Soft Weapons

Author : Gillian Whitlock
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226895270
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soft Weapons written by Gillian Whitlock and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-02-15 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran,Marjane Satrapi’s comics, and “Baghdad Blogger” Salam Pax’s Internet diary are just a few examples of the new face of autobiography in an age of migration, globalization, and terror. But while autobiography and other genres of life writing can help us attend to people whose experiences are frequently unseen and unheard, life narratives can also be easily co-opted into propaganda. In Soft Weapons, Gillian Whitlock explores the dynamism and ubiquity of contemporary life writing about the Middle East and shows how these works have been packaged, promoted, and enlisted in Western controversies. Considering recent autoethnographies of Afghan women, refugee testimony from Middle Eastern war zones, Jean Sasson’s bestsellers about the lives of Arab women, Norma Khouri’s fraudulent memoir Honor Lost, personal accounts by journalists reporting the war in Iraq, Satrapi’s Persepolis, Nafisi’s book, and Pax’s blog, Whitlock explores the contradictions and ambiguities in the rapid commodification of life memoirs. Drawing from the fields of literary and cultural studies, Soft Weapons will be essential reading for scholars of life writing and those interested in the exchange of literary culture between Islam and the West.

Author : Matthew Fraser
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 146686544X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Weapons of Mass Distraction written by Matthew Fraser and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its march to becoming the world's first hyper-power, the United States has been as dependent on its soft power - the allure of American lifestyles and culture - as it has been on the hard power of military might. In Weapons of Mass Distraction, Matthew Fraser examines the role of American pop cultural industries in international affairs. Fraser focuses on the major areas of soft power - movies, television, pop music, and fast food - and traces the origins, history and current influence of these on U.S. foreign policy. He describes how the American film, television, and music industries enjoy a ubiquitous global presence that has made them indispensable to the U.S. government, which has often gone so far as to fund them directly, including the White House-sponsored radio station in the Middle East launched with the hopes of winning over Muslim youths with American pop songs. A Coca-Cola lobbyist once famously declared that "The best barometer of the relationship of the U.S. and any other country is the way Coca-Cola is treated." Fraser proves this claim isn't to be taken lightly. He charts the global spread of the fast food industry, the role of Coca-Cola and McDonald's in American foreign policy and the recent rise of their opponents: the anti-globalization movement. Do things really go better with Coca-Cola? Fraser's answer is a resounding yes. While American soft power remains a contentious issue, he believes it promotes values and beliefs that are ultimately good for the rest of the world. Still, what are the future implications of American soft power? Will national identities decline as the world order is transformed into a state of "electronic feudalism" where there is no central power? Weapons of Mass Distraction provides an engaging, enlightening, and provocative look at the future of American foreign policy and popular culture in the 21st century.

Author : John O'Bryan
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452110549
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Weapons written by John O'Bryan and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the truth about strange and ancient weapons like the atlatl, the sarissa, the urumi and the maka pahoa ko'oko'o in this fascinating history of weapons.

Author : Keqin Li
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9787119018836
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soft Weapons written by Keqin Li and published by . This book was released on 1996-12-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Elisabeth Hoffberger-Pippan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108840949
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Less-Lethal Weapons under International Law written by Elisabeth Hoffberger-Pippan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-26 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first monograph analysing all legal regimes applicable to the use of less-lethal weapons.

Author : Sheldon Rampton
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101215887
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Weapons of Mass Deception written by Sheldon Rampton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-07-28 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weapons of Mass Deception reveals: How the Iraq war was sold to the American public through professional P.R. strategies. "The First Casualty": Lies that were told related to the Iraq war. Euphemisms and jargon related to the Iraq war, e.g. "shock and awe," "Operation Iraqi Freedom," "axis of evil," "coalition of the willing," etc. "War as Opportunity": How the war on terrorism and the war on Iraq have been used as marketing hooks to sell products and policies that have nothing to do with fighting terrorism. "Brand America": The efforts of Charlotte Beers and other U.S. propaganda campaigns designed to win hearts overseas. "The Mass Media as Propaganda Vehicle": How news coverage followed Washington's lead and language. The book includes a glossary — "Propaganda: A User's Guide" — and resources to help Americans sort through the deceptions to see the strings behind Washington's campaign to sell the Iraq war to the public.

Author : Michael L. Gross
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110713224X
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soft War written by Michael L. Gross and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-09 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection focuses on non-kinetic warfare, including cyber, media, and economic warfare, as well as non-violent resistance, 'lawfare', and hostage-taking.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Analysis of Weapons written by and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Naval Ordnance Systems Command
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Weapons System Fundamentals: Analysis of weapons written by United States. Naval Ordnance Systems Command and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert J. Bunker
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 142899193X
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nonlethal weapons terms and references written by Robert J. Bunker and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: