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Shooting Up
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Author : Łukasz Kamieński
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016
Shooting Up written by Łukasz Kamieński and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with History categories.
Pharmacologically enhanced militaries -- Alcohol -- From pre-modern times to the end of the Second World War -- Pre-modern times: opium, hashish, mushrooms and coca -- Napoleon in Egypt and the adventures of Europeans with hashish -- The Opium Wars -- The American Civil War, opium, morphine and the "soldiers' disease"--The colonial wars and the terrifying "barbarians"--coca to cocaine: the First World War -- The Second World War -- The Cold War -- From the Korean War to the war over mind control -- In search of wonderful new techniques and weapons -- Vietnam: the first true pharmacological war -- The Red Army in Afghanistan and the problem of drug addiction -- Towards the present -- Contemporary irregular armies empowered by drugs -- Intoxicated child soldiers -- Drugs in the contemporary American Armed Forces -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: war as a drug
Shooting Up
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Author : Łukasz Kamieński
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017
Shooting Up written by Łukasz Kamieński and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Drug abuse categories.
A vividly written account of how drugs have shaped the history of warfare, based on prodigious research
Shooting Up
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Author : Vanda Felbab-Brown
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2009-12-01
Shooting Up written by Vanda Felbab-Brown and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-01 with Political Science categories.
Most policymakers see counterinsurgency and counternarcotics policy as two sides of the same coin. Stop the flow of drug money, the logic goes, and the insurgency will wither away. But the conventional wisdom is dangerously wrongheaded, as Vanda Felbab-Brown argues in Shooting Up. Counternarcotics campaigns, particularly those focused on eradication, typically fail to bankrupt belligerent groups that rely on the drug trade for financing. Worse, they actually strengthen insurgents by increasing their legitimacy and popular support. Felbab-Brown, a leading expert on drug interdiction efforts and counterinsurgency, draws on interviews and fieldwork in some of the world's most dangerous regions to explain how belligerent groups have become involved in drug trafficking and related activities, including kidnapping, extortion, and smuggling. Shooting Up shows vividly how powerful guerrilla and terrorist organizations — including Peru's Shining Path, the FARC and the paramilitaries in Colombia, and the Taliban in Afghanistan — have learned to exploit illicit markets. In addition, the author explores the interaction between insurgent groups and illicit economies in frequently overlooked settings, such as Northern Ireland, Turkey, and Burma. While aggressive efforts to suppress the drug trade typically backfire, Shooting Up shows that a laissez-faire policy toward illicit crop cultivation can reduce support for the belligerents and, critically, increase cooperation with government intelligence gathering. When combined with interdiction targeting major traffickers, this strategy gives policymakers a better chance of winning both the war against the insurgents and the war on drugs.
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Author : Kamieński
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017-08-31
Shooting Up written by Kamieński and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-31 with History categories.
From hallucinogenic mushrooms and LSD, to coca and cocaine; from Homeric warriors and the Assassins to the first Gulf War and today’s global insurgents — drugs have sustained warriors in the field and have been used as weapons of warfare, either as non-lethal psychochemical weapons or as a means of subversion. Łukasz Kamieński explores why and how drugs have been issued to soldiers to increase their battlefield performance, boost their courage and alleviate stress and fear — as well as for medical purposes. He also delves into the history of psychoactive substances that combatants ‘self-prescribe’, a practice which dates as far back as the Vikings. Shooting Up is a comprehensive and original history of the relationship between fighting men and intoxicants, from Antiquity till the present day, and looks at how drugs will determine the wars of the future in unforeseen and remarkable ways.
Killer High
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Author : Peter Andreas
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2020
Killer High written by Peter Andreas and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with HISTORY categories.
Introduction: How drugs made war and war made drugs -- Drunk on the front -- Where there's smoke there's war -- Caffeinated conflict -- Opium, empire, and Geopolitics -- Speed warfare -- Cocaine wars -- Conclusion: The drugged battlefields of the 21st century .
Hands Up Don T Shoot
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Author : Jennifer E Cobbina
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2020-05-12
Hands Up Don T Shoot written by Jennifer E Cobbina and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-12 with Social Science categories.
Understanding the explosive protests over police killings and the legacy of racism Following the high-profile deaths of eighteen-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and twenty-five-year-old Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Maryland, both cities erupted in protest over the unjustified homicides of unarmed black males at the hands of police officers. These local tragedies—and the protests surrounding them—assumed national significance, igniting fierce debate about the fairness and efficacy of the American criminal justice system. Yet, outside the gaze of mainstream attention, how do local residents and protestors in Ferguson and Baltimore understand their own experiences with race, place, and policing? In Hands Up, Don’t Shoot, Jennifer Cobbina draws on in-depth interviews with nearly two hundred residents of Ferguson and Baltimore, conducted within two months of the deaths of Brown and Gray. She examines how protestors in both cities understood their experiences with the police, how those experiences influenced their perceptions of policing, what galvanized Black Lives Matter as a social movement, and how policing tactics during demonstrations influenced subsequent mobilization decisions among protesters. Ultimately, she humanizes people’s deep and abiding anger, underscoring how a movement emerged to denounce both racial biases by police and the broader economic and social system that has stacked the deck against young black civilians. Hands Up, Don’t Shoot is a remarkably current, on-the-ground assessment of the powerful, protestor-driven movement around race, justice, and policing in America.
The Shut Up And Shoot Documentary Guide
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Author : Anthony Q. Artis
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2013-07-24
The Shut Up And Shoot Documentary Guide written by Anthony Q. Artis and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-24 with Performing Arts categories.
So you want to make a documentary, but think you don't have a lot of time, money, or experience? It's time to get down and dirty! Down and dirty is a filmmaking mindset. It's the mentality that forces you to be creative with your resources. It's about doing more with less. Get started NOW with this book and DVD set, a one-stop shop written by a guerrilla filmmaker, for guerrilla filmmakers. You will learn how to make your project better, faster, and cheaper. The pages are crammed with 500 full-color pictures, tips from the pros, resources, checklists and charts, making it easy to find what you need fast. The DVD includes: * Video and audio tutorials, useful forms, and interviews with leading documentary filmmakers like Albert Maysles (Grey Gardens), Sam Pollard (4 Little Girls), and others * 50+ Crazy Phat Bonus pages with jump start charts, online resources, releases, storyboards, checklists, equipment guides, and shooting procedures Here's just a small sampling of what's inside the book: * Putting together a crew * Choosing a camera * New HDV and 24P cameras * Shooting in rough neighborhoods * Interview skills and techniques * 10 ways to lower your budget * Common production forms
Shooting Up
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Author : Lukasz Kamienski
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016-02-10
Shooting Up written by Lukasz Kamienski and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-10 with Political Science categories.
Shooting Up: A Short History of Drugs and War examines how intoxicants have been put to the service of states, empires and their armies throughout history. Since the beginning of organized combat, armed forces have prescribed drugs to their members for two general purposes: to enhance performance during combat and to counter the trauma of killing and witnessing violence after it is over. Stimulants (e.g. alcohol, cocaine, and amphetamines) have been used to temporarily create better soldiers by that improving stamina, overcoming sleeplessness, eliminating fatigue, and increasing fighting spirit. Downers (e.g. alcohol, opiates, morphine, heroin, marijuana, barbiturates) have also been useful in dealing with the soldier's greatest enemy - shattered nerves. Kamienski's focuses on drugs "prescribed" by military authorities, but also documents the widespread unauthorised consumption by soldiers themselves. Combatants have always treated with various drugs and alcohol, mainly for recreational use and as a reward to themselves for enduring the constant tension of preparing for. Although not officially approved, such "self-medication" is often been quietly tolerated by commanders in so far as it did not affect combat effectiveness. This volume spans the history of combat from the use of opium, coca, and mushrooms in pre-modern warfare to the efforts of modern militaries, during the Cold War in particular, to design psychochemical offensive weapons that can be used to incapacitate rather than to kill the enemy. Along the way, Kamienski provides fascinating coverage of on the European adoption of hashish during Napolean's invasion of Egypt, opium use during the American Civil War, amphetamines in the Third Reich, and the use of narcotics to control child soldiers in the rebel militias of contemporary Africa.
Shooting Up
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Author : Lukasz Kamienski
language : it
Publisher: Utet
Release Date : 2017-11-28
Shooting Up written by Lukasz Kamienski and has been published by Utet this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-28 with History categories.
Tutte le storie di guerra, dall'antichità ai giorni nostri, sono anche storie di droga. Quasi senza eccezioni, combattenti e soldati, governi e organizzazioni militari, nel corso dei secoli, hanno sfruttato il potenziale bellico di alcol e sostanze stupefacenti. I primi furono gli opliti omerici in viaggio verso Troia, poi le truppe di Annibale, i guerrieri dell'Amazzonia e i berserker vichinghi. Nel mondo antico, oppio, funghi allucinogeni o piante con poteri energetici sono spesso parte dei riti tribali, delle cerimonie per risvegliare lo spirito guerriero. Con la nascita della "guerra moderna" e lo sviluppo degli eserciti nazionali, l'uso di droghe diventa un'abitudine diffusa. I soldati al fronte assumono calmanti per tenere a bada gli incubi e il dolore, e stimolanti per dominare la paura e trovare la forza per andare all'attacco. I vertici militari spesso fingono di ignorare o addirittura agevolano la diffusione di sostanze psicotrope tra le truppe. La droga diventa un'arma a tutti gli effetti. Dalla diffusione della cocaina tra i piloti francesi e tedeschi durante la prima guerra mondiale, all'utilizzo del Pervitin con cui la Wehrmacht sbaragliò le resistenze di mezza Europa con incursioni lampo, dall'abuso di psicofarmaci ed eccitanti dei marines in Vietnam, agli esperimenti con l'LSD durante la guerra fredda, fino ai miscugli di polvere da sparo ed eroina sniffati dai soldati bambino in Africa, ¿ukasz Kamie¿ski osserva i campi di battaglia da un'inedita prospettiva. Un punto di vista tanto eccentrico quanto imprescindibile per comprendere le dinamiche di ogni conflitto armato. Shooting Up è il primo libro che esplora gli infiniti modi in cui le droghe vengono utilizzate dagli stati e dai loro eserciti nella storia. «Questa analisi approfondita dello "sballo" al fronte è in larga parte una storia mai raccontata. La storia del ruolo giocato dalla droga attraverso i secoli a supporto di truppe e battaglioni, e quella del ruolo che avrà nelle battaglie di domani. Shooting up è indubbiamente destinato a diventare un classico.» - Christopher Coker, professore di relazioni internazionali alla London School of Economics «Kamie¿ski dimostra una notevole capacità di approfondimento, riuscendo allo stesso tempo a coinvolgere il lettore... il risultato è un'indagine solida e avvincente.» - Publishers Weekly «Affascinante, ricco di dettagli e sorprendentemente sobrio...uno studio accurato e completo.» - The Sunday Times «In Shooting up Kamie¿ski analizza la devastazione provocata tra i civili dall'uso militare della droga. Non ci sono espliciti messaggi pacifisti ma la sua posizione è chiara: "la guerra può essere considerata come un narcotico, e parteciparvi o avervi partecipato può portare a una dipendenza dalle vere droghe".» - The Guardian
All Shot Up
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Author : Chester Himes
language : en
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Release Date : 2024-02-13
All Shot Up written by Chester Himes and has been published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-13 with Fiction categories.
In this gripping installment of the maverick Harlem Detectives series, Coffin Ed Johnson and Gravedigger Jones investigate a series of seemingly unrelated, brutal crimes. A gold Cadillac, about as large as an ocean liner, rocks a woman to the pavement in the cold streets of Harlem. Three goons in cop uniforms heist a small fortune and leave an important politician dead. All told eight bodies stack up over the long, bloody weekend, but they won't spoil in this weather. And Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson have to follow the trail of brutal violence, perversion, and cold murder—and avoid getting caught in the fray.