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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
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available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
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used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
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imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
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Nearly two decades after the declaration of a ‘War on Terror,’
the precise relationship between warfare and terrorism remains
unclear. The United States and its allies have long sought to
inflict a decisive defeat upon groups such as Al Qaeda and ISIS,
while regarding their individual members as malevolent criminals
undeserving of combatant status. A clearer understanding of how
terrorists define victory, and how their method of fighting relates
to conventional military forces, is necessary in order to devise
more realistic and effective strategies of counterterrorism. On
Absolute War constructs a theoretical framework for the study of
terrorism based on Carl von Clausewitz’s On War, widely regarded
as the greatest analysis of war ever written. Through a review of
Clausewitz’s work and a set of historical case studies ranging
from the Fenian Dynamite Campaign of the 1880s to the wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan, Prof. Fleury reveals just how closely terrorism
mimics the logic of war. Terrorism attempts to restore war to its
theoretical baseline, a condition that Clausewitz called
‘absolute war’ featuring relentless escalation toward a
climactic result. While never achieving this ideal in practice,
terrorists succeed to the extent that they compel their enemies and
their prospective followers to engage mutual escalation, which will
ultimately favor whichever side is better able to jettison
logistical and normative limits. Consequently, states must engage
terrorists on the basis of Clausewitz’s two most important
injunctions, namely that war is temporary and subordinate to
political controls. Given the very real prospect of a war without
any temporal and spatial limits, On Absolute War provides the
theoretical basis for a strategy of limiting the effects of
terrorism, rather than repeatedly trying and failing to destroy it.
The greatest threat to modern democracy comes from within and it
has a name: resentment. Stemming from feelings of inferiority in
relation to others, resentment is a diffuse and obsessive loathing,
coupled with delusions of victimhood, which clouds one's judgment
and perspective, so that an individual's capacity to act and heal
is paralyzed. Without the ability to heal, resentment can give rise
to violent impulses, to the rejection of the rule of law, the
proliferation of conspiracy theories, and the urge to use violent
means to try to regain control of one's life. As individuals and as
societies, we face the same challenge: how to diagnose resentment
and its dark forces, and how to resist the temptation to allow it
to become the motor of our individual and collective histories.
This bestselling and highly original account of the psychic forces
shaping modern societies will be of great interest to anyone
concerned about the crisis of democracy today and what we can do to
address it.
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Mummies (Paperback)
Kevin Fleury; Volume editing by Paula Field
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R82
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