The Never Ever War

Author : John E. Siers
Publisher : Theogony Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1648556531

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Author : Spencer R. Weart
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0300082983

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Never at War by Spencer R. Weart Pdf

This lively survey of the history of conflict between democracies reveals a remarkable--and tremendously important--finding: fully democratic nations have never made war on other democracies. Furthermore, historian Spencer R. Weart concludes in this thought-provoking book, they probably never will. Building his argument on some forty case studies ranging through history from ancient Athens to Renaissance Italy to modern America, the author analyzes for the first time every instance in which democracies or regimes like democracies have confronted each other with military force. Weart establishes a consistent set of definitions of democracy and other key terms, then draws on an array of international sources to demonstrate the absence of war among states of a particular democratic type. His survey also reveals the new and unexpected finding of a still broader zone of peace among oligarchic republics, even though there are more of such minority-controlled governments than democracies in history. In addition, Weart discovers that peaceful leagues and confederations--the converse of war--endure only when member states are democracies or oligarchies. With the help of related findings in political science, anthropology, and social psychology, the author explores how the political culture of democratic leaders prevents them from warring against others who are recognized as fellow democrats and how certain beliefs and behaviors lead to peace or war. Weart identifies danger points for democracies, and he offers crucial, practical information to help safeguard peace in the future.

Author : Roy Scranton
Publisher : Soho Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781616957162

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War Porn by Roy Scranton Pdf

“War porn,” n. Videos, images, and narratives featuring graphic violence, often brought back from combat zones, viewed voyeuristically or for emotional gratification. Such media are often presented and circulated without context, though they may be used as evidence of war crimes. War porn is also, in Roy Scranton’s searing debut novel, a metaphor for the experience of war in the age of the War on Terror, the fracturing and fragmentation of perspective, time, and self that afflicts soldiers and civilians alike, the global networks and face-to-face moments that suture our fragmented lives together. In War Porn three lives fit inside one another like nesting dolls: a restless young woman at an end-of-summer barbecue in Utah; an American soldier in occupied Baghdad; and Qasim al-Zabadi, an Iraqi math professor, who faces the US invasion of his country with fear, denial, and perseverance. As War Porn cuts from America to Iraq and back again, as home and hell merge, we come to see America through the eyes of the occupied, even as we see Qasim become a prisoner of the occupation. Through the looking glass of War Porn, Scranton reveals the fragile humanity that connects Americans and Iraqis, torturers and the tortured, victors and their victims.

Author : Joe Haldeman
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780312536633

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The Forever War by Joe Haldeman Pdf

"Del Rey book." Battling the Taurans in space was one problem as Private William Mandella worked his way up the ranks to major. In spanning the stars, he aged only months while Earth aged centuries.

Author : D.J. MacHale
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780743482004

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The Never War by D.J. MacHale Pdf

The third installment in an epic series of adventures First Earth Fourteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon is a loyal friend, sports star, devoted pet owner -- and Traveler. Along with his uncle Press, Bobby has visited the alternate dimension of Denduron and participated in a civil war. He's also waded through the endangered underwater territory of Cloral. Now Bobby once again finds himself thrust beyond the boundaries of time and space into a place that seems somewhat familiar: First Earth. Bobby and the Traveler from Cloral -- Spader -- have flumed to New York City, 1937. Against a backdrop of gangsters, swing music, and the distant sound of a brewing war, the two must uncover the evil Saint Dane's newest plot. But is Bobby ready for the difficult choices ahead?

Author : Sara Saedi
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-21
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780698197022

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Never Ever by Sara Saedi Pdf

Wylie Dalton didn’t believe in fairy tales or love at first sight. Then she met a real-life Peter Pan. When Wylie encounters Phinn—confident, mature, and devastatingly handsome—at a party the night before her brother goes to juvie, she can’t believe how fast she falls for him. And that’s before he shows her how to fly. Soon Wylie and her brothers find themselves whisked away to a mysterious tropical island off the coast of New York City where nobody ages beyond seventeen and life is a constant party. Wylie’s in heaven: now her brother won’t go to jail and she can escape her over-scheduled life with all its woes and responsibilities—permanently. But the deeper Wylie falls for Phinn, the more she begins to discover has been kept from her and her brothers. Somebody on the island has been lying to her, but the truth can’t stay hidden forever.

Author : Elder Conrad Jarrell
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781329839823

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The Ever War by Elder Conrad Jarrell Pdf

The King James Bible teaches that God created the entire universe in Six Days, that all the Holy Angels (for they all still were) sang together and shouted for joy, and that God saw that Everything that He had made was very Good (for it all still was). Then, the Seventh Day, Everything... changed-save only God, the Elect Holy Angels, and their heavenly Abode. This book is about Who, and What, and Why, and How those Changes were made. It is the Story of Life and Death, Holiness and Sin, Heaven and Hell, Angels and Demons, The Seed of The Woman and The The Seed of The Serpent. It is the Story of the single Throne of God and of many Unidentified Flying Objects. It is the Story of the Human Race...and of Another Race, which only looks human...and of still Others, which don't at all. It is the Story of an Innocent Man, Who died on a Cross and rose to be Lord on the Throne of Heaven...and of a Guilty Cherub, who fell from Glory and will rot forever in a Lake of Fire. This book is The Story of The Ever War.

Author : Michael A. Palmer
Publisher : iBooks
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Imaginary wars and battles
ISBN : 0743474511

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The War that Never was by Michael A. Palmer Pdf

Set in the year 1999, this suspenseful novel reveals a gripping and insightful account of what happens when top political and military advisors from the U.S. and Soviet Union meet to launch World War III. Original.

Author : Nancy Nicholson
Publisher : Nancy Anne Nicholson
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1592866883

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Never, Ever Step on a Spider by Nancy Nicholson Pdf

Tells the story of Bill and Louise Famous and their five children as they move eleven times to six states and learn to always laugh first, cry later, and never, ever step on a spider.

Author : Duff Hart-Davis
Publisher : Random House
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9780099553298

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The War That Never Was by Duff Hart-Davis Pdf

This title tells the story of a secret war fought by British mercenaries in the Yemen in the early 1960s. The book features British military history, much in the spirit of Ben McIntyre's 'Agent Zigzag' and 'Operation Mincemeat'.

Author : Viet Thanh Nguyen
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-11
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780674660342

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Nothing Ever Dies by Viet Thanh Nguyen Pdf

Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, National Book Award in Nonfiction A New York Times Book Review “The Year in Reading” Selection All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. From the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Sympathizer comes a searching exploration of the conflict Americans call the Vietnam War and Vietnamese call the American War—a conflict that lives on in the collective memory of both nations. “[A] gorgeous, multifaceted examination of the war Americans call the Vietnam War—and which Vietnamese call the American War...As a writer, [Nguyen] brings every conceivable gift—wisdom, wit, compassion, curiosity—to the impossible yet crucial work of arriving at what he calls ‘a just memory’ of this war.” —Kate Tuttle, Los Angeles Times “In Nothing Ever Dies, his unusually thoughtful consideration of war, self-deception and forgiveness, Viet Thanh Nguyen penetrates deeply into memories of the Vietnamese war...[An] important book, which hits hard at self-serving myths.” —Jonathan Mirsky, Literary Review “Ultimately, Nguyen’s lucid, arresting, and richly sourced inquiry, in the mode of Susan Sontag and W. G. Sebald, is a call for true and just stories of war and its perpetual legacy.” —Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review)

Author : Thaddeus Tadeusz Hutyra
Publisher : BookRix
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-12
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9783739608907

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Californian Girl by Thaddeus Tadeusz Hutyra Pdf

' Californian Girl ' is the anthology of my love poems dedicated to my beloved Californian girlfriend. Besides, it is a great anthology of love poems for all the variety of lovers with their starry sparks of love. There are also some deep thoughts included in this anthology, concerning not only love affairs but also much of what concerns life in all its multidimensionality. A magic adventure across all the poems guaranteed ...

Author : Gregor Dallas
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 767 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300119886

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1945 by Gregor Dallas Pdf

A history of the end of World War II that focuses on diplomatic mistakes, military accidents, and interactions of world leaders.

Author : Nigel Hey
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612343297

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The Star Wars Enigma by Nigel Hey Pdf

The year 1982 was a desperate time for the U.S. defense community. The United States had no effective system to protect itself completely from a Soviet attack with nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles, which the Soviet Union possessed in large quantity, and the doomsday philosophy of mutually assured destruction seemed inescapable. But people in the Reagan administration, including Reagan himself, were not content with what they viewed as a morally unacceptable status quo. Then Adm. James Watkins, a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, asked, "Wouldn't it be better if we could develop a system that would protect, rather than avenge, our people?" With that, the president's commitment to the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) became certain. Ultimately, SDI reflected Western political idealism, a powerful ingredient in the struggle to finally conquer the terrors of the Cold War and to allay the threat of nuclear holocaust. The Star Wars Enigma tells this dramatic story.

Author : William H. Shaw
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135969134

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Utilitarianism and the Ethics of War by William H. Shaw Pdf

This book offers a detailed utilitarian analysis of the ethical issues involved in war. Utilitarianism and the Ethics of War addresses the two basic ethical questions posed by war: when, if ever, are we morally justified in waging war, and if recourse to arms is warranted, how are we permitted to fight the wars we wage? In addition, it deals with the challenge that realism and relativism raise for the ethical discussion of war, and with the duties of military personnel and the moral challenges they can face. In tackling these matters, the book covers a wide range of topics—from pacifism to armed humanitarian intervention, from the right of national defense to pre-emptive or preventive war, from civilian immunity to the tenets of just war theory and the moral underpinnings of the rules of war. But, what is distinctive about this book is that it provides a consistent and thorough-going utilitarian or consequentialist treatment of the fundamental normative issues that war occasions. Although it goes against the tide of recent work in the field, a utilitarian approach to the ethics of war illuminates old questions in new ways by showing how a concern for well-being and the consequences of our actions and policies shape the moral constraints to which states and other actors must adhere. This book will be of much interest to students of the ethics of war, just war theory, moral philosophy, war and conflict studies and IR.