Book Review Book Review Books as Weapons: Propaganda‚ Publishing‚ and the Battle for Global Markets in the Era of World War II Published by Cornell University Press: New York AUTHOR BACKGROUND: I choose “Books as Weapons: Propaganda‚ Publishing‚ and the Battle for Global Markets in the Era of World War II” written by John B. Hench as the publication to do my book review on doing some research on Contemporary Authors Online I found that John B. Hench had earned a PHD in history from Clark University
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A security company phones your station with a report on a silent alarm in a store they monitor being triggered in the early afternoon. Moments later‚ a citizen calls to report a group of rowdy teenagers breaking bottles on the same street. Your dispatcher directs your patrol car (with yourself and a partner) to the store address. You discover the store was robbed and the clerk has been assaulted. Several refrigerator units in the store have been damaged. A trail of broken beer bottles leads away
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Your genes are not your destiny. In the latest mega-study‚ researchers at King’s College London‚ followed over 13‚000 pairs of twins over a period of 12 years and came up with a genetic and environmental hotspot map showing that the weighting given to genetics versus environment in one’s development is strongly influenced by one’s geographic location. At first blush‚ these findings sound fairly obvious. After all‚ isn’t the whole point of nature versus nurture to show that environment plays as
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Nuclear weapons in the Cold War changed how wars were fought because it was the beginning of an era where wars were no longer fought in the conventional sense. The creation of nuclear weapons meant that people lived in a constant state of fear of nuclear war. In order to ensure national security and protection states‚ primarily the United States and Russia the leading superpowers in the Cold War‚ needed to have a strong deterrence policy to prevent the other state from launching a nuclear attack
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The Importance Paulo Coelho explained‚ “Why is patience so important?" "Because it makes us pay attention.” Being patient and attention to detail are few of many characteristics that are essential to being a proficient healthcare provider. Healthcare providers have a very important job and these characteristics correspond to one another in everyday actions. I always thought of myself as a very patient person and while working at a daycare realized that along with patience came the importance of
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introduction of Nuclear weapons to the world President Eisenhower‚ in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly‚ on December 8‚ 1953‚ stated‚ "Even a vast superiority in numbers of weapons‚ and a consequent capability of devastating material retaliation‚ is no preventive‚ of itself‚ against the fearful material damage and toll of human lives that would be inflicted by surprise aggression." Harry Truman in 1945 "regarded the [atomic] bomb as a military weapon and never had any doubt it
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Taser Non Lethal Weapons: A Controversial debate Over the years‚ the issue concerning the use of non lethal force in Policing and the Criminal Justice system has been a very controversial and debated topic. These weapons used by the Police have saved a considerable amount of lives and have proven themselves as a useful tool in making the jobs of the police more effective and efficient. Non lethal weapons are designed to incapacitate people or disable equipment with effects that are only temporary
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Eight states currently have laws that allow students and faculty to carry concealed weapons on campuses. In 24 other states‚ individual colleges can decide whether or not to allow firearms on the premises. (“Death Statistics Belie Impact of Children’s Gun Injuries”) The debate involving if concealed weapons should or should not be allowed on college Universities‚ has been active since the early 90’s. In fact‚ school shootings in the United States have occurred as early as the 18th and 19th century
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reflect upon ourselves and what defines our identity and others. The Running Man‚ by Michael Gerard Bauer‚ explores ideas on the effects of war and society’s expectations through the relationships formed throughout the book. Similarly‚ the poem ‘Weapons Training’‚ by Bruce Dawe‚ uses the relationship between the drill sergeant‚ the soldiers and their enemy to shape our understanding of the viciousness and brutality of war and the expectations of society. In The Running Man‚ the relationship between
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Should the Use of Autonomous Weapons in the Military be Banned? Introduction Autonomous weapons or robots designed to kill humans are not a far-fetched idea in science fiction. Semi-autonomous missile systems that automatically target and destroy hostile ships with minimal human intervention are already in development [1]. Automatic weapons defense systems are already in use by numerous countries [2]. Combined with advanced artificial intelligence‚ autonomous weapons have the capability to inflict
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