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(0)Robert Mandel
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English
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Since the end of the Cold War, transnational non-state forces have been a major source of global instability, with many ominous and disruptive flows of people, goods, and services moving readily across international boundaries. And because these activities are so multifaceted and so intertwined within the fabric of society, they remain largely invisible until the intrusion is well-advanced and difficult to reverse. Thus, the threat posed by transnational...
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English
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Few global security issues stimulate more fervent passion than the application of brute force. Despite the fierce debate raging about it in government, society and the Academy, inadequate strategic understanding surrounds the issue, prompting the urgent need for -the first comprehensive systematic global analysis of 21st century state-initiated internal and external applications of brute force. Based on extensive case evidence, Robert Mandel assesses...
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English
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People everywhere are more dependent than ever on foreign migrants, products, and ideas-and more xenophobic. Intolerance and hate-based violence is on the rise in countries from Hungary to South Africa, threatening global security. With Interdependent Yet Intolerant, Robert Mandel explains why we live in an unexpectedly and increasingly hateful world, why existing policies have done little to help, and what needs to be done.
Through an in-depth...
5) Global Data Shock: Strategic Ambiguity, Deception, and Surprise in an Age of Information Overload
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Language
English
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Intelligence and security communities have access to an overwhelming amount of information. More data is better in an information-hungry world, but too much data paralyzes individual and institutional abilities to process and use information effectively. Robert Mandel calls this phenomenon "global data shock." He investigates how information overload affects strategic ambiguity, deception, and surprise, as well as the larger consequences for international...
6) School ties
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Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1950s: David Greene, a working-class Jewish quarterback from Scranton, Pennsylvania, is offered a football scholarship to a prestigious New England prep. school. It's David's ticket to an Ivy League education and a way out of his hometown, but there's one condition: the school's elders ask him to be discreet about his religion. At first willing to do so, David struggles with his silence as his popularity grows. David strikes up a friendship...
10) F/X
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Series
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English
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Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) is the best special effects artist in show biz. But this time it's not the studios calling, it's the Justice Department. His assignment: to stage the killing of an important mob witness. And after he pulls the illusion off, Rollie is shocked to learn that he's being pinned for the murder! Betrayed and now hunted by those who hired him, Rollie quickly learns that the only thing left that can save his life is his unequaled...
12) The Substitute
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Series
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English
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A former marine working for the CIA goes undercover at a high school in order to discover which students are involved with a dangerous gang.
13) School Ties
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English
Description
After receiving a scholarship to an exclusive prep school, David Greene becomes a star athlete and wins the attention of a beautiful debutante. But his newfound friendships are broken when a student reveals the secret David has tried to conceal.