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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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... Wars and Empire 2nd EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovska Lidija Rangelovska A Na... ...es I. The Roots of Anti-Americanism II. Containing the United States III. Islam and Liberalism IV. The New Rome - America, the Reluctant Empire ... ...sion. The Pew Research Center published in December 2002 a report titled "What the World Thinks in 2002". "The World", was reduced by the pollsters... .... The global spread of American influence through its culture, political alliances, science and multinationals is merely an extrapolation of a trend... ...? The author quotes James Jerome Hill, the American railway magnet, as exclaiming, during the US-Spanish War, that "If you review the commercial hi... ...trategy of the Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, reiterated his conviction that "the United States aims... .... The Roman takeover of Italy is reminiscent of the expansion of the United States during the 19th century. Later, Rome claimed to be "liberating" ... ...nomically crucial diasporas in the united States. They admire and consume American technology and pop culture. Trade with the USA and foreign direc... ...sia and the United States have continually exchanged barbs over the sale of fission technology to Iran. In retaliation, Atomic Energy Minister, Alex...

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...This book also begins with that wondrous first Information Technology and then moves on to tales about the wonders of the written word—great stories, many of them likely new to most readers. In them, you‘ll find all the backgrounds, foregrounds, premises, conclusions, and surprises t...

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...him with language. Even before He takes Adam‘s rib to make Eve, He tells Adam to name every living creature. Adam immediately understands God‘s words and enunciates his own....

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...h. Yet somehow we find it easy to make sense of speech. -- 2. The Gift of Memory-For millennia, mnemonics reigned over commerce, news, entertainment, and the perpetuation and refinement of crafts. -- 3. From Whence Cometh Indo-European Tongues?-Did a freshwater lake community flee a saltwater surge that filled the Black Sea and scatter its language west toward the Atlantic...

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... balance of power within major civilizations. BRAD BRADFORD Foreword and Epilogue By Michael S. Hart Dedication to CAROL For bec... ...Dedication to CAROL For becoming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family incomparab... ...Also for her perceptive editing of my copy over many decades, especially during the writing of this book. Epigraph Neither to persuade nor i... ...de nor indoctrinate but rather to foster curiosity about past Information Technology. Paraphrased from Henry Hobhouse’s introduction to Seeds of ... ...‘s Great Gifts to the West One precept of the Koran states that the human world’s quest for knowledge leads to further knowing of Allah. Islam saves... ...e warrior-king brings the scholarly monk Alcuin and his literary arts and sciences school system to France to create the Carolingian renaissance. By ... ... wonders from the East nourish the Renaissance. 11. The Missing Keys to Science Chest Ancient Greece’s fear of the void blocked the advance of sc... ...out regard to an individual’s ability to pay.‖ Time Line of Information Technology Revolutions Epilogue Acknowledgments About the Author A... ...ty-nine, Brad Bradford brings a long lifetime of experience in newspapers during the hot-metal-type era and in the initial transition to digital phot...

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...This publication consists of a series of lectures prepared and given to interns and other employees by Mr. David G. Boak in 1966. Mr. Boak is uniquely qualified to discuss the history of the US COM_SEC because he has participated significantly in most aspects of its modern developmen...

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... Description of document: A History of U.S. Communications Security (Volumes I and II); the David G. Boak Lectures, National Securit... ...F) page 85. The governmentattic.org web site (“the site”) is noncommercial and free to the public. The site and materials made... ...place like the Department of Defense, the Department of State, this Apncy, or iD the contractual world who feeds intellipnce to a foreign power.) It t... ...ment we can apply but also--as you will see later on-there are some important limitations on our technology. We don't have that secure two-way "'list ... ...make the kinds of choices we do among the many systems and techniques ru be talking to you about during the rest of the week. I happened to start out ... ...inction too far-it gets hazy when you are .pellinl with a code; ret around it by admitting that, during the spelling process, you are in fact retainin... ...rinelEngineeringIMaterial triad survived for sliahtly more than 20 years. Exp1od~ communications technology, quantum jumps in system complexity, speed... ...n us by a small but vocal contingent of Academe bid become bitter. Some elements of·the National Science Foundation which underwrote much of the crypt... ... academic researcb in cryptoaraphy comes from the Government itself. Amons them are the National Science Foundation (NSF), the omee of Naval ORIGINAL ...

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...hors who protect her vulnerable mind. Her current anchor, Colonel Jeremy Lingley, is nearing burnout. An alien race is seeking an alliance with Earth and the pair are assigned the mission of discovering the aliens' secrets. Crown Prince Dex LoudRoar is a Gatoan warrior and a royal with a terrible secret. His people wage a constant war against their enemy, the Lupinious...

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...original publication of Lakisha Spletzer. http://www.kishazworld.com Cover and Interior Images design Copyright © 2010 JD Hollyfield. All rights reser... ...www.jdhollyfield.com This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are us... ...uld be meeting with the President. The President ran the UPO and dictated worldwide policy for the planet Earth. ::They don’t need to know everything... ... Remember, even the most innocent of phrases carry double meanings in our world.:: ::I know. I know.:: “…They come highly recommended. All they need ... ...cation with these “humans,” he and his council had learned much. They had technology, not as advanced as his people, yet still sufficient enough tha... ...er partner. Jewels knew why. While on a previous assignment two years ago, during a Psi-Ops sting of the Far Eastern HQ, Maussey was caught accepting... ...ora led the way to the center console where Jeremy would track his partner during the ops. She smiled, but inside was hurt. He was in telepathic comm... ...d the guards. ::Father, is Larry with you?:: ::Yes, we are discussing the technology sharing rights. You are agitated. Has something happened?:: Dex... ...rolled his eyes and continued with the introductions. "This is Robin, your science officer. Next to her is Yasmine, chief medical officer. Our last l...

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...Dr. William P. Head’s War from above the Clouds: B-52 Operations during the Second Indochina War and the Effects of the Air War on Theory and Doctrine is an examination of B-52 operations in Vietnam and how the air war affected airpower doctrine ...

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...INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 AIRPOWER THEORY AND DOCTRINE IN THE 1950s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Airpower Enters the Vietnam War . . . . . . . . 8 America Is Drawn in Deeper . . . . . . . . . . . .10 DEVELOPMENT OF THE B-52 STRATOFORTRESS . . . ....

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...In the late 21st century on Earth, new technology allowed man to create machines merged with the body of their fallen comrades of war. These ?manchines? fought and won the war for the West. Discarded, the manchines learned of their worth and fought back for their ...

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...eaders to my site for a free download or to the many places like Project Gutenberg and ManyBooks.net offering this book for free. Text & Illustrat... ... offer the cleanest copies possible but sometimes the eye misses small errors here and there! Thanks! cÜt|áx yÉÜ g{x Xçx Éy TÄÄÉÜ|t ~ ... ... artwork here, by Rachel Lindley belongs in a gallery. …covers both Fantasy and Science Fiction with this tale and uses a new voice with entirely... ...Buzzalicious! ~Buzzy Buzzelle.com "Merging ancient civilization with current technology, Ms. Lindley creates an engaging plot that joins scien... ...ilization with current technology, Ms. Lindley creates an engaging plot that joins science fiction with fantasy. …a unique though captivating story... ...Since he was a little boy, he had wanted to venture to the stars. He heard stories during the age of technology of how man sent machines to record d... ...tle boy, he had wanted to venture to the stars. He heard stories during the age of technology of how man sent machines to record data as they learne... ...d of an African princess whose own lineage was hanging by the thread of the former world before the wars. Today, their differences were nonexistent w... ...er laughter was like a soothing melody to his ears. She had been ailing previously during the past weeks and he was overjoyed to finally see her out...

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...This study analyzes how real-time battle damage assessment (BDA) might contribute to airpower strategy and execution. It provides a historical review of BDA during World War II, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf War and examines the current BDA doctrine, capabilities, and procedures to illustrate contemporary strengths and shortco...

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...This study seeks to answer the question, “If a joint force air commander finds it useful or necessary to operate at the theater level and one level below with mission-type orders or requests, what are the preconditions that must exist in order to make such a partially decentralized command system work?” To answer this question, the study examines theoretica...

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...1 INTRODUCTION . . . . 1 Notes . . . . . . 5 2 THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON COMMAND AND CONTROL . . . . . 7 Notes . . . . . . 14 3 MISSION ORDER COMMAND IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC . . . . . . 17 Notes . . . . . . 30 4 MISSION ORDER COMMAND IN OPERATION DESERT STORM: ITS PRESENCE AND ABSENCE . . . . . 33 ...

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...In a world of chaotic alignments, traditional logic with its strict boundaries of truth and falsity has not imbued itself with the capability of reflecting the reality. Despite various attempts to reorient logic, there has remaine...

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...W. B. VASANTHA KANDASAMY FLORENTIN SMARANDACHE FUZZY COGNITIVE MAPS AND NEUTROSOPHIC COGNITIVE MAPS XIQUAN Phoenix 2003 ... ...SFUL LARGE SCALE OPERATION SOCIAL SERVICE 1 Fuzzy Cognitive Maps and Neutrosophic Cognitive Maps W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy Department ... ... W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy Department of Mathematics Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Chennai – 600036, India E-mail: vasantha@iitm.ac.in ... ...om Peer reviewers: Sukanto Bhattacharya, School of Information Technology, Bond University, Australia; Dr. Jean Dezert, ONERA (French Nat... ...85020, USA Many books can be downloaded from the Digital Library of Science: http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/eBooks-otherformats.htm ... ... DEDICATED TO ALL THE VOICES OF DISSENT 5 PREFACE In a world of chaotic alignments, traditional logic with its strict boundaries o... ...f. Bart Kosko, in his book Heaven in a Chip: Fuzzy Visions of Society and Science in the Digital Age writes that fuzzy theory can offer more choices ... ...onsidered only the peak-hour since the passenger demand is very high only during this time period, where the transport sector caters to the demands o... ...performance index in Table 4 are obtained from summing two terms: profits during strategic planning periods and relative market share at the terminal...

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...What follows are points and counterpoints that attempt to clear away some of the detritus that obscures the subject, thus allowing more informed debate on the real issues concerning airpower and strategic bombing. This in turn, hopefully, will give ...

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...1 Between the world wars, even though the US Army Air Corps received more than its fair share of funds from the Army, it continued to complain, agitate, and ask for more. . . . . 1 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2 Enterin...

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...Snow’s and Drew’s newest version has been slightly retitled and almost totally rewritten to reflect radically changed politicalmilitary realities. Making Twenty-First-Century Strategy addresses not only traditional strategy concern...

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...Contents DISCLAIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii ABOUT THE AUTHORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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...The Pope receives a vision that includes the names of four men: a U.S. Senator, a covert military intelligence agent, a priest from a small parish, and the head of the Italian mafia. These men form an alliance to eliminate the drug cartels of the world to save the children of the future against the backdrop of political power struggle. ...

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...k cascaded across the red, soft cushion. He gently entwined the ebony rosary beads between his fingers, crossed himself in the supplicant tradition, and kissed the crucifix as he closed his eyes and began to recite out-loud the Five Holy Mysteries of the Rosary. His nightly reverie, before bed, calmed him and connected his soul to the sublime obedience of God. During ...

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...rosary beads between his fingers, crossed himself in the supplicant tradition, and kissed the crucifix as he closed his eyes and began to recite out-... ...e Holy Mysteries of the Rosary. His nightly reverie, before bed, calmed him and connected his soul to the sublime obedience of God. During these m... ...efore bed, calmed him and connected his soul to the sublime obedience of God. During these moments of prayer, he put the chaos of his Office into pe... ...eemed only fitting for Francis, the First, to do it. But Alfredo was puzzled. During the last eight years the Pope had never broken with any Vatican... ... newspapers ran bold headlines declaring the end of the Catholic Church as the world knew it. Cardinal Berini was furious, and made it known to every... ...since.” “What were your studies, aside from what was required?” “Political Science, Holy Father.” Again things started to take shape. “Why Polit... ...al Science, Holy Father.” Again things started to take shape. “Why Political Science?” “You know the Jesuits, they’re into everything.” “So, I’v... ...hairman of the Armed Services Committee he controlled the purse strings of the world's most sophisticated Army. An Army designed to protect a Nation;... ...st chemists in the world to refine their products. They use the most advanced technology to produce the purist product. The purer the product, the m...

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...a-- Book 6 Our Psychological Motivations 1 “. . . AND GU... ...N--OUR REASONS FOR DOING ........................................................................................................... 10 FREUD--AND TH... ...robots who can be programmed by behaviorist planning -- like so many rats in a maze. ―Oh, if I only had infinite knowledge and could tell the world ... ...ng materials common to their species. When they mated their eggs were removed and again hatched by canaries. He did this for four generations during... ...ive us better control over our own lives. The more we know about ourselves, the better we can control our own destinies. This is what much of scienc... ...n control our own destinies. This is what much of science and most of education is all about. If we can get a better grasp of the appropriate scienc... ...eath that surpasses our earthly life in every divine dimension. ―Having an afterlife is a nearly universal belief, but the experiences during... ... have said it first, Fromm probably said it better. He believed that modern society has replaced deep human relationships with ‗separateness.‘ Techno... ...cept our expertise in drugs and graffiti. But as you have pointed out, many Singalingians have ventured to developing countries bringing their techno...

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...of Best of ?. For the past several years we have been publishing student writing with the intention of both celebrating the work that our students do and of sharing it with others for a variety of instructional purposes. Beginning with volume seven, we started accepting student essays from all twelve Commonwealth College campuses, from students in English 004, 015, and 030...

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...CONTENTS List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii?xiv Preface xv 1. ?WE HAVE SOME PLANES? 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORI...

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...SSION REPORT Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:25 PM Page i List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii–xiv Preface xv 1. “WE... ...M 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992) 55 2.4 Buil... ...2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War o... ...to the cockpit; FAA rules required that the doors remain closed and locked during flight. Ong speculated that they had “jammed their way” in. Perhaps ... ...Cleveland received the first of two radio transmissions from the aircraft. During the first broadcast, the captain or first officer could be heard dec... ...and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile technology. 97 NORAD perceived the dominant threat to be from cruise missil... ...ng cultural preference for technical fields over the humanities and social sciences. Many of these young men, even if able to study abroad, lacked the... ...Commissioner in 1993, she found an agency seri- ously hampered by outdated technology and insufficient human resources. Bor- der Patrol agents were st... ...even more obvious early in 1999, when he addressed the National Academy of Sciences and presented his most somber account yet of what could happen if ...