Imperial Secrets

Author : Patrick A. Kelley (Major)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Imperialism
ISBN : UCBK:C100316155

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Imperial Secrets by Patrick A. Kelley (Major) Pdf

Product Description: This book explores the limits of institutional knowledge. What does an empire know and how does it know it? How does its own culture, general or bureaucratic, shape the information it receives and its ability to "process" information. Army Foreign Area Officer Maj. Patrick Kelley takes us through historical and cultural terrain never before traveled in a virtuoso exercise of cross-disciplinary analysis that is as much fun as it is thought provoking. Not since Spengler or Voegelin tackled civilization dynamics has empire been subject to such original and erudite treatment on such a grand scale. Imperial Secrets is sui generis and Kelley has invented a new field: imperial informatics. Policymakers would do well to read and ponder this book before taking their next major decision.

Author : Bob Flaws
Publisher : Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc.
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Health
ISBN : 0936185511

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Imperial Secrets of Health and Longevity by Bob Flaws Pdf

The 14 secrets of longevity of the Qing Dynasty Emperor, Qian Long, cover all aspects of living long and healthy life. This book offers Qian Long's sage advice on the role of diet, exercise, relaxation, emotions, sex, and environment in achieving long life and good health. This traditional Chinese medical theory includes self-massage, stretching, and qi gong exercise as well as how to use Chinese tonic herbs.

Author : Patrick A. Kelley
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781105056123

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Imperial Secrets: Remapping the Mind of Empire by Patrick A. Kelley Pdf

Major Kelley chooses three empires with which to compare our current intelligence circumstances. Each of these faced challenges in understanding peoples; Rome in the first and second centuries AD, the Ottomans in the 16th to 18th, and Britain in India in the 18th to early 20th. Kelley feels these warrant study in light of our need to deal with peoples whom we may seek to influence. The author also asks: ?If power shapes knowledge, does knowledge also shape power This is a delightful exercise in erudition in which key postmodern insights and reasoning are used to gain political understanding. Full of surprises and insights, Kelley takes his readers through an enchanted forest peopled by Foucalt, T.E. Lawrence, J.S. Bach, Borges, Idries Shah, Hobsbawm, Jung, Baudrillard, and many more. One hopes our educated, certified, and degreed military and intelligence leadership can penetrate a work this rich, deep, and ultimately useful. (Originally published in color by the NDIC Press)

Author : Erskine Childers
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465556486

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The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service Recently Achieved by Erskine Childers Pdf

Author : Patrick A. Kelley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Imperialism
ISBN : OCLC:1029745072

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Imperial Secrets by Patrick A. Kelley Pdf

A serving U.S. military officer presumably has something to answer for at the very outset when writing about a topic like "Imperial Intelligence." If the issue is not one of purely academic import, and I do not believe it is, then there are obvious implications in associating the American enterprise with a highly charged term like Empire. I believe the matter is not clear-cut, and is the subject of much debate in various circles; however, what I will argue is that, regardless of how the U.S. role is characterized, it does face nearly unique problems in the field of intelligence. Nearly unique, in that these problems do not so profoundly impact traditional nation-states, but have been confronted before by historical imperial formations. The genesis for this position lies in the immediate aftermath of September 11th, when perhaps the most urgently asked and passionately debated question was "Why do they hate us?" This seems to me the essence of the Imperial Intelligence problem. Despite its broad consideration in the media and public venues, this question does constitute an intelligence problem the answer to which requires profound insights into the hidden thoughts and desires of others and presumes a predictive as well as explanatory response. The answer, or answers, will shape the course of public policy. It is also uniquely imperial, through its implications of betrayal, outrage, and anguished incomprehension. They, presumably, have no obvious reason to hate us; and in fact, we expect a degree of gratitude and cooperation from others around the world who have been the beneficiaries of our largesse. We saved the Saudis from Saddam Hussein, the rebuttals run, we provided more foreign aid to the Egyptians than any other state, we helped the Afghans throw off the Soviet yoke.

Author : Steven J. Williams
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0472113089

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The Secret of Secrets by Steven J. Williams Pdf

A compelling study of a "best-seller" from the Middle Ages

Author : Patrick A. Kelley
Publisher : Defense Department
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : MSU:31293028916280

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Imperial Secrets by Patrick A. Kelley Pdf

Patrick Kelley explores the limits of institutional knowledge regarding information gathering and knowledge in imperial political structures. The author explores how an empire's culture can shape the information it receives and its ability to process information. The book ranges across time to examine the achievements and failures of empires to use information as a tool of governance and domination.

Author : Richard Wilmer Rowan
Publisher : Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Doran, Incorporated
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Secret service
ISBN : UOM:39015004229699

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The Story of Secret Service by Richard Wilmer Rowan Pdf

Author : William Le Queux
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066221676

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The Secrets of Potsdam by William Le Queux Pdf

This book chronicles some of the real-life intrigues of the Imperial Court of Prussia at Potsdam, supposedly revealed by a Prussian count and military officer, Ernst Von Heltzendorff. Stories included are the blackmailing of the Crown Prince, the assassination attempt of the Kaiser, and a tragedy that befell the Leutenberg nobles.

Author : Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. Government Section
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Japan
ISBN : UVA:X000431673

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Political Reorientation of Japan, September 1945 to September 1948 by Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. Government Section Pdf

Author : George Gibbs
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066182861

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The Yellow Dove by George Gibbs Pdf

This American fiction written in 1915 tells the World War I adventure of Cyril Hammersley and his fiancée, an American woman by the name of Doris Mather. Cyril's father was English, and his mother was Prussian, and it makes it difficult to figure out which country earns his loyalty in this conflict. He is constantly viewed with suspicion by almost all of the people in his social circle because he appears to be doing nothing at all, not even caring about what is occurring around him. Even his fiancée Doris doubts Cyril and pushes him time and time again to do something and care about what's happening. This exciting work contains spies and counterspies, encoded messages, confidential meetings, and a wonderful giant plane known as "The Yellow Dove". The tension built at the beginning of the novel remains till the end, which keeps the reader hooked throughout the story. This is an exciting work, considered very convenient for the public, and was most certainly intended to inspire as well as amuse the readers.

Author : Gregory Afinogenov
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674246577

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Spies and Scholars by Gregory Afinogenov Pdf

A Financial Times Best Book of the Year The untold story of how Russian espionage in imperial China shaped the emergence of the Russian Empire as a global power. From the seventeenth to the nineteenth century, the Russian Empire made concerted efforts to collect information about China. It bribed Chinese porcelain-makers to give up trade secrets, sent Buddhist monks to Mongolia on intelligence-gathering missions, and trained students at its Orthodox mission in Beijing to spy on their hosts. From diplomatic offices to guard posts on the Chinese frontier, Russians were producing knowledge everywhere, not only at elite institutions like the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg. But that information was secret, not destined for wide circulation. Gregory Afinogenov distinguishes between the kinds of knowledge Russia sought over the years and argues that they changed with the shifting aims of the state and its perceived place in the world. In the seventeenth century, Russian bureaucrats were focused on China and the forbidding Siberian frontier. They relied more on spies, including Jesuit scholars stationed in China. In the early nineteenth century, the geopolitical challenge shifted to Europe: rivalry with Britain drove the Russians to stake their prestige on public-facing intellectual work, and knowledge of the East was embedded in the academy. None of these institutional configurations was especially effective in delivering strategic or commercial advantages. But various knowledge regimes did have their consequences. Knowledge filtered through Russian espionage and publication found its way to Europe, informing the encounter between China and Western empires. Based on extensive archival research in Russia and beyond, Spies and Scholars breaks down long-accepted assumptions about the connection between knowledge regimes and imperial power and excavates an intellectual legacy largely neglected by historians.

Author : Tacitus
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1973-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141904795

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The Annals of Imperial Rome by Tacitus Pdf

Tacitus' Annals of Imperial Rome recount the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus up to the death of Nero in AD 68. With clarity and vivid intensity he describes the reign of terror under the corrupt Tiberius, the great fire of Rome during the time of Nero, and the wars, poisonings, scandals, conspiracies and murders that were part of imperial life. Despite his claim that the Annals were written objectively, Tacitus' account is sharply critical of the emperors' excesses and fearful for the future of Imperial Rome, while also filled with a longing for its past glories.

Author : Bernhard Scheid,Mark Teeuwen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134168743

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The Culture of Secrecy in Japanese Religion by Bernhard Scheid,Mark Teeuwen Pdf

The Japanese Middle Ages were a period when forms of secrecy dominated religious practice. This fascinating collection traces out the secret characteristics and practices in Japanese religion, as well as analyzing the decline of religious esotericism in Japan. The essays in this impressive work refer to Esoteric Buddhism as the core of Japan’s "culture of secrecy". Esoteric Buddhism developed in almost all Buddhist countries of Asia, but it was of particular importance in Japan where its impact went far beyond the borders of Buddhism, also affecting Shinto as well as non-religious forms of discourse. The contributors focus on the impact of Esoteric Buddhism on Japanese culture, and also include comparative chapters on India and China. Whilst concentrating on the Japanese medieval period, this book will give readers familiar with present day Japan, many explanations for the still visible remnants of Japan’s medieval culture of secrecy.

Author : Canada
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1943
Category : Canada
ISBN : UCBK:C025390174

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British North American Act and Amendments by Canada Pdf