
Terrorism And Weapons Of Mass Destruction written by Ian Bellany and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-12 with History categories.
There is a widely held belief in the imminent probability of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons of mass destruction being used by terrorists against civilian targets. This edited volume critically assesses the suggestion that one safeguard against this possibility would be to strengthen existing international prohibitions against state- level acquisition of such weapons. A glimpse of the possible potential of terrorist use of weapons of mass destruction has been seen through the actions of the Tokyo Aum group, and through the use of chlorine by insurgents in Iraq. However, the extent of the real threat posed is as yet unclear, and safeguarding against it in developing countries will not be easy. This book assembles specialists in each category of WMD in order to examine the potential of expanding the three ‘classical’ arms control treaties in order to combat the threat posed by smaller terrorist groups, and draws conclusions as to the strengths and weaknesses of this suggestion.
Weapons Of Mass Destruction And Terrorism
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Author : Alan O'Day
language : en
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Release Date : 2004
Weapons Of Mass Destruction And Terrorism written by Alan O'Day and has been published by Ashgate Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Chemical terrorism categories.
The twenty-nine articles explore the issue of WMD and key questions raised about terrorism, its definition, objects, motivation, whether there is a different species of it emerging in the aftermath of the close of the Cold War, preparedness and the means of prevention.The conventional, low-technology terrorism of the past has exercised a social and political impact far out of proportion with the casualties it has caused. The massive, indiscriminate destruction caused by an act of WMD terrorism similarly would have disproportionate social, political, economic and strategic effects.
Violence All Around
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Author : John Sifton
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2015
Violence All Around written by John Sifton and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with History categories.
A human rights lawyer travels to hot zones around the globe before and after 9/11 to document abuses by warlords, terrorists, and counterterrorism forces. John Sifton reminds us that human rights advocates can only shame the world into better behavior; to invoke rights is to invoke the force to uphold them, including the very violence they deplore.
The War Next Time
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Author : Barry R. Schneider
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The War Next Time written by Barry R. Schneider and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Political Science categories.
The Terrorists
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Author : Christopher Dobson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
The Terrorists written by Christopher Dobson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Political Science categories.
Weapons Of Mass Deception
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Author : Sheldon Rampton
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2003-07-28
Weapons Of Mass Deception written by Sheldon Rampton and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-07-28 with History categories.
Weapons of Mass Deception reveals: How the Iraq war was sold to the American public through professional P.R. strategies. "The First Casualty": Lies that were told related to the Iraq war. Euphemisms and jargon related to the Iraq war, e.g. "shock and awe," "Operation Iraqi Freedom," "axis of evil," "coalition of the willing," etc. "War as Opportunity": How the war on terrorism and the war on Iraq have been used as marketing hooks to sell products and policies that have nothing to do with fighting terrorism. "Brand America": The efforts of Charlotte Beers and other U.S. propaganda campaigns designed to win hearts overseas. "The Mass Media as Propaganda Vehicle": How news coverage followed Washington's lead and language. The book includes a glossary — "Propaganda: A User's Guide" — and resources to help Americans sort through the deceptions to see the strings behind Washington's campaign to sell the Iraq war to the public.
Rhetoric Inc
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Author : Timothy Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2021-02-25
Rhetoric Inc written by Timothy Johnson and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-25 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
In 1914, the Ford Motor Company opened its Motion Picture Laboratory, an in-house operation that produced motion pictures to educate its workforce and promote its products. Just six years later, Ford films had found their way into schools and newsreels, travelogues, and even feature films in theaters across the country. It is estimated that by 1961, the company’s movies had captured an audience of sixty-four million people. This study of Ford’s corporate film program traces its growth and rise in prominence in corporate America. Drawing on nearly three hundred hours of material produced between 1914 and 1954, Timothy Johnson chronicles the history of Ford’s filmmaking campaign and analyzes selected films, visual and narrative techniques, and genres. He shows how what began as a narrow educational initiative grew into a global marketing strategy that presented a vision not just of Ford or corporate culture but of American life more broadly. In these films, Johnson uncovers a powerful rhetoric that Ford used to influence American labor, corporate style, production practices, road building, suburbanization, and consumer culture. The company’s early and continued success led other corporations to adopt similar programs. Persuasive and thoroughly researched, Rhetoric, Inc. documents the role that imagery and messaging played in the formation of the modern American corporation and provides a glimpse into the cultural turn to the economy as a source of entertainment, value, and meaning.