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Worthy Fights
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Author : Leon Panetta
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2014-10-07
Worthy Fights written by Leon Panetta and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The New York Times–bestselling autobiography of a legendary political and military leader It could be said that Leon Panetta has had two of the most consequential careers of any American public servant in the past fifty years. His first career, beginning as an Army intelligence officer and including a distinguished run as one of the most powerful and respected members of Congress, lasted thirty-five years and culminated in his transformational role as budget czar and White House chief of staff in the Clinton administration. But after a brief “retirement,” he returned to public service in 2009 as the CIA director who led the intelligence war that killed Osama Bin Laden and then became the U.S. secretary of defense, inheriting two troubled wars in a time of austerity and painful choices. Like his career, Worthy Fights is a reflection of Panetta’s values. It is also a testament to a lost kind of political leadership that favors progress and duty to country over partisanship. Leon Panetta calls them as he sees them in Worthy Fights. Suffused with its author’s decency and common sense, the book is an inspiring American success story, a great political memoir, and a revelatory view onto many of the defining figures and events of our time.
The Generals Have No Clothes
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Author : William M. Arkin
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2022-04-26
The Generals Have No Clothes written by William M. Arkin and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-26 with Political Science categories.
A leading military expert looks at America's state of perpetual war, and offers solutions such as civilian control of the military and the use of a "Global Security Index" to determine if intervention is truly necessary.
The Obama Doctrine
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Author : Colin Dueck
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2015-04-01
The Obama Doctrine written by Colin Dueck 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 2015-04-01 with Political Science categories.
By mid-2015, the Obama presidency will be entering its final stages, and the race among the successors in both parties will be well underway. And while experts have already formed a provisional understanding of the Obama administration's foreign policy goals, the shape of the "Obama Doctrine" is finally coming into full view. It has been consistently cautious since Obama was inaugurated in 2009, but recent events in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and the Far East have led an increasingly large number of foreign policy experts to conclude that caution has transformed into weakness. In The Obama Doctrine, Colin Dueck analyzes and explains what the Obama Doctrine in foreign policy actually is, and maps out the competing visions on offer from the Republican Party. Dueck, a leading scholar of US foreign policy, contends it is now becoming clear that Obama's policy of international retrenchment is in large part a function of his emphasis on achieving domestic policy goals. There have been some successes in the approach, but there have also been costs. For instance, much of the world no longer trusts the US to exert its will in international politics, and America's adversaries overseas have asserted themselves with increasing frequency. The Republican Party will target these perceived weaknesses in the 2016 presidential campaign and develop competing counter-doctrines in the process. Dueck explains that within the Republican Party, there are two basic impulses vying with each other: neo-isolationism and forceful internationalism. Dueck subdivides each impulse into the specific agenda of the various factions within the party: Tea Party nationalism, neoconservatism, conservative internationalism, and neo-isolationism. He favors a realistic but forceful US internationalism, and sees the willingness to disengage from the world by some elements of the party as dangerous. After dissecting the various strands, he articulates an agenda of forward-leaning American realism--that is, a policy in which the US engages with the world and is willing to use threats of force for realist ends. The Obama Doctrine not only provides a sharp appraisal of foreign policy in the Obama era; it lays out an alternative approach to marshaling American power that will help shape the foreign policy debate in the run-up to the 2016 elections.
The Rise And Fall Of Osama Bin Laden
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Author : Peter L. Bergen
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2021-08-03
The Rise And Fall Of Osama Bin Laden written by Peter L. Bergen and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Provides a reevaluation of the man responsible for precipitating America's long wars with al-Qaeda and its descendants, capturing bin Laden in all the dimensions of his life: as a family man, as a zealot, as a battlefield commander, as a terrorist leader, and as a fugitive
Directorate S
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Author : Steve Coll
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2018-02-06
Directorate S written by Steve Coll and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-06 with Political Science categories.
Winner of the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction Longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award for Nonfiction From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ghost Wars, the epic and enthralling story of America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan since 9/11 Prior to 9/11, the United States had been carrying out small-scale covert operations in Afghanistan, ostensibly in cooperation, although often in direct opposition, with I.S.I., the Pakistani intelligence agency. While the US was trying to quell extremists, a highly secretive and compartmentalized wing of I.S.I., known as "Directorate S," was covertly training, arming, and seeking to legitimize the Taliban, in order to enlarge Pakistan's sphere of influence. After 9/11, when fifty-nine countries, led by the U. S., deployed troops or provided aid to Afghanistan in an effort to flush out the Taliban and Al Qaeda, the U.S. was set on an invisible slow-motion collision course with Pakistan. Today we know that the war in Afghanistan would falter badly because of military hubris at the highest levels of the Pentagon, the drain on resources and provocation in the Muslim world caused by the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, and corruption. But more than anything, as Coll makes painfully clear, the war in Afghanistan was doomed because of the failure of the United States to apprehend the motivations and intentions of I.S.I.'s "Directorate S". This was a swirling and shadowy struggle of historic proportions, which endured over a decade and across both the Bush and Obama administrations, involving multiple secret intelligence agencies, a litany of incongruous strategies and tactics, and dozens of players, including some of the most prominent military and political figures. A sprawling American tragedy, the war was an open clash of arms but also a covert melee of ideas, secrets, and subterranean violence. Coll excavates this grand battle, which took place away from the gaze of the American public. With unsurpassed expertise, original research, and attention to detail, he brings to life a narrative at once vast and intricate, local and global, propulsive and painstaking. This is the definitive explanation of how America came to be so badly ensnared in an elaborate, factional, and seemingly interminable conflict in South Asia. Nothing less than a forensic examination of the personal and political forces that shape world history, Directorate S is a complete masterpiece of both investigative and narrative journalism.
Fight The Good Fight Voices Of Faith From The First World War
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Author : John Broom
language : en
Publisher: Grub Street Publishers
Release Date : 2015-10-30
Fight The Good Fight Voices Of Faith From The First World War written by John Broom and has been published by Grub Street Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-30 with History categories.
“The inspiring stories of a number of very different characters who used their Christian faith to cope with their experiences of the First World War.” —Jacqueline Wadsworth, author of Letters from the Trenches While a toxic mixture of nationalism and militarism tore Europe and the wider world apart from 1914 to 1919, there was one factor that united millions of people across all nations: that of a Christian faith. People interpreted this faith in many different ways. Soldiers marched off to war with ringing endorsements from bishops that they were fighting a Godly crusade, others preached in churches and tribunal hearings that war was fundamentally against the teachings of Christ. Whether Church of England or Nonconformist, Catholic or Presbyterian, German Lutheran or the American Church of Christ in Christian Union, men and women across the globe conceptualized their war through the prism of their belief in a Christian God. This book brings together twenty-three individual and family case studies, some of well-known personalities, others whose stories have been neglected through the decades. Although divided by nation, social class, political outlook, and denomination, they were united in their desire to ‘Fight the Good Fight.’ “John Broom looks at such beliefs during the first world war—the Tommies were always fighting for God, the king and their country . . . a fascinating study.” —Books Monthly “A detailed study of a usually hidden aspect of wartime social history, the topic of Christian faith. Fight the Good Fight has been meticulously researched and includes a wealth of previously unpublished material.” —Come Step Back In Time
Ballot Battles
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Author : Edward Foley
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2015-12-01
Ballot Battles written by Edward Foley 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 2015-12-01 with History categories.
The 2000 presidential race resulted in the highest-profile ballot battle in over a century. But it is far from the only American election determined by a handful of votes and marred by claims of fraud. Since the founding of the nation, violence frequently erupted as the votes were being counted, and more than a few elections produced manifestly unfair results. Despite America's claim to be the world's greatest democracy, its adherence to the basic tenets of democratic elections-the ability to count ballots accurately and fairly even when the stakes are high-has always been shaky. A rigged gubernatorial election in New York in 1792 nearly ended in calls for another revolution, and an 1899 gubernatorial race even resulted in an assassination. Though acts of violence have decreased in frequency over the past century, fairness and accuracy in ballot counting nonetheless remains a basic problem in American political life. In Ballot Battles, Edward Foley presents a sweeping history of election controversies in the United States, tracing how their evolution generated legal precedents that ultimately transformed how we determine who wins and who loses. While weaving a narrative spanning over two centuries, Foley repeatedly returns to an originating event: because the Founding Fathers despised parties and never envisioned the emergence of a party system, they wrote a constitution that did not provide clear solutions for high-stakes and highly-contested elections in which two parties could pool resources against one another. Moreover, in the American political system that actually developed, politicians are beholden to the parties which they represent - and elected officials have typically had an outsized say in determining the outcomes of extremely close elections that involve recounts. This underlying structural problem, more than anything else, explains why intense ballot battles that leave one side feeling aggrieved will continue to occur for the foreseeable future. American democracy has improved dramatically over the last two centuries. But the same cannot be said for the ways in which we determine who wins the very close races. From the founding until today, there has been little progress toward fixing the problem. Indeed, supporters of John Jay in 1792 and opponents of Lyndon Johnson in the 1948 Texas Senate race would find it easy to commiserate with Al Gore after the 2000 election. Ballot Battles is not only the first full chronicle of contested elections in the US. It also provides a powerful explanation of why the American election system has been-and remains-so ineffective at deciding the tightest races in a way that all sides will agree is fair.
Winning The War To Walk Worthy
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Author : Timothy Berrey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-07-10
Winning The War To Walk Worthy written by Timothy Berrey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-10 with categories.
Are you winning the war? You are in a war. Like it or not, believe it or not, feel it or not, you and I are in a war. That is why Paul ends his letter to the Ephesians with the imagery of a soldier putting on his armor for battle. You have an enemy. The chief combatant you fight is not flesh and blood. Satan fights your worthy walk and he doesn't fight fair. You are not in a boxing ring with padded ropes, an impartial referee, clear agreed-to rules, and an opponent of the same weight. You are in an anything-goes, no-holds-barred street brawl where the winner takes all. You can stand firm. If you, by the Lord's strength, determine to put on Jesus Christ in every area of your life, you can stand firm against an implacable enemy regardless of what he throws at you. Because you have armor. In Christ you have all you need to walk worthy, and your choice to let him live in and through you is armor. Winning the War to Walk Worthy, a devotional exposition of Paul's famed Christian armor passage in Ephesians 6:10-18, delves behind the imagery of the armor to the practical how-to of actually putting that armor on. Each chapter concludes with a "Battle Checklist" that encourages taking specific action, and Victory Lists at the end of the book will help you chart your wins in your war to walk worthy.
Sino Japanese Relations In A Trilateral Context
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Author : Yun Zhang
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-11-24
Sino Japanese Relations In A Trilateral Context written by Yun Zhang and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-24 with Political Science categories.
This book explains the increasingly turbulent Sino–Japanese relations since the 2000s by innovatively investigating the formation mechanism of mutual misperception deeply rooted in China-Japan-U.S. trilateral structural dynamics. The political and security relationship has been increasingly deteriorating against the high interdependency between the world’s second and third largest economies. More ironically, both sides have also shown the intent and made efforts to improve bilateral ties. The author systematically conducts a focused comparison of the evolution of the Sino-Japanese mutual perceptions and policies toward one another during the past decade and a half. Empirically, Yun Zhang closely examines five case studies that provide insights to IR students and scholars and policy makers on how misperception and mistrust have formed, replicated, and intensified.
Ssc Mts Paper I 15 Practice Sets And Solved Papers Book For 2021 Exam With Latest Pattern And Detailed Explanation By Rama Publishers
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Author : Rama
language : en
Publisher: Rama Publishers
Release Date : 2021-04-28
Ssc Mts Paper I 15 Practice Sets And Solved Papers Book For 2021 Exam With Latest Pattern And Detailed Explanation By Rama Publishers written by Rama and has been published by Rama Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-28 with categories.
Book Type - Practice Sets / Solved Papers SSC MTS Syllabus 2020-21: The Staff Selection Commission has released SSC MTS 2020 Recruitment Notification on the official website for the post of Multi Tasking Staff on February 5, 2021. As per the SSC MTS Notification the Paper 1 Exam will be conducted from July 1 to 20, 2021 and Paper II exam will be conducted on November 21. To crack the SSC MTS exam, candidates should start preparing for the upcoming exam. Paper 1: Online (CBT) Paper 2: Offline (Pen & Paper Based) Negative Marking - Conducting Body - Staff Selection Commission Level of Exam - National Level Exam Category and Exam Board - Group-C non-gazetted, non-ministerial posts / ssc.nic.in.