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It is understandable that developments in Europe are carefully monitored in the United States. US concern that its relationship to a unified Europe will be different from the relationship with Europe as it exists now is also quite obvious. There must be a new balance. This paper offers a perfect view of how the new US-EU relationship will develop. It will take time before a unified Europe will be a powerful ally, especially from a military point of view, but we will get there. Meanwhile, we will continue to make critical comments regarding US foreign policy decisions....

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1 NOSTALGIA, NATO, AND THE NEW EUROPE . .1 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 2 THE VERY MODEL OF A MODERN MAJOR NATION-STATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 3 ANARCHY, POWER, AND INTEREST: UNDERSTANDING ALLIANCES . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 4 GOOD-BYE TO ALL THAT: THE END OF NOSTALGIA IN THE TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63...

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A letter to President Barack Obama about UFO information release.

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Olelo Hoolauna He mea nui ka moolelo i na lahui a pau o ka honua nei, no ka mea, ma o ka moolelo e ola ai ka hana a me ke ano o ka noonoo ana o ka poe e noho ana ma mua. Ma ka moolelo e hoike ia ai ke ano a me ka manao o na kupuna. Ao ka moolelo i ka pono a me ka pono ole. He kokua ka moolelo i ke kukulu ana i ke kuanaike ao. O ke kuanaike ao ka mea a ke kanaka e ike ai ke nana a noonoo aku i ke ao nei. Pili no ke kuanaike ao i ke ano o ka hanai ia ana o kekahi kanaka. O ia hoi, ina ua hanai ia kahi keiki me na moolelo no ke kupueu o Maui a me ka moolelo no ke keiki aihue kaulana o Iwa, a me na moolelo Hawaii e ae, e noonoo ana o ia e like me ka Hawaii, penei: Mai ka moolelo no Maui, e ao ana o ia i ke ano kolohe a kupueu hoi i ae ia e kona lahui. E hoopili paha o ia i kana hana me ka hana a ia mee kaulana. Mai ka moolelo o Iwa, e ao ana o ia i ka manao o ka Hawaii o ia wa i ka aihue. No laila, e ike ana no paha o ia i ke ao nei ma o na maka la o ka Hawaii kahiko. He kuanaike ao Hawaii kona ma muli o kana mau moolelo i lohe ai. Ua hele a kamaaina i kekahi ano noonoo ana, o ia ka noonoo ana e like me kona poe kupuna ma mua ona. I ka ...

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Ua noonoo ia no paha o Aotearoa he mahele o Pelekane, aka, ma mua o ka noho ana o ka Pakeha (ka Haole hoi) i laila, ua noho ia ia aina e ka poe Maori, he poe Polenesia. Ua pili no ka Hawaii me ka Maori. He pili no ma na mea hou e like me ke ku ana o ka poe oiwi no ka hoihoi ana i ka mana aupuni ia lakou i ola no na moomeheu o ka lahui. A he pili no ma na mea kahiko mai ka wa ma mua mai. O ka pili o na olelo elua kekahi mea e ike koke ia, oiai he mau huapalapala okoa nae ka ka olelo Maori. O ka t; ka r; ka ng; a me ka wh (e puana ia e like me ka f) kekahi o na okoa. A e like me ka olelo Hawaii, ma kahi o umi makahiki aku nei, aole i nui na manaleo i koe, ma muli no paha o ke ao kula ana ma ka olelo Pelekane wale no. Ua emi maila ka nui o ka poe olelo Maori. A no laila i ka makahiki 1982 i hookumu ia ai ke Kohanga Reo, kahi e hoopuka mau ia ka olelo oiwi o ia aina. Mai keia hana a ka Maori mai ka manao o ka hookumu ana i ka Punana Leo ma Hawaii nei, oiai ua like ke kulana o ka olelo Hawaii. O kekahi okoa nae ma waena o na kula elua, o ia hoi, ma ke Kohanga Reo, komo ke keiki i kona wa kamaiki me kona makua...

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No Polenesia: He Mahele o ka Pakipika. 1 -- No Aotearoa. 3 -- O Hatupatu laua o Kurangaituku. 5 -- Papa Wehewehe Huaolelo. 12 -- No Hawaii. 15 -- Pohakuloa. 16 -- Papa Wehewehe Huaolelo. 21 -- No Nukuhiva. 23 -- Ka Moi Wahine Putu a me na Palaoa o Nukuhiva. 25 -- Papa Wehewehe Huaolelo . 31 -- No Rapanui. 33 -- Kotetukoteurararapenui a me ka Luahine. 35 -- Papa Wehewehe Huaolelo. 39 -- No Rarotonga. 41 -- Katikatia. 42 -- Papa Wehewehe Huaolelo. 46 -- No Samoa. 47 -- O Sina a me ka Puhi. 50 -- Papa Wehewehe Huaolelo. 54 -- No Tahiti. 55 -- Teremuura, ke Alii Wahine o Aimeho. 57 -- Nonanihonihololoa. 61 -- Papa Wehewehe Huaolelo. 67 -- No Tonga. 71 -- O Toloa laua o Humu. 74 -- Papa Wehewehe Huaolelo. 79 --...

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He mamo o Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole na na alii nui o na mokupuni o Hawaii, Maui, Oahu, a me Kauai. Eia ma lalo nei i hoike ia ai kekahi mau mea nui ma ka mookuauhau o Kuhio i hiki ke ike ia kona pili i na alii kaulana o Hawaii nei a puni o ka wa ma mua. Ma ka aoao o ko Kuhio mookuauhau mai Maui mai, he kupuna kane kuakolu o Kekaulike no Kuhio ma ka aoao o kona makuahine. Ma muli o ka nui o na wahine a Kekaulike, ua nui pu hoi kana poe keiki kiekie o ke kulana alii, a peia i kapa ia ai o Kekaulike, o ia “ka Makua o na Alii. ” Penei ka mookuauhau o Kuhio maia Kekaulike a Kuhio ponoi: O Kekaulike laua o Kepoowaikumailani, a hanau o Kaeokulani (k). O Kaeokulani laua o Kamakahelei, a hanau o Kaumualii (k). O Kaumualii laua o Kapuaamoku, a hanau o Kinoiki Kekaulike (w). O Kinoiki Kekaulike laua o Kuhio Kalanianaole, a hanau o Kinoiki Kekaulike II (w). O Kinoiki Kekaulike II laua o David Kahalepouli Piikoi, a hanau o Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole. Ma ka aoao o ko Kuhio mookuauhau mai Oahu a me Kauai mai, he kupuna kane kuaha o Peleioholani no Kuhio ma ka aoao o kona makuahine. Penei ka mookuauhau o Kuhio maia Peleioholani a Kuhio ponoi...

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Ma ka aoao o ko Kuhio mookuauhau mai Hawaii mai, he kupuna kane kuakolu o Keawe no Kuhio ma ka aoao o kona makuahine. Penei ka mookuauhau o Kuhio maia Keawe a Kuhio ponoi: O Keawe ka makua kane o Kalanikauleleiaiwi (w). O Kalanikauleleiaiwi laua o Kanekoa, a hanau o Poomaikalani (w). O Poomaikalani laua o Elelule, a hanau o Kuhio Kalanianaole (k). O Kuhio Kalanianaole laua o Kekaulike, a hanau o Kinoiki Kekaulike II (w). O Kinoiki Kekaulike II laua o David Kahalepouli Piikoi, a hanau o Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole. Ma ka aoao o ka makua kane o Kuhio i pili ohana ai o ia me ka moi Kalakaua me kona kaikuahine o Liliuokalani, no ka mea, o Kekahili ko Kuhio kupuna wahine, a o ko Kekahili kaikunane, o ia no o Kapaakea, ka makua kane o Kalakaua. No laila, he hoahanau o Kuhio no Kalakaua laua o Liliuokalani. O Piikoi ke kupuna kane o Kuhio ma ka aoao o kona makua kane. He pili ohana o Piikoi no Kaumualii, a ua manao ia he mau kaikuaana kaikaina paha laua, a he kaukaualii o Piikoi ma lalo o Kaumualii i ka wa i hoea mai ai na mikioneli i Hawaii nei. A i ka wa i lawe pio ia ai o Kaumualii i Maui e Liholiho, ua noi aku o Liholiho ia Kaum...

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Ka Mookuauhau o Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole . 1 -- Kona Wa Kamalii. 4 -- Ka Hookahuli Aupuni . 6 -- Kona Haalele ana. 10 -- Kona Komo ana i Loko o ka Hana Kalaiaina. 14 -- Ka Home Lula Maoli. 17 -- Ke Kanawai Olelo Hawaii. 18 -- Ke Aupuni Kalana. 19 -- Puuloa. 20 -- Ka Hookipa ana i na Lala o ka Aha Kenekoa. 21 -- No Punana Manu. 22 -- Ka Pila Hoopulapula. 23 -- Kekahi o Kana mau Hana E ae. 29 -- Ka Hele Palanehe i ke Ao ma O. 32 -- He Mele no Kuhio. 34 -- Papa Kumole. 37 --...

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The CGI graphic novel 'The Daimon Hespera' is a dark, subversive story in the urban gothic fantasy style. It is set in a world where supernatural beings fight an eternal war that will determine the ultimate fate of humankind....

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The study investigates whether information as a weapon can achieve the purposes of war. Specifically, can the use of the “information weapon” diminish an adversary’s will and capacity to fight. The results indicate that while information may be considered a weapon, it is one that must be used with caution. The more enthusiastic proponents of the information weapon tend to overestimate its ability to diminish enemy will and capacity to fight....

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1 INTRODUCTION . . . . 1 Notes . . . . . 6 2 CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ—TIMELESS AND ENDURING . . . . . 9 Notes . . . . . 14 3 INFORMATION—THE ULTIMATE PRECISON-GUIDED WEAPON . . . . 17 Notes . . . . . 23 4 ANALYSIS—IS INFORMATION A WEAPON? . . . . 27 Notes . . . . . 35 5 IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSION . . . . 37 Notes . . . . 39...

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After exploring the definitions and theories of nonkinetic warfare, this paper charts the development of warfare in practice and finds that the latest incarnation of warfare, by making the will of the people the primary target, has moved into the nonkinetic realm....

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In the end, the theories we considered can be synthesized to form a better overall description of the control of combat airpower. Centralized control and decentralized execution is a good concept at any level, but it suffers from lack of precision....

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This study argues that certain actions of the Air Force, taken together, will go a long way toward enabling war fighters to plan and execute cyber tasks, apply cyber capabilities, and integrate operations in cyberspace with military capabilities executed in the traditional war-fighting domains....

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In the present volume there have been covered in a comprehensive and popular manner the various departments of Astronomy. Owing to its treatment in a definitely historical and descriptive manner, however, it may be possible to supplement the general review by a few brief statements of some of the results and problems that confront us in the actual work of the observational astronomy of to-day....

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The astronomical beliefs of prehistoric man were doubt similar to those entertained by the Eskimo of the Arctic regions and the untutored tribes of Argentine' Republic, South Africa and Australia, tribes who, living only for the day, concern themselves but little with to- morrow and yesterday and care nothing about the universe......

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On preservation of the Western rights, freedoms and quality of life in 21st century and beyond

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Systemic approach to life of the highly cultured people provides them with higher level of happiness simply because their lives are better organized, risks are covered, reserves are maintained, dangers avoided, contacts established and so on so forth. Culture is not something that comes only with DNA, but genetic pre-disposition towards culture exists without doubt. Otherwise there would be no examples of people raising themselves above the scum they were born in and reaching high levels of society. Understanding of the elements of high culture, its systemic approach to organizing one’s life, can be practiced by virtually everybody. One just needs to want to elevate themselves and work towards that goal, which may involve getting better training and education, moving to a different neighborhood, getting a different job, spending time on more important things rather than on leisure, quitting drinking and smoking, refusing drugs, taking care of health, concentrating on the upbringing of the children and helping them in their adult life, babysitting grand-children, watching over quality of food supply and keeping the family ...

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Table of Contents Introduction iii Table of Contents iv About this book ix Who should not read this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Who is this book for? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Response to our critics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x About the authors xiii I What do we want to preserve and why? 1 1 Foreword 3 2 Measuring the quality of life 5 2.1 Individual happiness and self-fulfillment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.2 Individual rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.3 Social harmony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3 Checks and balances 11 3.1 Acceptable personal risk and responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4 What is worth to fight for? 15 4.1 Security of the person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 4.2 Personal and societal wealth . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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One very striking point in the book is the usage of ‘honourable company’ with regard to the East India Company. This adjective of ‘honourable’ is a necessary item in the feudal vernaculars of the Indian peninsula. Without this adjective, (mentioned or unmentioned), words and attributes can go down. However, there is this issue. The same word can have severely differing meanings when seen from English and from Indian peninsular vernaculars perspectives. In English the sense of ‘an honourable man’ is that of a person who is honest, has rectitude, wouldn’t cheat, would keep his words, would be fair in dealings etc. However, the vernacular sense is none of these. Here it is a forcible imposition meaning that the entity has to be ‘respected’....

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Under command of His Highness the Maha Rajah, the preparation of the State Manual of Travancore was decided upon some time ago, and I was appointed to it with the simple instruction that the book was to be after the model of the District Manuals of Madras. This instruction I have faithfully carried out and I am happy to report now that the book is completed and issued in three large volumes. Although I have allowed myself some latitude in forming my own conception of the design and scope of the work and devoted my best attention and energies to their exposition and elucidation, I still feel I might have done better if I had been left to myself, to work at it leisurely, spending “a laborious day upon each page,’’ undisturbed by limitations of time and space...

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The antecedents and aftermath of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the role of the United States in international affairs.

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Taking an unusual approach to its topic, “Principles of Anarchism” applies classical logic and deductive reasoning to the subject of human interactions and rights. Beginning with the assumption that all human beings are equal, a concept which is termed the human equality axiom, the author goes on to draw a number of conclusions from this postulate in the manner of a Euclidean proof. These include the surprising contention that no such thing as human rights can exist, the assertion that anarchism is essentially intellectual rather than activist, and the uncomfortable suggestion that historical developments such as cities and industries are harmful to the human race rather than helpful. More centrally, though, the pamphlet argues very simply that any form of authority or government is logically incompatible with the existence of humanity. And it is the implications of this theory, rejection of which requires rejection of the equality axiom as well, which make the argument offered both novel and exceptionally relevant....

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The primary conclusion of this study is that airpower, as a pervasive element of combat operations, will have an important impact on any peace enforcement operation. Strong, centrally controlled air forces serve to assert escalation dominance at the higher end of the conflict spectrum. They can also provide a coercive force that can threaten to escalate the fighting beyond peace enforcement on short notice.However, in almost all cases tactical aviation and special operations aircraft will be critical to support or protect ground forces and help control violence at the lower end of the spectrum. Peace enforcement operations are likely to succeed only when airpower is combined with dominant ground forces and strong diplomacy. Finally,peace enforcement is a complicated affair, perhaps even more so than war itself.Intangible political factors such as the cohesion of the coalition, its willingness to maintain a long-term commitment to the mission, and its ability to balance restraint against credibility will be the primary determining factors in the efficacy of airpower and the mission as a whole. Airpower alone will rarely offer the pos...

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INTRODUCTION . . . . 1 PEACE OPERATIONS AND THE USE OF FORCE: PEACE ENFORCEMENT . . . . . 5 MILITARY INTERVENTION IN IRAQ: PROVIDE COMFORT . . . . . 15 INTERVENTION IN SOMALIA: UNITAF AND UNOSOM II . . . . 31 THE AIRPOWER CONTRIBUTION TO PEACE ENFORCEMENT . . . . 47 BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . 51...

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The study reviews each force’s combat glider experience and analyzes it in light of the glider doctrine, or lack thereof, with which each began the war. While military cargo gliders have seen their day, recent technological advances in gliders make them a viable platform for certain missions requiring stealth and silence....

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ABSTRACT ii INTRODUCTION 1 PRE-WAR DEVELOPMENT 3 The Early Years in Germany 3 Early Gliders in the US 4 A US Military Glider? For What Purpose? 4 Gliders Head Into Combat. 5 Come Join the Glider pilot Corps! 8 Glider pilot Training Shortfalls 9 Military Gliders in Britain 12 OPERATIONAL USE OF GLIDERS 13 Germany 13 Early Commando Raids 14 Crete 15 Other Operations 16 US and Great Britain 17 Sicily 17 British Gliders are First to Normandy 24 US Glider Pilots Join the War in France 20 Disappointment at Arnhem 22 Operation Market 22 Glider Success Over the Rhine? 23 Operation Dragoon 24 US Commando Operations in Burma 25 Summation 26 POST-WAR GLIDER POLICY 27 TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN GLIDERS 29 TODAY’S LIMITED MILITARY ROLE FOR GLIDERS 31 CONCLUSIONS 32 NOTES 36 BIBLIOGRAPHY 42...

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The purpose of this thesis is to determine which form of airpower will best serve American power projection requirements as we approach the turn of the century. It examines three forms of airpower: carrier air, long-range combat air (B-2), and theater air (i.e., F-15, F-16, and EF-111). The author concludes that theater aircraft are the mainstay of US airpower. Theater airpower was the decisive form of airpower in our three major conflicts since World War II (Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq) and will be in the regional conflicts of the future. It is superior in the broadest sense of the word—economically, militarily, and politically....

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INTRODUCTION . . . . . . 1 FUNDING, AIRPOWER, AND POWER PROJECTION . . . . 2 CRITERIA . . . 4 FIXED-COST COMPOSITION OF EACH AIRPOWER INSTRUMENT . . . . . 8 ORDNANCE LOAD . . . . 12 ORDNANCE FLEXIBILITY . . . 16 MISSION FLEXIBILITY . . . . . 18 ANALYSIS . . . . . . 23 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . . . 26 NOTES . . . . . 29...

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This study examines the question: What strategic approach should the United States Air Force (USAF) take toward theater missile defense (TMD) and antimissile offensive actions in the near term? This study begins with an introductory chapter asking the stated question in context, presenting the methodology used, and summarizing the proposals given at the end of the treatment. The methodological approach to this study involves historical and literature reviews, inter-views, and a qualitative comparison of current and proposed weapons systems, capabilities, and doctrine. Broad strategic options, not specific tactical systems, are the focus of this study....

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1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . 1 Notes . . . 5 2 BACKGROUND . . . . . . 7 Notes . . . 18 3 THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE AND ANTIMISSILE OPTIONS . . . . . 21 Notes . . . 34 4 THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE AND ANTIMISSILE QUALITATIVE EVALUATION: COMPARISON AND ANALYSIS . . . . . 39 Notes . . . 48 5 PROPOSALS AND CONCLUSIONS . . . . 51 Notes . . . 61...

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This thesis evaluates the near-term military utility of virtual reality (VR) and its component technologies to the battle management of an air campaign. It presumes a large-scale air campaign on the order to that in the Gulf War where air operations were continuous, prolonged, and intense. The research concludes by assessing the viability and implication of a military decision to invest in a VR-enhanced air battle management system. Recommendations are given for areas in need of further research and development....

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During the Lebanon conflict, the IAF employed the most advanced combat aircraft in the world to attack targets in southern Lebanon in an effort to compel the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Shi’ite forces to reduce the frequency of guerrilla attacks against Israeli ground troops. This thesis evaluates the effectiveness of those air raids in supporting the Israeli coercive strategy. This study contends there were two reasons for this failure. First, the asymmetry of motivation favored the Shi’ites, which negated the effectiveness of air strikes as a“carrot.” Second, the air strikes were unable to create a realistic fear of escalation for the targets. This was caused by two factors: the Lebanese environment and the inability of the air strikes to add significantly to the costs of the target organizations. This paper finds that Army and Air Force airpower theory and doctrine have converged at the operational level of warfare. The kernel of a future airpower theory may be found in two propositions. The first is the general agreement between the Army and the Air Force that airpower can provide important, potentially decisive ...