Letter Bomb

Author : Peter Schwenger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0801844886

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Letter Bomb by Peter Schwenger Pdf

A significant and lively contribution to the growing field of nuclear criticism, "Letter Bomb" explores the tensions that exist among such writers as Derrida, Lacan, Girard, Blanchot, and Bloch. He plays these writers against one another and against works of literature--as well as, occasionally, film or music--that deal explicitly with the nuclear theme."I read "Letter Bomb" with pleasure. It is a highly personal study, written more like an essay or a meditation than a traditional academic book. Peter Schwenger raises important issues and offers excellent readings of noncanonical contemporary novels. He also tackles some of the most formidable French critics. "Letter Bomb" isa very special work."--Ora Avni, Emory University.

Author : Jim Smith
Publisher : Charles C Thomas Publisher
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780398085643

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A Law Enforcement and Security Officers' Guide to Responding to Bomb Threats by Jim Smith Pdf

This expanded new edition continues to demonstrate that all law enforcement and security officers should have a working knowledge of bombs, explosives, suspicious devices, chemical-biological-radiological incidents and other threats for their own protection. A lack of this working knowledge can be a contributing factor to injury, death, or the inability to mitigate these incidents. The text points out, in a clear and concise format, the critical steps that should be taken by the first arriving personnel in order to allow the general law enforcement and security practitioner to respond to such.

Author : Robert A. Burke
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1094 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498752008

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Counter-Terrorism for Emergency Responders by Robert A. Burke Pdf

Using the authors many years of experience in emergency services and his skills as a hazardous materials consultant, prepares the first responder to handle everything from re-establishing control and on-scene triage to investigating the crime. Including information on pre-incident and avoidance tactics, the author also discusses monitoring and detection techniques, protective equipment and decontamination, and an extensive list of resource organizations and training opportunities. This up-to-date 3rd edition is written to provide concise information for emergency responders who might be called upon to confront explosive, chemical, nuclear, biological, or incendiary acts of terrorism.

Author : Barry Scott Zellen
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781441177889

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State of Recovery by Barry Scott Zellen Pdf

In the decade that followed 9/11, technologies and technology policies became central to homeland security. For example, the U.S. erected new border defenses with remote sensors and biometric scanners, and deployed new autonomous air warfare capabilities, such as the drone program. Looking at efforts to restore security after 9/11, the work examines issues such as the rise in technology spending, the various scenarios of mass terror, and America's effort to ensure that future engagements will take place far from the homeland. Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iran's emergence as nuclear threat, and North Korea's acceleration of its missile program are analyzed along with the "axis of evil" and America's effort to create a ballistic missile shield to thwart this emerging threat to its security. By focusing on the technologies of homeland security rather than on cyber warfare itself, the work offers a unique and needed survey that will appeal to anyone involved with the study and development of homeland and strategic security.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1260 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Federal aid
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119579832

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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1982 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1234 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : United States
ISBN : UOM:39015067335102

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Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1981: Department of the Treasury by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Pdf

Author : Angela Downing,Philip Locke
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 041528810X

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A University Course in English Grammar by Angela Downing,Philip Locke Pdf

This comprehensive descriptive grammar is a complete course for first degree and postgraduate students of English as a Foreign Language. It is also suitable as background reading for course for literature and discourse studies, since grammatical usage is illustrated with authentic texts, many of them from literary sources. Originally published by Prentice Hall in 1992, this text is now readily available world-wide from Routledge. Key features include: *chapters divided into modules of class-length material *literary and other authentic texts to illustrate points of grammar *clear chapter and module summaries enable efficient teacher preparation and student revision *tasks for individual study at the end of each chapter *answer key to tasks and comprehensive index.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Postal Facilities, Mail, and Labor Management
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Postal surveillance
ISBN : PURD:32754078079971

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Postal Inspection Service's Monitoring and Control of Mail Surveillance and Mail Cover Programs by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Postal Facilities, Mail, and Labor Management Pdf

Author : Steve Woolgar,Daniel Neyland
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199584741

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Mundane Governance by Steve Woolgar,Daniel Neyland Pdf

The book aims to explore how governance and accountability are mediated through material relations involving ordinary everyday objects and technologies. It draws on empirical materials in three main areas: waste management and recycling; the regulation and control of traffic; and security and passenger movement in airports.

Author : Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0618446591

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A Human Being Died that Night by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela Pdf

Scenes from apartheid -- An encounter with "prime evil" -- The trigger hand -- The evolution of evil -- The language of trauma -- Apartheid of the mind -- "I have no hatred in my heart"

Author : MITCHEL P.. CENGIZ ROTH (MAHMUT.),Mahmut Cengiz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1789149401

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Murder by Mail by MITCHEL P.. CENGIZ ROTH (MAHMUT.),Mahmut Cengiz Pdf

The explosive history of weaponized mail over hundreds of years. This book unfolds the gripping history of weaponized mail, offering the first-ever comprehensive exploration of this sinister phenomenon. Spanning two centuries, Murder by Mail unveils the history of postal bombs, describing the evolution of both explosives and the postal services that facilitated their deadly use. From an eighteenth-century incident involving Jonathan Swift to modern acts of terror by groups like the IRA, Suffragettes, and lone actors such as the Unabomber, it uncovers the surprising ubiquity of mail bombs. This chronological account meticulously covers each decade, from early anarchists and world wars through the Cold War to the rise of the serial bomber. Astounding in scope, this book sheds light on the psychopathy, motivations, and political implications behind murder by mail.

Author : Mark Seltzer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781135206864

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Serial Killers by Mark Seltzer Pdf

In this provocative cultural study, the serial killer emerges as a central figure in what Mark Seltzer calls 'America's wound culture'. From the traumas displayed by talk show guests and political candidates, to the violent entertainment of Crash or The Alienist, to the latest terrible report of mass murder, we are surrounded by the accident from which we cannot avert our eyes. Bringing depth and shadow to our collective portrait of what a serial killer must be, Mark Seltzer draws upon popular sources, scholarly analyses, and the language of psychoanalysis to explore the genesis of this uniquely modern phenomenon. Revealed is a fascination with machines and technological reproduction, with the singular and the mass, with definitions of self, other, and intimacy. What emerges is a disturbing picture of how contemporary culture is haunted by technology and the instability of identity.

Author : Lawrence Fennelly
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003-12-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780080470047

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Effective Physical Security by Lawrence Fennelly Pdf

Effective Physical Security, Third Edition is a best-practices compendium that details the essential elements to physical security protection. The book contains completely updated sections that have been carefully selected from the previous Butterworth-Heinemann publication, Handbook of Loss Prevention and Crime Prevention, 4E. Designed for easy reference, the Third Edition contains important coverage of environmental design, security surveys, locks, lighting, CCTV as well as a new chapter covering the latest in physical security design and planning for Homeland Security. The new edition continues to serve as a valuable reference for experienced security practitioners as well as students in undergraduate and graduate security programs. - Each chapter has been contributed to by top professionals in the security industry - Over 80 figures illustrate key security concepts discussed - Numerous appendices, checklists, and glossaries support the easy-to-reference organization - Each chapter has been contributed to by top professionals in the security industry - Over 80 figures illustrate key security concepts discussed - Numerous appendices, checklists, and glossaries support the easy-to-reference organization

Author : Katja Franko Aas,Helene Oppen Gundhus,Heidi Mork Lomell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781134040360

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Technologies of InSecurity by Katja Franko Aas,Helene Oppen Gundhus,Heidi Mork Lomell Pdf

Technologies of Insecurity examines how general social and political concerns about terrorism, crime, migration and globalization are translated into concrete practices of securitisation of everyday life. Who are we afraid of in a globalizing world? How are issues of safety and security constructed and addressed by various local actors and embodied in a variety of surveillance systems? Examining how various forms of contemporary insecurity are translated into, and reduced to, issues of surveillance and social control, this book explores a variety of practical and cultural aspects of technological control, as well as the discourses about safety and security surrounding them. (In)security is a politically and socially constructed phenomenon, with a variety of meanings and modalities. And, exploring the inherent duality and dialectics between our striving for security and the simultaneous production of insecurity, Technologies of Insecurity considers how mundane objects and activities are becoming bearers of risks which need to be neutralised. As ordinary arenas - such as the workplace, the city centre, the football stadium, the airport, and the internet - are imbued with various notions of risk and danger and subject to changing public attitudes and sensibilities, the critical deconstruction of the nexus between everyday surveillance and (in)security pursued here provides important new insights about how broader political issues are translated into concrete and local practices of social control and exclusion.

Author : Jideofor Adibe
Publisher : Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-21
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781912234967

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Debating Nigeria by Jideofor Adibe Pdf

In this collection of essays, Jideofor Adibe offers his perspectives on some of the contentious issues in Nigerian politics, governance and economy. The essays, mostly from the author's weekly column in the Daily Trust and contributions on Brookings Institutions' Africa Growth Initiative's blog, reflect on such themes as Boko Haram, the upsurge in separatist agitations in the country, the federal character principle and why elections are often anarchic in the country.The articles are well-researched and written with remarkable authority and conviction.