The Illusory Threat
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The Illusory Threat
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Author : Martin Farrar
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
The Illusory Threat written by Martin Farrar and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.
In 1914 there were around 53,000 Germans immigrants living in Britain, yet by the end of the Great War, there were only 22,000 left. During the war the British government spent a lot of time and effort producing legislation directly aimed at protecting domestic security and against enemy aliens. This thesis understands and explores the methodology and workings of the infant intelligence community and places the use of intelligence and work of the Secret Service Bureau at the centre of the governmental decision making process in relation to the enemy alien question during the First World War. By assessing the intelligence available on enemy aliens at the beginning of the Twentieth Century, the thesis seeks to understand what the real issues were and why decisions were made with regards to internment and repatriation legislation in the Great War. It arises that the British government had a co-ordinated enemy alien policy, which was not borne out of a reaction to press and public pressure for change. Chapter one focuses on pre-war; developments that facilitated the British government's adoption of the premise that enemy aliens were a potential domestic security threat to the home front in the event of a war with Germany. These developments were the birth of the Secret Service Bureau and the activity surrounding the compilation of the unofficial register of aliens. Chapters two and three examine the role of the Secret Service Bureau in relation to the enemy alien question and the Bureau's influence with other government departments during the First World War. Chapter four considers the Secret Service Bureau's role in developing enemy alien legislation between 1909 and 1918. Finally Chapter five considers the patterns and impact of press and public pressure on the British government's alien enemy policy.
Jamaica Radicalism In The Caribbean The Illusory Threat To American Strategic Interests
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Author : Craig Harris
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Jamaica Radicalism In The Caribbean The Illusory Threat To American Strategic Interests written by Craig Harris and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with categories.
The occasionally-strident rhetoric by which Third World leaders establish their nations' allegiance to radical movements and membership in the Third World is often interpreted as symptomatic of threats to American security interests. Is this interpretation correct. In his examination of Jamaican politics and public policy, the author suggests that such a conclusion is premature. He cites contrary evidence which suggests that symbolic rhetoric flourishes within states which concomitantly display economic and international policies characterized by moderation, economic pragmatism, and a firm understanding of the dynamics of real politics. He notes that the bilateral face of such a nation's policy supports the contention that verbal excesses manifest less a threat than might otherwise be perceived. Closer inspection of the political world of Jamaica supports an even more significant conclusion: the rhetorical flourishes can be translated into actual dangers with great difficulty because the environmental context in which the nation's politics operates, delineates, and confines actual diplomatic and economic operation. Characterized by an institutionalizing party system, quiescent mass, charismatic leadership, conservatizing labor movement, administratively-oriented bureaucarcy, and confining geopolitical milieu, Jamaica's capacity to mobilize to meet the goals intrinsic in its rhetoric is absent. Unless extraneous forces were to dramatically overwhelm its domestic context, Jamaica's foreign policy is confined by the state's own internal limitations.
Threats
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Author : David P. Barash
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2020-09-01
Threats written by David P. Barash 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 2020-09-01 with Science categories.
"It's a rare author who can combine literary erudition and an easy fluency of style together with expert knowledge of psychology and evolutionary biology. David Barash adds to all this a far-seeing wisdom and a humane decency that shines through on every page. The concluding section on the senseless and dangerous futility of nuclear deterrence theory is an irrefutable tour de force which should be read by every politician and senior military officer. If only!" -- Richard Dawkins From hurricanes and avalanches to diseases and car crashes, threats are everywhere. Beyond objective threats like these, there are also subjective ones: situations in which individuals threaten each other or feel threatened by society. Animals, too, make substantial use of threats. Evolution manipulates threats like these in surprising ways, leading us to question the ethics of honest versus dishonest communication. Rarely acknowledged--and yet crucially important--is the fact that humans, animals, and even plants don't only employ threats, they often respond with counter-threats that ultimately make things worse. By exploring the dynamic of threat and counter-threat, this book expands on many fraught human situations, including the fear of death, of strangers, and of "the other." Each of these leads to unique challenges, such as the specter of eternal damnation, the murderous culture of guns and capital punishment, and the emergence of right-wing nationalist populism. Most worrisome is the illusory security of deterrence, the idea that we can use the threat of nuclear war to prevent nuclear war! Threats are so widespread that we often don't realize how deeply they are ingrained in our minds or how profoundly and counter-productively they operate. Animals, humans, societies, and even countries internalize threats, behind which lie a myriad of intriguing questions: How do we know when to take a threat seriously? When do threats make things worse? Can they make things better? What can we do to use them wisely rather than destructively? In a comprehensive exploration into questions like these, noted scientist David P. Barash explains some of the most important characteristics of life as we know it.
Psychic Warfare
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Author : Martin Ebon
language : en
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Release Date : 1983
Psychic Warfare written by Martin Ebon and has been published by McGraw-Hill Companies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Psykisk krigsførelse er et nyt område for militær forskning, nemlig den militære udnyttelse af psykiske fænomener som telepati og clairvoyance og andre latente psykiske egenskaber hos mennesker. Der foregår specielt i Sovjetunionen en intensiv forskning i kontrol med menneskets hjerne ved hjælp af elektronik, narkotika og hypnose til brug for militære/politiske formål.
The Global Illusion Of Citizen Protection
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Author : Robert Mandel
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2018-07-11
The Global Illusion Of Citizen Protection written by Robert Mandel and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-11 with Political Science categories.
This book comprehensively analyzes the global illusion of citizen protection so common today.
Public Choice Theory And The Illusion Of Grand Strategy
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Author : Richard Hanania
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-12-28
Public Choice Theory And The Illusion Of Grand Strategy written by Richard Hanania and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-28 with Political Science categories.
This book argues that while the US president makes foreign policy decisions based largely on political pressures, it is concentrated interests that shape the incentive structures in which he and other top officials operate. The author identifies three groups most likely to be influential: government contractors, the national security bureaucracy, and foreign governments. This book shows that the public choice perspective is superior to a theory of grand strategy in explaining the most important aspects of American foreign policy, including the war on terror, policy toward China, and the distribution of US forces abroad. Arguing that American leaders are selected to respond to public opinion, not necessarily according to their ability to formulate and execute long-terms plans, the author shows how mass attitudes are easily malleable in the domain of foreign affairs due to ignorance with regard to the topic, the secrecy that surrounds national security issues, the inherent complexity of the issues involved, and most importantly, clear cases of concentrated interests. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of American Studies, Foreign Policy Analysis and Global Governance.
Exploring The Illusion Of Free Will And Moral Responsibility
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Author : Gregg D. Caruso
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2013-07-05
Exploring The Illusion Of Free Will And Moral Responsibility written by Gregg D. Caruso and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-05 with Philosophy categories.
Exploring the Illusion of Free Will and Moral Responsibility investigates the philosophical and scientific arguments for free will skepticism and their implications. Skepticism about free will and moral responsibility has been on the rise in recent years. In fact, a significant number of philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists now either doubt or outright deny the existence of free will and/or moral responsibility—and the list of prominent skeptics appears to grow by the day. Given the profound importance that the concepts of free will and moral responsibility hold in our lives—in understanding ourselves, society, and the law—it is important that we explore what is behind this new wave of skepticism. It is also important that we explore the potential consequences of skepticism for ourselves and society. Edited by Gregg D. Caruso, this collection of new essays brings together an internationally recognized line-up of contributors, most of whom hold skeptical positions of some sort, to display and explore the leading arguments for free will skepticism and to debate their implications.
The Illusion Of Victory
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Author : Ian Bickerton
language : en
Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing
Release Date : 2011-04-01
The Illusion Of Victory written by Ian Bickerton and has been published by Melbourne University Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-01 with History categories.
The Illusion of Victory demonstrates that most of the rewards of victory in modern warfare are either exaggerated or false. When the ostensible benefits of victory are examined a generation after a war, it becomes inescapably evident that the defeated belligerent rarely conforms to the demands and expectations of the victor. Consequently, long-term political and military stability is denied to both the victorious power and to the defeated one. As a result, neither victory nor defeat deter further outbreaks of war. This sobering reality is increasingly the case in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Ian Bickerton persuasively argues that as the rhetoric of victory becomes more hollow all countries must adopt creative new approaches to resolving disputes.
The Illusion Of Peace
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Author : Sally Marks
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2017-03-14
The Illusion Of Peace written by Sally Marks and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-14 with History categories.
Sally Marks provides a compelling analysis of European diplomacy between the First World War and Hitler's advent. She explores in clear and lively prose the reasons why successive efforts failed to create a lasting peace in the interwar era. Building on the theories of the first edition - many of which have become widely accepted since its publication in 1976 - Marks reassesses Europe's leaders of the period, and the policies of the powers between 1918 and 1933, and beyond. Strongly interpretative and archivally based, The Illusion of Peace examines the emotional, ethnic, and economic factors responsible for international instability, as well as the distortion of the balance of power, the abnormal position of the Soviet Union, the weakness of France and the uncertainty of her relationship with Britain, and the inadequacy of the League of Nations. In so doing, the study clarifies the complex topics of reparations and war debts and challenges traditional assumptions, concluding that widespread western devotion to disarmament and dedication to peace were two of several reasons why democratic statesmen could not respond decisively to Hitler's threat. In this new edition Marks also argues that the Allied failure to bring defeat home to the German people in 1918-19 generated a resentment which contributed to interwar instability and Hitler's rise. This highly successful study has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the latest scholarship. Now in its second edition, it remains the essential introduction to the tense political and diplomatic situation in Europe during the interwar years.
Saudi Arabia And The Illusion Of Security
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Author : J.E. Peterson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-09-13
Saudi Arabia And The Illusion Of Security written by J.E. Peterson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-13 with History categories.
This paper examines Saudi Arabia's security from the Saudi point of view, concentrating on internal challenges to the country's security as well as external threats. It also surveys US-Saudi relations in the aftermath of the terrorist strikes of the 11th of September 2001.