Author : Max G. Manwaring
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 11,8 MB
Release : 2019-04-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0429715838
This book addresses the challenge of international narcotics control by applying "the Manwaring paradigm." The paradigm is the basis for an improved strategy and theory of engagement for weak governments of the developing world, built around the concept of the "gray area phenomenon."
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Page : 46 pages
File Size : 31,45 MB
Release : 1992
Category : National security
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Author : Guillermo Trejo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 26,63 MB
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1108899900
One of the most surprising developments in Mexico's transition to democracy is the outbreak of criminal wars and large-scale criminal violence. Why did Mexican drug cartels go to war as the country transitioned away from one-party rule? And why have criminal wars proliferated as democracy has consolidated and elections have become more competitive subnationally? In Votes, Drugs, and Violence, Guillermo Trejo and Sandra Ley develop a political theory of criminal violence in weak democracies that elucidates how democratic politics and the fragmentation of power fundamentally shape cartels' incentives for war and peace. Drawing on in-depth case studies and statistical analysis spanning more than two decades and multiple levels of government, Trejo and Ley show that electoral competition and partisan conflict were key drivers of the outbreak of Mexico's crime wars, the intensification of violence, and the expansion of war and violence to the spheres of local politics and civil society.
Author : Steven Metz
Publisher : Strategic Studies Institute
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 21,15 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Information warfare
ISBN : 1584870184
Author : John T. Fishel
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 30,41 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780806137117
Since the end of the Cold War, and especially since September 11, 2001, the United States has faced daunting challenges in the areas of foreign policy and national security. Threatened by failing states, insurgencies, civil wars, and terrorism, the nation has been compelled to re-evaluate its traditional responses to global conflict. In this timely book, John T. Fishel and Max G. Manwaring present a much-needed strategy for conducting unconventional warfare in an increasingly violent world. In the early 1990s, Manwaring introduced a new paradigm for addressing low-intensity conflicts, or conflicts other than major wars. Termed the Manwaring Paradigm or SWORD (Small Wars Operations Research Directorate) model, it has been tested successfully by scholars and practitioners and refined in the wake of new and significant “uncomfortable wars” around the world, most notably the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. Uncomfortable Wars Revisited broadens the definition of the original paradigm and applies it to specific confrontations
Author : Jeffrey Ian Ross
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 37,3 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780820479491
The salient feature of this book is its comprehensive but concise approach to the field of terrorism - particularly its causes and effects - and the application of this information to selected case studies. Political Terrorism: An Interdisciplinary Approach is easy to read and designed to answer common questions asked by undergraduate and graduate students without prior exposure to the study of terrorism. This book is accessible to practitioners (those individuals working, or aspiring to work, in the fields of criminal justice and national security) and policymakers in the counterterrorism field as well as members of the mass media covering stories on terrorism. Political Terrorism is sensitive to the global ramifications of terrorism and the responses to it. This book maintains a balance between realism and sensationalism and offers a more comprehensive understanding of the causes and effects of terrorism than do most other texts. Political Terrorism integrates scholarly analysis with current events by relying on recent media accounts and information gathered by responsible news outlets. The text features end-of-chapter questions as well as «exhibit» boxes that provide background details on items of interest to students and instructors.
Author : Steven Metz
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Page : 140 pages
File Size : 17,15 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Information warfare
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 31,2 MB
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ISBN : 1428911596
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Page : 670 pages
File Size : 34,89 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Unified operations (Military science)
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Author : William R. Uttal
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 37,36 MB
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1135636389
For many years behaviorism was criticized because it rejected the study of perception. This rejection was based on the extreme view that percepts were internal subjective experiences and thus not subject to examination. This book argues that this logic is incorrect and shows how visual perception, particularized in the study of form recognition, can be carried out from the behavioral point of view if certain constraints and limitations are understood and accepted. The book discusses the idea of representation of forms, considers the major historical neural, psychological, and computational theories of form recognition, and then concludes by presenting a modern approach to the problem. In this book, William Uttal continues his critical analysis of the foundations of modern psychology. He is particularly concerned with the logical and conceptual foundations of visual perception and uses form recognition as a vehicle to rationalize the discrepancies between classic behaviorism and what we now appreciate are legitimate research areas.
