Theoe Ideology Of The Offensive

Author : Jack Snyder
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801468612
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ideology of the Offensive written by Jack Snyder and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack Snyder's analysis of the attitudes of military planners in the years prior to the Great War offers new insight into the tragic miscalculations of that era and into their possible parallels in present-day war planning. By 1914, the European military powers had adopted offensive military strategies even though there was considerable evidence to support the notion that much greater advantage lay with defensive strategies. The author argues that organizational biases inherent in military strategists' attitudes make war more likely by encouraging offensive postures even when the motive is self-defense. Drawing on new historical evidence of the specific circumstances surrounding French, German, and Russian strategic policy, Snyder demonstrates that it is not only rational analysis that determines strategic doctrine, but also the attitudes of military planners. Snyder argues that the use of rational calculation often falls victim to the pursuit of organizational interests such as autonomy, prestige, growth, and wealth. Furthermore, efforts to justify the preferred policy bring biases into strategists' decisions—biases reflecting the influences of parochial interests and preconceptions, and those resulting from attempts to simplify unduly their analytical tasks.The frightening lesson here is that doctrines can be destabilizing even when weapons are not, because doctrine may be more responsive to the organizational needs of the military than to the implications of the prevailing weapons technology. By examining the historical failure of offensive doctrine, Jack Snyder makes a valuable contribution to the literature on the causes of war.

Author : Claire Fox
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785904213
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I STILL Find That Offensive!' written by Claire Fox and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-16 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW AND UPDATED EDITION OF THE BOOK THAT INTRODUCED THE TERM 'SNOWFLAKE.' When you hear that now ubiquitous phrase 'I find that offensive', you know you're being told to shut up. While the terrible murder of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists demonstrated that those who offend can face the most brutal form of censorship, it also served to intensify the pre-existing climate that dictates we all have to walk on eggshells to avoid saying anything offensive – or else. Indeed, competitive offence-claiming is ratcheting up well beyond religious sensibilities. So, while Islamists and feminists may seem to have little in common, they are both united in demanding retribution in the form of bans, penalties and censorship of those who hurt their feelings. But how did we become so thin-skinned? In this ned and updated edition of her book 'I Find That Offensive!' Claire Fox addresses head on the possible causes of what is fast becoming known as 'Generation Snowflake' in a call to toughen up, become more robust and make a virtue of the right to be offensive.

Author : Claire Fox
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785900552
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 'I Find That Offensive!' written by Claire Fox and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-05 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you hear that now ubiquitous phrase 'I find that offensive', you know you're being told to shut up. While the terrible murder of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists demonstrated that those who offend can face the most brutal form of censorship, it also served only to intensify the pre-existing climate that dictates we all have to walk on eggshells to avoid saying anything offensive - or else. Indeed, competitive offence-claiming is ratcheting up well beyond religious sensibilities. So, while Islamists and feminists may seem to have little in common, they are both united in demanding retribution in the form of bans, penalties and censorship of those who hurt their feelings. But how did we become so thin-skinned? In 'I Find That Offensive!' Claire Fox addresses the possible causes of what is fast becoming known as 'Generation Snowflake' head-on (no 'safe spaces' here) in a call to toughen up, become more robust and make a virtue of the right to be offensive.

Author : Ernest Gellner
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521424349
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spectacles and Predicaments written by Ernest Gellner and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1979 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays concerned with some key problems in the study of philosophy, politics and society.

Author : Tuija Pulkkinen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317041437
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ashgate Research Companion to the Politics of Democratization in Europe written by Tuija Pulkkinen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Democratization' is a concept often used in academic book titles, yet not many of them deal with the initial breakthrough of democratization. This research companion presents an alternative view to the widespread assumption that Western democracies should be the normative reference for the study of democratization elsewhere. Rather, it questions the universal validity of such an assumption by searching the history of European politics and by paying specific attention to the struggles of democratization accomplished outside Western Europe. The authors apply a comparative approach to analyzing debates in the primary sources in a number of countries and languages and situate the results into a broader European context. Focusing on European democratization from different historical and analytical perspectives, they discuss the politics, concepts and histories involved in democratization as a complex of changes that has altered the conditions of political action and debate in the continent for the past two centuries.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Philosopher's Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1969- include a section of abstracts.

Author : Ernesto Laclau
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1844677885
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Politics and Ideology in Marxist Theory written by Ernesto Laclau and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2012-01-16 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ernesto Laclau is best known for co-authoring Hegemony and Socialist Strategy, with Chantal Mouffe. Politically active in the social and student movements of the 1960s, and a member of PSIN (Socialist Party of the National Left), Laclau’s oeuvre links the working class and new social movements. Rejecting Marxist economic determinism and the notion of class struggle, Laclau instead urged for a radical democracy where antagonisms could be expressed. Frequently described as post-Marxist, Laclau’s writings have focused on political movements. Politics and Ideology in Marxist Theory was Laclau’s first published work, where readers can trace the early formation of ideas that shaped the twentieth century.

Author : Ekaterina A. Stepanova
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199533555
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Terrorism in Asymmetrical Conflict written by Ekaterina A. Stepanova and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume combines qualitative research with the analysis of available data on trends in modern terrorism and the use of primary sources and writings. It puts forwad an original typology of terrorism based on the overall level of a militant group's goals and the extent to which its terrorist activities are linked to a broader armed conflict.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 742 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Author : Newt Gingrich
Publisher : Center Street
ISBN 13 : 1546000267
Total Pages : 172 pages
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Download or read book Beyond Biden written by Newt Gingrich and published by Center Street. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Newt Gingrich exposes the anti-American forces that have grown so large and so aggressive in their quest for power. The struggle between the defenders of America as an exceptional nation and the forces of anti-Americanism is reaching a fever pitch. These forces have grown so large, so well-financed, so entrenched and aggressive that they must be studied closely and understood completely if America is to survive this imminent civil war. In Beyond Biden, bestselling author Newt Gingrich brings together the various strands of the movement seeking to destroy true, historic American values and replace this country with one that's imposed on us by the combined power of government and social acceptance. Now a National Bestseller!