Warriors And Politicians

Author : Jim Mattis,Kori N. Schake
Publisher : Hoover Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780817919368

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Warriors and Citizens by Jim Mattis,Kori N. Schake Pdf

A diverse group of contributors offer different perspectives on whether or not the different experiences of our military and the broader society amounts to a "gap"—and if the American public is losing connection to its military. They analyze extensive polling information to identify those gaps between civilian and military attitudes on issues central to the military profession and the professionalism of our military, determine which if any of these gaps are problematic for sustaining the traditionally strong bonds between the American military and its broader public, analyze whether any problematic gaps are amenable to remediation by policy means, and assess potential solutions. The contributors also explore public disengagement and the effect of high levels of public support for the military combined with very low levels of trust in elected political leaders—both recurring themes in their research. And they reflect on whether American society is becoming so divorced from the requirements for success on the battlefield that not only will we fail to comprehend our military, but we also will be unwilling to endure a military so constituted to protect us. Contributors: Rosa Brooks, Matthew Colford,Thomas Donnelly, Peter Feaver, Jim Golby, Jim Hake, Tod Lindberg, Mackubin Thomas Owens, Cody Poplin, Nadia Schadlow, A. J. Sugarman, Lindsay Cohn Warrior, Benjamin Wittes

Author : Robert D. Kaplan
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2003-01-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780375726279

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Warrior Politics by Robert D. Kaplan Pdf

In Warrior Politics, the esteemed journalist and analyst Robert D. Kaplan explores the wisdom of the ages for answers for today’s leaders. While the modern world may seem more complex and dangerous than ever before, Kaplan writes from a deeper historical perspective to reveal how little things actually change. Indeed, as Kaplan shows us, we can look to history’s most influential thinkers, who would have understood and known how to navigate today’s dangerous political waters. Drawing on the timeless work of Sun Tzu, Thucydides, Machiavelli, Hobbes, among others, Kaplan argues that in a world of unstable states and an uncertain future, it is increasingly imperative to wrest from the past what we need to arm ourselves for the road ahead. Wide-ranging and accessible, Warrior Politics is a bracing book with an increasingly important message that challenges readers to see the world as it is, not as they would like it to be.

Author : Constantine Panos Danopoulos
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081655099

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Warriors and Politicians in Modern Greece by Constantine Panos Danopoulos Pdf

Author : Charles A. Stevenson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-07-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135988494

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Warriors and Politicians by Charles A. Stevenson Pdf

The book argues that the U.S. military are in a triangular relationship with two civilian masters - the President and the Congress.

Author : Sikata Banerjee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000009118

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Warriors In Politics by Sikata Banerjee Pdf

In theorizing about the link between violence and the politics of nationalism, most scholars have rejected the idea that primordial hatred between different ethnic and/or religious groups residing in close proximity will inevitably lead to conflict and the call for an ethnically/religiously pure nation-state. Rather, conflict tends to occur when humans manipulate social, political, economic, and ideological factors to construct nationalist identities and movements. The manipulation perspective is the underlying theoretical framework of Warriors in Politics which uses the Mumbai riots of December 1992 and January 1993 to analyze the brand of nationalism created and disseminated by the Indian political party Shiv Sena. While the theoretical and empirical research of others is an important part of this study, interviews conducted by the author when she lived in Mumbai during this tumultuous period as well as her own theorizing on the links among masculinity, militarism, and nationalism, provide an analysis of the factors - economic, political, and ideological - that converge to transform the simmering discontent of the politics of nationalism into violent conflict.

Author : Moshik Temkin
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781805221128

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Warriors, Rebels and Saints by Moshik Temkin Pdf

Do leaders make history, or does history make leaders? What should we do when the wrong people are in power? And how can we find and become better leaders today? A deep-dive into the art, science and practice of leadership around the world and across the ages by a Harvard professor and historian - essential reading for our turbulent times. Across the world, and throughout time, there have been people who have risen to the challenge of leading others. Sometimes their power is undeserved, sometimes it's ill-used, but always their actions have impact. But do leaders really make history, or does history make leaders? And how might we harness the answers to find and become better leaders today? For the past decade, Moshik Temkin has been exploring these questions at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and at universities around the world. In this book, he offers a deep dive into the nature of leadership, from the highest ranks to the most hopeless situations. Drawing on stories from across history and culture, Temkin considers how leaders have made decisions, inspired others and forged a path in challenging circumstances - from the Great Depression to the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, from the Suffragettes to the anticolonial wars of the 20th century to the civil rights struggle - and how, in a world desperate for good leadership, we can evaluate those decisions and draw lessons for ourselves today.

Author : James A. Thurber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Campaign Management
ISBN : 0815784538

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Campaign Warriors by James A. Thurber Pdf

These essays present original data and analysis on the world of election-campaign consultants. They aim to illuminate the work of professional political consultants and their growing influence on the electoral process and American democracy.

Author : Pamela Moss,Michael J. Prince
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781782383475

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Weary Warriors by Pamela Moss,Michael J. Prince Pdf

As seen in military documents, medical journals, novels, films, television shows, and memoirs, soldiers’ invisible wounds are not innate cracks in individual psyches that break under the stress of war. Instead, the generation of weary warriors is caught up in wider social and political networks and institutions—families, activist groups, government bureaucracies, welfare state programs—mediated through a military hierarchy, psychiatry rooted in mind-body sciences, and various cultural constructs of masculinity. This book offers a history of military psychiatry from the American Civil War to the latest Afghanistan conflict. The authors trace the effects of power and knowledge in relation to the emotional and psychological trauma that shapes soldiers’ bodies, minds, and souls, developing an extensive account of the emergence, diagnosis, and treatment of soldiers’ invisible wounds.

Author : Nic Clarke
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774828918

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Unwanted Warriors by Nic Clarke Pdf

Unwanted Warriors uncovers the history of Canada’s first casualties of the Great War – men who tried to enlist but were deemed “unfit for service.” What impact did military exclusion have on these men? Nic Clarke looks for answers in the service files of 3,400 rejected volunteers and explores the mechanics of the medical examination, the physical and psychological qualities that the authorities believed made a fighting man, and how evaluations changed as the war dragged on. In the process, he exposes the deleterious effects that socially constructed norms about health and fitness had on individual men and Canadian society during the First World War.

Author : Chandra Talpade Mohanty,Linda Carty
Publisher : Haymarket Books
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781608468980

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Feminist Freedom Warriors by Chandra Talpade Mohanty,Linda Carty Pdf

Born out of an engagement with anti-racist feminist struggles as women of color from the Global South, Feminist Freedom Warriors (FFW) is a project showcasing cross-generational histories of feminist activism addressing economic, anti-racist, social justice, and anti-capitalist issues across national borders. This feminist reader is a companion to the FFW video archive project that is currently available online. Using text and images, the book presents short narratives from the women featured in the FFW project and illustrates the intersecting struggles for justice in the fight against oppression. These are stories of sister-comrades, whose ideas, words, actions, and visions of economic and social justice continue to inspire a new generation of women activists.

Author : Patrick M. Dennis
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774836005

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Reluctant Warriors by Patrick M. Dennis Pdf

During the “Hundred Days” campaign of the First World War, over 30 percent of conscripts who served in the Canadian Corps became casualties. Yet, they were often considered slackers for not having volunteered. Reluctant Warriors is the first examination of the pivotal role played by Canadian conscripts in the final campaign of the Great War on the Western Front. Challenging long-standing myths, this Patrick Dennis examines whether conscripts made any significant difference to the success of the Canadian Corps in 1918. Reluctant Warriors provides fresh evidence that conscripts were good soldiers who made a crucial contribution to the war effort.

Author : Robert D. Kaplan
Publisher : Random House
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781588360809

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Warrior Politics by Robert D. Kaplan Pdf

“The side that knows when to fight and when not will take the victory. There are roadways not to be traveled, armies not to be attacked, walled cities not to be assaulted.” —Sun-Tzu We live in dangerous times, when a new kind of leadership is required. Visionary and ruthlessly strategic, Warrior Politics extracts the best of the wisdom of the ages for modern leaders who are faced with the complex life-and-death challenges of today’s world—and determined to win. Sun-Tzu urges leaders to “plan and calculate like a hungry man.” Machiavelli defines a policy not by its excellence but by its outcome. Churchill derives his greatness from his imagination of history. Livy shows that the vigor to face down adversaries must ultimately come from pride in our own past achievements. “Never mind if they call your caution timidity, your wisdom sloth, your generosity weakness,” he writes. “It is better that a wise enemy should fear you than that foolish friends should praise.” “Men often oppose a thing merely because they have no agency in planning it,” Alexander Hamilton says, “or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.” Replete with maxims, warnings, examples from history, and shrewd recommendations, Warrior Politics wrests from the past the lessons we need to arm ourselves for the present. It offers an invaluable template for any decision-maker—in foreign policy or in business—faced with high stakes and inadequate knowledge of a mine-filled terrain. As we gear ourselves up for a new kind of war, no book is more prescient, more shrewd, or more essential.

Author : Stephen M. Duncan
Publisher : Presidio Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015040671292

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Citizen Warriors by Stephen M. Duncan Pdf

This text concentrates on the how and why of criminal law, how and why does behaviour become, or stop, being criminal? Issues considered include fraud, squatting, sexual offences and drug use.

Author : James R. Davis
Publisher : D & M Publishers
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781926706603

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Fortune's Warriors by James R. Davis Pdf

From the jungles of west Africa to the killing fields of the former Yugoslavia, wherever the next global hotspot flares into action, the private military waits, ready to step into the fray. Once they were known as "soldiers of fortune." Now, they call themselves "military advisors." The honourable history of soldiers-for-hire clashes with the modern distaste for "mercenaries." In this compelling and controversial new book, James Davis reveals the shadowy inside world of the multi-billion-dollar international security industry.

Author : Morten Bøås
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317625216

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The Politics of Conflict Economies by Morten Bøås Pdf

Conflict economies cannot be approached in isolation but must instead be contextualised socially and historically. These economies did not emerge in vacuum, but are part and parcel of the history of people and place. This book explores the informal and illicit extraction and trade of minerals and other types of natural resources that takes place in the 'borderlands' during periods of conflict. This type of extraction and marketing, often referred to as ‘conflict trade’ depends on a weak state, and works alongside the structures of the state and its officials. The book emphasises that conflicts do not start as competition over natural resources and in turn suggests that the integration of the extraction and marketing of natural resources only starts once fighting is well under way. Boas argues that although economic agendas are an integral part of African conflicts, the desire to accumulate is not the only motivation. Thus, in order to present a more comprehensive analysis of conflict we need to take into account political, cultural, and historical factors, in addition to the economic dimensions of conflict. This book will be of very strong interest to students and scholars of political economy, conflict studies, international relations and development.