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The American Military Tradition - From Colonial Times to the Present (Hardcover, Second Edition): John M Carroll, Colin F.... The American Military Tradition - From Colonial Times to the Present (Hardcover, Second Edition)
John M Carroll, Colin F. Baxter; Contributions by Owen Connelly, Kevin Gannon, Jerome A. Greene, …
R3,704 R3,321 Discovery Miles 33 210 Save R383 (10%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In The American Military Tradition historians John M. Carroll and Colin F. Baxter gather an esteemed group of military historians to explore the pivotal issues and themes in American warfare from the Colonial era to the present conflict in Iraq. From the reliance on militia and the Minutemen of the American Revolution to the all-volunteer specialized troops of today, these twelve essays analyze the continuities and changes in the conduct of war over the past three centuries. In this completely revised second edition, new essays explore Napoleonic warfare, the American Civil War, the Plains Wars in the West, the War against Japan, the nuclear arms race, and the War on Terror. The book, while not avoiding the nature of battle, goes beyond tactics and strategy to include the enormous social and political impact of America's wars.

Terrorism Today (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Christopher C. Harmon, Michael D. Feldman Terrorism Today (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Christopher C. Harmon, Michael D. Feldman
R5,833 Discovery Miles 58 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The new edition of this best-selling insight into terrorism today has been fully updated and revised to include what the author terms the new 'militant Moslem international.' Drawing directly on the words and ideas of terrorists themselves, this book is an examination of patterns, current trends and future threats in terrorism worldwide. It explores the ideology and psychology, the politics and policies, the strategies and operations of many active small groups and major insurgencies. The terrorist leader emerges as a calculating, innovated and often well-educated person whose use of violence against the innocent is calibrated for maximum effects. The closing chapter is a stimulating discussion of the problems of counter-terrorism, making several key recommendations. Terrorism Today will be essential reading for students of terrorism, counter-insurgency and international security.

A Citizen's Guide to Terrorism and Counterterrorism (Paperback, 2nd edition): Christopher C. Harmon A Citizen's Guide to Terrorism and Counterterrorism (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Christopher C. Harmon
R1,060 R701 Discovery Miles 7 010 Save R359 (34%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This Citizen's Guide addresses the public policy issues of terrorism and counterterrorism in the United States. Written for the thinking citizen and student alike, this succinct and up-to-date book takes a "grand strategy" approach toward terrorism and uses examples and issues drawn from present-day perpetrators and actors. Christopher C. Harmon, a veteran academic of military theory who has also instructed U.S. and foreign military officers, organizes his book into three sections. He first introduces the problem of America's continued vulnerability to terrorist attack. Part II examines the varied ways in which the U.S. is fighting terrorism, highlighting the labors of diverse experts, government offices, intelligence and military personnel, and foreign allies. The book outlines the various aspects of the U.S. strategy, including intelligence, diplomacy, public diplomacy, economic counterterrorism, and law and law-making. In Part III, Harmon sketches the prospects for further action, steering clear of simple partisanship and instead listing recommendations with pros and cons and also including factual stories of how individual citizens have made a difference in the national effort against terrorism. New to the Second Edition * Adds coverage of the Islamic State, explained in terms of its character, rise, and relative collapse under coalition pressures. * Focuses on the growing right-wing terrorist threat, domestically as well as internationally. * Covers additional schools of militancy including anarchism; variants of communism and especially Maoist insurgency; and the Iranian/Shia terrorist threat throughout the Middle East and Europe, among others. * Analyzes the current published White House strategy for countering terrorism.

A Citizen's Guide to Terrorism and Counterterrorism (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Christopher C. Harmon A Citizen's Guide to Terrorism and Counterterrorism (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Christopher C. Harmon
R4,462 Discovery Miles 44 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This Citizen's Guide addresses the public policy issues of terrorism and counterterrorism in the United States. Written for the thinking citizen and student alike, this succinct and up-to-date book takes a "grand strategy" approach toward terrorism and uses examples and issues drawn from present-day perpetrators and actors. Christopher C. Harmon, a veteran academic of military theory who has also instructed U.S. and foreign military officers, organizes his book into three sections. He first introduces the problem of America's continued vulnerability to terrorist attack. Part II examines the varied ways in which the U.S. is fighting terrorism, highlighting the labors of diverse experts, government offices, intelligence and military personnel, and foreign allies. The book outlines the various aspects of the U.S. strategy, including intelligence, diplomacy, public diplomacy, economic counterterrorism, and law and law-making. In Part III, Harmon sketches the prospects for further action, steering clear of simple partisanship and instead listing recommendations with pros and cons and also including factual stories of how individual citizens have made a difference in the national effort against terrorism. New to the Second Edition * Adds coverage of the Islamic State, explained in terms of its character, rise, and relative collapse under coalition pressures. * Focuses on the growing right-wing terrorist threat, domestically as well as internationally. * Covers additional schools of militancy including anarchism; variants of communism and especially Maoist insurgency; and the Iranian/Shia terrorist threat throughout the Middle East and Europe, among others. * Analyzes the current published White House strategy for countering terrorism.

The Terrorist Argument - Studies of Modern Advocacy and Propaganda (Paperback): Christopher C. Harmon, Randall G Bowdish The Terrorist Argument - Studies of Modern Advocacy and Propaganda (Paperback)
Christopher C. Harmon, Randall G Bowdish
R924 Discovery Miles 9 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

From chants and pamphlets to the Internet, terrorist propaganda can be deadly effective Propaganda used by terrorists and armed groups might not always be the most sophisticated or nuanced form of rhetoric, but with the right mix of emotion and logic it can be extremely effective in motivating supporters and frightening opponents. This book examines how terrorist groups in recent history have used propaganda, and how they had adapted to new communications technologies while retaining useful techniques from the past. Harmon traces how armed groups and terrorists around the globe have honed their messages for maximum impact, both on the communities they hope to persuade to support them and on the official state organs they hope to overthrow. Sometimes both the messages and the techniques are crude; others are highly refined, carefully crafted appeals to intellect or emotion, embracing the latest forms of communications technology. Whatever the ideas or methodology, all are intended to use the power of ideas, along with force, to project an image and to communicate-not merely intimidate. The Terrorist Argument uses nine case studies of how armed groups have used communications techniques with varying degrees of success: radio, newspapers, song, television, books, e-magazines, advertising, the Internet, and social media. It is fascinating reading for anyone interested in civil conflict, terrorism, communications theory and practice, or world affairs in general.

The American Military Tradition - From Colonial Times to the Present (Paperback, Second Edition): John M Carroll, Colin F.... The American Military Tradition - From Colonial Times to the Present (Paperback, Second Edition)
John M Carroll, Colin F. Baxter; Contributions by Owen Connelly, Kevin Gannon, Jerome A. Greene, …
R1,515 Discovery Miles 15 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In The American Military Tradition historians John M. Carroll and Colin F. Baxter gather an esteemed group of military historians to explore the pivotal issues and themes in American warfare from the Colonial era to the present conflict in Iraq. From the reliance on militia and the Minutemen of the American Revolution to the all-volunteer specialized troops of today, these twelve essays analyze the continuities and changes in the conduct of war over the past three centuries. In this completely revised second edition, new essays explore Napoleonic warfare, the American Civil War, the Plains Wars in the West, the War against Japan, the nuclear arms race, and the War on Terror. The book, while not avoiding the nature of battle, goes beyond tactics and strategy to include the enormous social and political impact of America's wars.

Terrorism Today (Paperback, 2nd edition): Christopher C. Harmon, Michael D. Feldman Terrorism Today (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Christopher C. Harmon, Michael D. Feldman
R1,527 Discovery Miles 15 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The new edition of this best-selling insight into terrorism today has been fully updated and revised to include what the author terms the new a ~militant Moslem international.a (TM)

Drawing directly on the words and ideas of terrorists themselves, this book is an examination of patterns, current trends and future threats in terrorism worldwide. It explores the ideology and psychology, the politics and policies, the strategies and operations of many active small groups and major insurgencies. The terrorist leader emerges as a calculating, innovated and often well-educated person whose use of violence against the innocent is calibrated for maximum effects. The closing chapter is a stimulating discussion of the problems of counter-terrorism, making several key recommendations.

Terrorism Today will be essential reading for students of terrorism, counter-insurgency and international security.

"Are We Beasts?" Churchill and the Moral Question of World War II "Area Bombing" - Naval War College Newport Papers 1... "Are We Beasts?" Churchill and the Moral Question of World War II "Area Bombing" - Naval War College Newport Papers 1 (Paperback)
Christopher C. Harmon
R360 Discovery Miles 3 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This historical reassessment of the World War II British bombing campaign notes that through in 1940 Churchill declared that he was waging "a military and not a civilian war" to destroy "military objectives" and not "women and children," within eighteen months both types of targets would be struck by Bomber Command. The author searches for the reasons in "three contiguous realms" of strategic influence: moral (and legal), political, and military. The study concludes that although for much of the war "area bombing" of cities was a "tragic necessity" meeting the "reasonable man's standard of what was decently allowable given the blunt weapons the Allies had" and the evils they faced, nonetheless Allied leaders could have and should have abandoned indiscriminate bombing in the last phases of the conflict, when more precise means were at hand and "Nazi power had been overmatched."

"Are We Beasts" Churchill and the Moral Question of World War II "Area Bombing" (Paperback): Christopher C. Harmon "Are We Beasts" Churchill and the Moral Question of World War II "Area Bombing" (Paperback)
Christopher C. Harmon
R361 Discovery Miles 3 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The British public of a half-century ago knew several things about its bulldog prime minister, Winston S. Churchill. One was the he could be moved to tears by the bomb damage the Nazi air forces did to English neighborhoods; the homeless planted Union Jacks in their smoking rubble piles and called out their support to him as he make his inspections.

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