Author: United States. Vice President's Task Force on Combatting Terrorism
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Public Report of the Vice President's Task Force on Combatting Terrorism
Author: United States. Vice President's Task Force on Combatting Terrorism
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Public Report of the Vice President's Task Force on Combatting Terrorism
Author: United States. Vice President's Task Force on Combatting Terrorism
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 50
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 50
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The Prospect of Presidential Rhetoric
Author: Martin J. Medhurst
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585446278
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Culminating a decade of conferences that have explored presidential speech, The Prospect of Presidential Rhetoric assesses progress and suggests directions for both the practice of presidential speech and its study. In Part One, following an analytic review of the field by Martin Medhurst, contributors address the state of the art in their own areas of expertise. Roderick P. Hart then summarizes their work in the course of his rebuttal of an argument made by political scientist George Edwards: that presidential rhetoric lacks political impact. Part Two of the volume consists of the forward-looking reports of six task forces, comprising more than forty scholars, charged with outlining the likely future course of presidential rhetoric, as well as the major questions scholars should ask about it and the tools at their disposal. The Prospect of Presidential Rhetoric will serve as a pivotal work for students and scholars of public discourse and the presidency who seek to understand the shifting landscape of American political leadership.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585446278
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Culminating a decade of conferences that have explored presidential speech, The Prospect of Presidential Rhetoric assesses progress and suggests directions for both the practice of presidential speech and its study. In Part One, following an analytic review of the field by Martin Medhurst, contributors address the state of the art in their own areas of expertise. Roderick P. Hart then summarizes their work in the course of his rebuttal of an argument made by political scientist George Edwards: that presidential rhetoric lacks political impact. Part Two of the volume consists of the forward-looking reports of six task forces, comprising more than forty scholars, charged with outlining the likely future course of presidential rhetoric, as well as the major questions scholars should ask about it and the tools at their disposal. The Prospect of Presidential Rhetoric will serve as a pivotal work for students and scholars of public discourse and the presidency who seek to understand the shifting landscape of American political leadership.
Terrorism in the United States
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Terrorism
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Terrorism
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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The Terrorism Trap
Author: Harrison Akins
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231558155
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
After two decades and trillions of dollars, the United States’ fight against terrorism has achieved mixed results. Despite the vast resources and attention expended since 9/11, terrorism has increased in many societies that have been caught up in the war on terror. Why have U.S. policies been unable to stem the tide of violence? Harrison Akins reveals how the war on terror has had the unintended consequence of increasing domestic terrorism in U.S. partner states. He examines the results of U.S.-backed counterterrorism operations that targeted al-Qaeda in peripheral regions of partner states, over which their central governments held little control. These operations often provoked a violent backlash from local terrorist groups, leading to a spike in retaliatory attacks against partner states. Senior U.S. officials frequently failed to grasp the implications of the historical conflict between central governments and the targeted peripheries. Instead, they exerted greater pressure on partner states to expand their counterterrorism efforts. This exacerbated the underlying conditions that drove the escalating attacks, trapping these governments in a deadly cycle of tit-for-tat violence with local terrorist groups. This process, Akins demonstrates, accounts for the lion’s share of the al Qaeda network’s global terrorist activity since 2001. Drawing on extensive primary sources—including newly declassified documents, dozens of in-depth interviews with leading government officials in the United States and abroad, and statistical analysis—The Terrorism Trap is a groundbreaking analysis of why counterterrorism has backfired.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231558155
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
After two decades and trillions of dollars, the United States’ fight against terrorism has achieved mixed results. Despite the vast resources and attention expended since 9/11, terrorism has increased in many societies that have been caught up in the war on terror. Why have U.S. policies been unable to stem the tide of violence? Harrison Akins reveals how the war on terror has had the unintended consequence of increasing domestic terrorism in U.S. partner states. He examines the results of U.S.-backed counterterrorism operations that targeted al-Qaeda in peripheral regions of partner states, over which their central governments held little control. These operations often provoked a violent backlash from local terrorist groups, leading to a spike in retaliatory attacks against partner states. Senior U.S. officials frequently failed to grasp the implications of the historical conflict between central governments and the targeted peripheries. Instead, they exerted greater pressure on partner states to expand their counterterrorism efforts. This exacerbated the underlying conditions that drove the escalating attacks, trapping these governments in a deadly cycle of tit-for-tat violence with local terrorist groups. This process, Akins demonstrates, accounts for the lion’s share of the al Qaeda network’s global terrorist activity since 2001. Drawing on extensive primary sources—including newly declassified documents, dozens of in-depth interviews with leading government officials in the United States and abroad, and statistical analysis—The Terrorism Trap is a groundbreaking analysis of why counterterrorism has backfired.
Obama in Office
Author: James A. Thurber
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317255364
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Barack Obama entered office on a wave of popular expectation; will he exit at the hands of a Tea Party inspired populist tsunami or return for four more years? Obama in Office brings together well-established political scientists and journalists to offer the first detailed assessment of President Obama and his first two years in office. This book covers the range of policy tests which the administration has faced during this period, including the recession and its jobless recovery, health care reform, financial regulation, the BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, and the ongoing war in Afghanistan. Looking beyond the midterms, Obama in Office considers the results of 2010, the impact of the Tea Party, and the prospects for 2012.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317255364
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Barack Obama entered office on a wave of popular expectation; will he exit at the hands of a Tea Party inspired populist tsunami or return for four more years? Obama in Office brings together well-established political scientists and journalists to offer the first detailed assessment of President Obama and his first two years in office. This book covers the range of policy tests which the administration has faced during this period, including the recession and its jobless recovery, health care reform, financial regulation, the BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, and the ongoing war in Afghanistan. Looking beyond the midterms, Obama in Office considers the results of 2010, the impact of the Tea Party, and the prospects for 2012.
Special Bibliography Series
Author: United States Air Force Academy. Library
Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Technology Against Terrorism
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9780941375573
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9780941375573
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Can't We All Just Get Along?
Author:
Publisher: Defense Department
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Publisher: Defense Department
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
How to Prevent Terrorism in Courts and Transit Systems
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9780941375450
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9780941375450
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description