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UNINA9910461759803321 |
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Atkeson Edward B |
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The new legions [[electronic resource] ] : American strategy and the responsibility of power / / Edward B. Atkeson |
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Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012 |
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1-283-36229-5 |
9786613362292 |
1-4422-1379-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (223 p.) |
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Foreign workers - United States |
National security - United States - Planning |
Electronic books. |
United States Military policy |
United States Armed Forces Organization |
United States Armed Forces Recruiting, enlistment, etc |
United States Armed Forces Stability operations |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; Preface: Strategy and the Responsibility of Power; Chapter 1. A Troublesome War; Chapter 2. The Wider War as We Chose to Fight It; Chapter 3. What Have We Overlooked?; Chapter 4. The Legion: Whence the Concept?; Chapter 5. The Survivor: The French Foreign Legion; Chapter 6. Where to Begin? And Then What?; Chapter 7. Latin America-Our Backyard; Chapter 8. Cuba: Our Exceptional Neighbor; Chapter 9. Africa-the Dark Continent; Chapter 10. The Balkans: The Slippery Slope; Chapter 11. The Islamic World-and the "Strong Horse"; Chapter 12. Southeast Asia-Part of America's History |
Chapter 13. A Final WordEndnotes; Index; About the Author |
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Major General (Ret.) Edward B. Atkeson decries the decade-long campaign the United States has undertaken in the wake of 9/11 and offers a broad plan for global protection of American interests. He proposes shifting the military burden to friendly indigenous fighters |
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recruited, trained, and equipped under United States leadership for operation in their native environments. Atkeson finds ample precedent for the effectiveness of similar legions of fighters. He lays out how such a program would work and shows how these legions could help the United States achieve its global objectives in a more c |
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UNINA9910427036403321 |
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Autore |
West Kristina |
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Reading the Salem Witch Child : The Guilt of Innocent Blood / / by Kristina West |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020 |
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[1st ed. 2020.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (XIX, 233 p.) |
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Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic, , 2731-5649 |
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Civilization - History |
Social history |
United States - History |
Cultural History |
Social History |
US History |
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Introduction: The child as witch -- 1. 'Bitch witches': Reading 'affliction' in the Salem witch narratives -- 2. The case of Dorcas Good: accuser and accused -- 3. Childhood, witchcraft, and absence -- 4. Motherhood and witchcraft in Salem -- 5. Ann's Story -- 6. Fictionalising Salem: The reconstructed child -- 7. Conclusion: Salem in the twenty first century. |
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This book discusses the role of children in the Salem witch trials through a close reading of the many and varied narratives of the trials, including court records, contemporary and historical documents, |
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fiction, drama, and poetry. Taking a critical theory approach to explore both what we might understand as a child in 1692 New England and to consider our adult investment in reading the child, Kristina West explores narratives of the afflicted girls and the many accused children whom are often absent or overlooked in histories, and considers how the trial structure is continually repeated in attempts to establish the respective guilt and innocence of these and other groups. This book also analyses later manuscripts and fictional rewritings of the trials to question the basis on which assumptions about the child in history are made, and to consider why such narratives of Salem's children are still relevant now. |
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