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Mission Creep

The Militarization of US Foreign Policy?

by Gordon Adams, Shoon Murray, James Dobbins, Derek S. Reveron, Charles Cushman, G. William Anderson, Connie Veillette, Nina Serafino, Brian E. Carlson0, Anthony Quainton1, Sharon K. Weiner2, Jennifer Kibbe3, Edward Marks4 ...

Mission Creep: The Militarization of US Foreign Policy? examines the question of whether the US Department of Defense (DOD) has assumed too large a role in influencing and implementing US foreign policy. After the Cold War, and accelerating after September 11, the United States has drawn upon the enormous resources of DOD in adjusting to the new global environment and challenges arising from ... Read more

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Mission Creep: The Militarization of US Foreign Policy? examines the question of whether the US Department of Defense (DOD) has assumed too large a role in influencing and implementing US foreign policy. After the Cold War, and accelerating after September 11, the United States has drawn upon the enormous resources of DOD in adjusting to the new global environment and challenges arising from
... Read more
Defining Sport

Conceptions and Borderlines

by Shawn E. Klein, Francisco Javier López Frías, Kevin Schieman, John McClelland, Keith Strudler, Pam R. Sailors, Sarah Teetzel, Charlene Weaving, Chrysostomos Giannoulakis, Lindsay Pursglove0, Brian Glenney1, Teresa González Aja2, Joan Grassbaugh Forry3, Brody J. Ruihley4, Coral Rae5, Joey Gawrysiak6, Andrew Billings7, Dr. Chad Carlson8, Heather L. Reid9 ...

Series series Studies in Philosophy of Sport
Defining Sport: Conceptions and Borderlines is not about the variations of usage of the term “sport.” It is about the concept, the range of activities in the world that we unite into one idea—sport. It is through the project of defining sport that we can come to understand these activities better, how they are similar or different, and how they relate to other human endeavors.This definitional ... Read more

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Defining Sport: Conceptions and Borderlines is not about the variations of usage of the term “sport.” It is about the concept, the range of activities in the world that we unite into one idea—sport. It is through the project of defining sport that we can come to understand these activities better, how they are similar or different, and how they relate to other human endeavors.This definitional
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Unseen Chains: The Everyday Oppression of American Life

by Corey W Carlson ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Brian E ...

Unabridged

8 hours 44 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Unseen Chains: The Everyday Oppression of American Life is a bold and unflinching critique of the systems that govern American society, revealing how they quietly but powerfully oppress ordinary citizens in their daily lives. From healthcare and education to politics and consumerism, this book examines how these systems are designed not to empower the ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Unseen Chains: The Everyday Oppression of American Life is a bold and unflinching critique of the systems that govern American society, revealing how they quietly but powerfully oppress ordinary citizens in their daily lives. From healthcare and education to politics and consumerism, this book examines how these systems are designed not to empower the
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Basecamp

A 40-Day Journey to Real Discipleship

by Brian D. Carlson ...

Narrated by Digital Voice George E ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Trail Tools: A Discipleship Toolkit
Unabridged

4 hours 46 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Everyone talks about discipleship. But few know how to actually do it.Basecamp: A 40-Day Journey to Real Discipleship is more than a devotional—it’s a practical, proven tool to help you become (and make) a true follower of Jesus. In a culture where spiritual growth is often reduced to church attendance and surface-level faith, Basecamp offers a clear, ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Everyone talks about discipleship. But few know how to actually do it.Basecamp: A 40-Day Journey to Real Discipleship is more than a devotional—it’s a practical, proven tool to help you become (and make) a true follower of Jesus. In a culture where spiritual growth is often reduced to church attendance and surface-level faith, Basecamp offers a clear,
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Corporate Warriors

The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry

by P. W. Singer ...

Series series Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
Some have claimed that "War is too important to be left to the generals," but P. W. Singer asks "What about the business executives?" Breaking out of the guns-for-hire mold of traditional mercenaries, corporations now sell skills and services that until recently only state militaries possessed. Their products range from trained commando teams to strategic advice from generals. This new "Privatized ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Some have claimed that "War is too important to be left to the generals," but P. W. Singer asks "What about the business executives?" Breaking out of the guns-for-hire mold of traditional mercenaries, corporations now sell skills and services that until recently only state militaries possessed. Their products range from trained commando teams to strategic advice from generals. This new "Privatized
... Read more
The International Arms Trade

by Rachel Stohl, Suzette Grillot ...

Series series War and Conflict in the Modern World
The multi-billion dollar business of the international conventional arms trade involves virtually every country in the world. Around the globe, people's lives are being irrevocably changed by the effects of guns, tanks, and missiles. These weapons have the potential to cause a deadly and current threat - one responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths a year.This succinct and accessible new ... Read more

$24.00 USD

The multi-billion dollar business of the international conventional arms trade involves virtually every country in the world. Around the globe, people's lives are being irrevocably changed by the effects of guns, tanks, and missiles. These weapons have the potential to cause a deadly and current threat - one responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths a year.This succinct and accessible new
... Read more
The Fifth Estate

Think Tanks, Public Policy, and Governance

by James G. McGann ...

What role do think tanks play in shaping public policy and public discourse in the United States?In The Fifth Estate: Think Tanks, Public Policy, and Governance, James G. McGann illustrates how policymakers have come to value the independent analysis and advice provided by think tanks and why it has become one of the defining characteristics of the American political system. Drawing on case ... Read more

$30.99 USD

What role do think tanks play in shaping public policy and public discourse in the United States?In The Fifth Estate: Think Tanks, Public Policy, and Governance, James G. McGann illustrates how policymakers have come to value the independent analysis and advice provided by think tanks and why it has become one of the defining characteristics of the American political system. Drawing on case
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US Foreign Policy and Defense Strategy

The Evolution of an Incidental Superpower

by Derek S. Reveron, Nikolas K. Gvosdev, Mackubin Thomas Owens ...

Safe from the battlefields of Europe and Asia, the United States led the post–World War II global economic recovery through international assistance and foreign direct investment. With an ardent decolonization agenda and a postwar legitimacy, the United States attempted to construct a world characterized by cooperation. When American optimism clashed with Soviet expansionism, the United States ... Read more

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Safe from the battlefields of Europe and Asia, the United States led the post–World War II global economic recovery through international assistance and foreign direct investment. With an ardent decolonization agenda and a postwar legitimacy, the United States attempted to construct a world characterized by cooperation. When American optimism clashed with Soviet expansionism, the United States
... Read more
The National Security Enterprise

Navigating the Labyrinth, Second Edition

by Roger Z. George, Harvey Rishikof, Jon J. Rosenwasser, Michael Warner, David P. Auerswald, Gordon Adams, Rodney Bent, Kathy Peroff, Marc Grossman0, Desaix Myers1, Franklin C. Miller2, Joseph McMillan3, Michael J. Meese4, Isaiah Wilson III5, Dina Temple-Raston6, Thomas Fingar7, Brittany Albaugh8, Susan Ginsburg9, Colton C. Campbell0, Gerald Felix Warburg1, Ellen Laipson2, John Diamond3 ...

This second edition of The National Security Enterprise provides practitioners’ insights into the operation, missions, and organizational cultures of the principal national security agencies and other institutions that shape the US national security decision-making process. Unlike some textbooks on American foreign policy, it offers analysis from insiders who have worked at the National Security ... Read more

$35.99 USD

This second edition of The National Security Enterprise provides practitioners’ insights into the operation, missions, and organizational cultures of the principal national security agencies and other institutions that shape the US national security decision-making process. Unlike some textbooks on American foreign policy, it offers analysis from insiders who have worked at the National Security
... Read more
The Invisible Soldiers

How America Outsourced Our Security

by Ann Hagedorn ...

The urgent truth about the privatization of America’s national security that exposes where this industry came from, how it operates, where it's heading—and why we should be concerned.Thirty years ago there were no private military and security companies (PMSCs); there were only mercenaries. Now the PMSCs are a bona-fide industry, an indispensable part of American foreign and military policy. PMSCs ... Read more

$14.99 USD

The urgent truth about the privatization of America’s national security that exposes where this industry came from, how it operates, where it's heading—and why we should be concerned.Thirty years ago there were no private military and security companies (PMSCs); there were only mercenaries. Now the PMSCs are a bona-fide industry, an indispensable part of American foreign and military policy. PMSCs
... Read more
Indefensible

Seven Myths that Sustain the Global Arms Trade

by Paul Holden ...

Although there is often opposition to individual wars, most people continue to believe that the arms industry is necessary in some form: to safeguard our security, provide jobs and stimulate the economy. Not only conservatives, but many progressives and liberals, support it for these reasons.Indefensible puts forward a devastating challenge to this conventional wisdom, which has normalised the ... Read more

$16.19 USD

Although there is often opposition to individual wars, most people continue to believe that the arms industry is necessary in some form: to safeguard our security, provide jobs and stimulate the economy. Not only conservatives, but many progressives and liberals, support it for these reasons.Indefensible puts forward a devastating challenge to this conventional wisdom, which has normalised the
... Read more
The End of Grand Strategy

US Maritime Operations in the Twenty-First Century

by Simon Reich, Peter Dombrowski ...

In The End of Grand Strategy, Simon Reich and Peter Dombrowski challenge the common view of grand strategy as unitary. They eschew prescription of any one specific approach, chosen from a spectrum that stretches from global primacy to restraint and isolationism, in favor of describing what America's military actually does, day to day. They argue that a series of fundamental recent changes in the ... Read more

$14.29 USD

In The End of Grand Strategy, Simon Reich and Peter Dombrowski challenge the common view of grand strategy as unitary. They eschew prescription of any one specific approach, chosen from a spectrum that stretches from global primacy to restraint and isolationism, in favor of describing what America's military actually does, day to day. They argue that a series of fundamental recent changes in the
... Read more

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