1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910476846003321

Autore

O'Hanlon Michael E.

Titolo

Future of Land Warfare / / Michael E. O'Hanlon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : Brookings Institution Press, , 2015

ISBN

0-8157-2690-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 pages)

Collana

Geopolitics in the 21st century (Brookings Institution)

Disciplina

355.4

Soggetti

Military planning

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: historical, strategic, and technological context -- Conflicts real, latent, and imaginable -- Scenarios with Russia or China -- Scenarios in South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas -- Toward an army of the future for the United States -- The case for a million-soldier U.S. Army.

Sommario/riassunto

What happens if we bet too heavily on unmanned systems, cyber warfare, and special operations in our defense?In today's U.S. defense policy debates, big land wars are out. Drones, cyber weapons, special forces, and space weapons are in. Accordingly, Pentagon budget cuts have honed in on the army and ground forces: this, after the long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, seems like an appealing idea. No one really wants American boots on the ground in bloody conflicts abroad. But it is not so easy to simply declare an end to messy land wars. A survey of the world's trouble spots suggests that land war.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910799481003321

Titolo

100 Years of Radio in South Africa, Volume 2 : Community Radio, Digital Radio and the Future of Radio in South Africa / / edited by Sisanda Nkoala, Gilbert Motsaathebe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024

ISBN

9783031407062

3031407067

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 pages)

Disciplina

384.54

Soggetti

Radio broadcasting

Ethnology - Africa

Culture

Journalism

Radio

African Culture

Audio Journalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1: Introduction_Community and Online Radio as Emerging Frontiers of South African Audio broadcasting: An introduction -- 2: Creating an enabling policy environment for democratic participation through community radio: Perspectives of a practitioner -- 3: Language Revitalization and Community Broadcasting in South Africa: A Case of Vaaltar FM -- 4: The Role of Community Radio in Youth Empowerment: A Case Study of Bush Radio -- 5: Radio Waves of Inclusion: A Practitioner's Perspective on the Catholic Church's Use of Radio Broadcasting for Evangelisation in South Africa -- 6: More than just Edutainment: Indigenous South African community radio music programmes as preservers of African Traditional Cultures -- 7: Radio and social media convergence: Motsweding FM’s use of WhatsApp and the African language digital public sphere -- 8: Radio production in the digital era: lessons from South Africa -- 9: Podcasting Unleashed:



Amplifying Indigenous Language Speakers' Agency in South Africa's Shifting Media Terrain -- 10: Evolving trends in radio broadcasting in South Africa: the case of Podcast and Chill with MacG -- 11: Final thoughts_Community Radio and the Digital Milieu: Challenges and Opportunities for the next century of South Africa's Radio Landscape. .

Sommario/riassunto

The book brings together media scholars and practitioners to deliberate on the role and influence of radio broadcasting in South Africa over the past 100 years. The publication will add to the existing body of knowledge on radio in this context by being among one of the few to consider radio broadcasting in South Africa. Essentially, the book will make a distinct contribution focusing on a critique of the medium’s role in community-building and culture making among others. While the book will provide relevant theoretical frameworks, it also aims to include the voices of media practitioners who can reflect on the importance of this medium from a more realistic perspective. Volume 2 focuses on the impact of digitization on radio in South Africa, and considers the future of radio in South Africa.