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Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"North Korea's criminal conduct--smuggling, trafficking, and counterfeiting--is well known, but the organization directing it is understudied or overlooked. Policymakers, military leaders, and scholars may feel that they have a reasonable grasp on how and why North Korea is actively involved in criminal enterprises. However, unlike the other remaining communist states 'orphaned' after the Cold War, or ordinary corrupt autocratic regimes, or criminally...
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Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
In 2005, Dr. Manwaring wrote a monograph entitled Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, Bolivarian Socialism, and Asymmetric Warfare. It came at a time when the United States and Venezuela were accelerating a verbal sparing match regarding which country was destabilizing Latin America more. President Chavez shows no sign of standing down; he slowly and deliberately centralizes his power in Venezuela, and carefully and adroitly articulates his Bolivarian dream...
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Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This Letort Paper proposes that actions, policies, and deeds -- those of the U.S. Government and al-Qaeda -- be leveraged as a means of delegitimizing al-Qaeda terrorist propaganda. Two chief fronts -- changing deeds and challenging deeds -- is proposed. Changing deeds requires that the United States carefully and systematically examine its own foreign and military policies and their specific consequences for the Arab and Muslim world. Challenging...
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Audit report volume 09-009
Publisher
Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Since the inception of the war in 2003, Iraq has reportedly had an approximate 60 % underemployment/ unemployment rate. The Department of Defense (DoD) believed that this high rate was a factor in fueling insurgency in the country in 2006; in June 2006, DoD established a Task Force to Improve Stability and Business Operations in Iraq to stimulate economic development and employment in Iraq. One of the Task Force s major efforts has been to revitalize...
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Letort papers volume no. 44
Publisher
Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
Language
English
Description
Even under the best circumstances, reconstruction in counterinsurgency is a difficult endeavor. The most critical tasks are numerous and complex. Many participating agencies must undertake missions that fall well out of their existing core competencies or operate in environments that are completely unfamiliar to them. The involvement of multiple agencies, which are not accustomed to working together, makes coordination difficult. And all this must...
246) Pentagon Papers
Publisher
National Archives
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"The Pentagon Papers, officially titled 'Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force', was commissioned by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in 1967. In June of 1971, small portions of the report were leaked to the press and widely distributed. However, the publications of the report that resulted from these leaks were incomplete and suffered from many quality issues. On the 40th anniversary of the leak to the press, the...
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Waterworld: In a future where Earth is covered with water, the human race struggles to survive on dilapidated boats and makeshift floating cities called atolls. When a mysterious drifter/adventurer known as the Mariner gets caught up in the struggle between the evil Deacon and a young girl and her adoptive mother, he finds himself catapulted into an explosive war of good vs. evil.
Skyline: It was supposed to be a simple birthday weekend in Southern...