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Barbarians and brothers [[electronic resource] ] : Anglo-American warfare, 1500-1865 / / Wayne E. Lee
| Barbarians and brothers [[electronic resource] ] : Anglo-American warfare, 1500-1865 / / Wayne E. Lee |
| Autore | Lee Wayne E. <1965-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.020941/0903 |
| Soggetto topico |
Escalation (Military science)
Limited war Violence War (Philosophy) War and society - Great Britain - History War and society - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-04645-8
9786613046451 0-19-983063-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES ON STYLE; INTRODUCTION; PART I: BARBARIANS AND SUBJECTS: THE PERFECT STORM OF WARTIME VIOLENCE IN SIXTEENTH-CENTURY IRELAND; PART II: COMPETING FOR THE PEOPLE: CODES, MILITARY CULTURE, AND CLUBMEN IN THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR; PART III: PEACE CHIEFS AND BLOOD REVENGE: NATIVE AMERICAN WARFARE; PART IV: GENTILITY AND ATROCITY: THE CONTINENTAL ARMY AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION; Conclusion: Limited War and Hard War in the American Civil War; ABBREVIATIONS; NOTES; INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460084403321 |
Lee Wayne E. <1965->
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011 | ||
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Barbarians and brothers [[electronic resource] ] : Anglo-American warfare, 1500-1865 / / Wayne E. Lee
| Barbarians and brothers [[electronic resource] ] : Anglo-American warfare, 1500-1865 / / Wayne E. Lee |
| Autore | Lee Wayne E. <1965-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.020941/0903 |
| Soggetto topico |
Escalation (Military science)
Limited war Violence War (Philosophy) War and society - Great Britain - History War and society - United States - History |
| ISBN |
0-19-983192-0
1-283-04645-8 9786613046451 0-19-983063-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES ON STYLE; INTRODUCTION; PART I: BARBARIANS AND SUBJECTS: THE PERFECT STORM OF WARTIME VIOLENCE IN SIXTEENTH-CENTURY IRELAND; PART II: COMPETING FOR THE PEOPLE: CODES, MILITARY CULTURE, AND CLUBMEN IN THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR; PART III: PEACE CHIEFS AND BLOOD REVENGE: NATIVE AMERICAN WARFARE; PART IV: GENTILITY AND ATROCITY: THE CONTINENTAL ARMY AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION; Conclusion: Limited War and Hard War in the American Civil War; ABBREVIATIONS; NOTES; INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789864103321 |
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Lee Wayne E. <1965->
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Crisis and escalation in cyberspace / / Martin C. Libicki
| Crisis and escalation in cyberspace / / Martin C. Libicki |
| Autore | Libicki Martin C |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA : , : RAND, Project Air Force, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
| Disciplina | 358.4/141 |
| Soggetto topico |
Information warfare - United States
Escalation (Military science) Cyberspace - Security measures Crisis management - Government policy - United States Cyberterrorism - Prevention Conflict management |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8330-7679-5
0-8330-7680-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Avoiding crises by creating norms -- Narratives, dialogues, and signaling -- Escalation management -- Strategic stability -- Conclusions and recommendations for the Air Force -- Introduction -- Some hypothetical crises -- Mutual mistrust is likely to characterize a cyber crisis -- States may have room for maneuver in a cyber crisis -- A note on methodology -- Purpose and organization -- Avoiding crises by creating norms -- What kind of norms might be useful? -- Enforce laws against hacking -- Disassociate from freelance hackers -- Discourage commercial espionage -- Be careful about the obligation to suppress cyber traffic -- How do we enforce norms? -- Confidence-building measures -- Norms for victims of cyberattacks -- Norms for war? -- Deception -- Military necessity and collateral damage -- Proportionality -- Reversibility -- Conclusions -- Narratives, dialogue, and signals -- Narratives to promote control -- A narrative framework for cyberspace -- Victimization, attribution, retaliation, and aggression -- Victimization -- Attribution -- Retaliation -- Aggression -- Emollients: narratives to walk back a crisis -- We did nothing -- Well, at least not on our orders -- It was an accident -- This is nothing new -- At least it does not portend anything -- Broader considerations -- Signals -- Ambiguity in signaling -- Signaling resolve -- Signaling that cyber combat is not kinetic combat -- Conclusions -- Escalation management -- Motives for escalation -- Does escalation matter? -- Escalation risks -- Escalation risks in phase -- Escalation risks for contained local conflicts -- Escalation risks for uncontained conflicts -- Managing proxy cyberattacks -- What hidden combatants imply for horizontal escalation -- Managing overt proxy conflict -- The difficulties of tit-for-tat management -- The importance of pre-planning -- Disjunctions among effort, effect, and perception -- Inadvertent escalation -- Escalation into kinetic warfare -- Escalation into economic warfare -- Sub rosa escalation -- Managing the third-party problem -- The need for a clean shot -- Inference and narrative -- Command and control -- Commanders -- Those they command -- Conclusions -- Implications for strategic stability -- Translating sources of cold war instability to cyberspace -- What influence can cyberwar have if nuclear weapons exist? -- Can cyberwar disarm another state's nuclear capabilities? -- Can cyberwar disarm another states cyberwarriors? -- Does cyberwar lend itself to alert-reaction cycles? -- Are cyberdefenses inherently destabilizing? -- Would a cyberspace arms races be destabilizing? -- Misperception as a source of crisis -- Side takes great exception to cyberespionage -- Defenses are misinterpreted as preparations for war -- Too much confidence in attribution -- Too much confidence in or fear of pre-emption -- Supposedly risk-free cyberattacks -- Neutrality -- Conclusions -- Can cyber crises be managed? -- A. Distributed denial-of-service attacks -- B. Overt, obvious, and covert cyberattacks and responses -- Can good cyberdefenses discourage attacks? -- Bibliography -- Figures -- Figure 1: Alternative postures for a master cyber narrative -- Figure 2: Sources of imprecision in tit for tat -- Figure 3: An inadvertent path to mutual escalation -- Figure A-1: Configuring networks to limit the damage of DDoS attacks -- Table -- Overt, obvious, and covert cyberattacks and responses. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910219977703321 |
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Libicki Martin C
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| Santa Monica, CA : , : RAND, Project Air Force, , 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dangerous thresholds [[electronic resource] ] : managing escalation in the 21st century / / Forrest E. Morgan ... [et al.]
| Dangerous thresholds [[electronic resource] ] : managing escalation in the 21st century / / Forrest E. Morgan ... [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : RAND Project Air Force, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (275 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.02 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MorganForrest E |
| Collana | Rand Corporation monograph series |
| Soggetto topico |
Escalation (Military science)
Conflict management Security, International - 21st century World politics - 21st century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-03321-2
9786612033216 0-8330-4636-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Summary; Acknowledgments; Glossary; CHAPTER ONE- Introduction; Background; Contemporary Challenges; Purpose of This Monograph; Organization and Approach; CHAPTER TWO- The Nature of Escalation; Understanding Escalation; Dimensions of Escalation: Vertical, Horizontal, and Political; Escalation Mechanisms; Complexity in Escalation; Motives for Escalation; Dynamics of Escalation; Escalation and Instability in the 21st Century; Anticipating and Managing Escalation; CHAPTER THREE- China's Thinking on Escalation: Evidence from Chinese Military Writings
Introduction Background and Conceptual Issues; Understanding Chinese Views on Escalation and War Control; Assessing Chinese Escalation Behavior Through the Lens of the Second Artillery Doctrine; Second Artillery Nuclear Operations and Escalation; Second Artillery Conventional Missile Strike Campaigns; Chinese Views on Space Warfare and Escalation; Conclusion; CHAPTER FOUR- Regional Nuclear Powers; Escalation Risks Inherent in Emergent Nuclear Capability; Sources of Regional Instability; Conclusion; CHAPTER FIVE- Escalation in Irregular Warfare; Irregular Warfare's Many Paths of Escalation Escalation in Stability Operations: Two Illustrative Cases Escalation in the Global Jihad; Escalation Management in the Struggle Against Global Jihad; Conclusion; CHAPTER SIX- Managing Escalation in a Complex World; The First Step in Managing Escalation Is Understanding Its Nature; Managing Escalation Risks in Today's World; Recommendations for the U.S. Air Force; APPENDIX A- China, Force, and Escalation: Continuities Between Historical Behavior and Contemporary Writings; APPENDIX B- Case Studies of Escalation in Stability Operations; APPENDIX C- Modified Method for Delphi Analyses Bibliography |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996320211603316 |
| Santa Monica, CA, : RAND Project Air Force, 2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Dangerous thresholds : managing escalation in the 21st century / / Forrest E. Morgan ... [et al.]
| Dangerous thresholds : managing escalation in the 21st century / / Forrest E. Morgan ... [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : RAND Project Air Force, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (275 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.02 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MorganForrest E |
| Collana | Rand Corporation monograph series |
| Soggetto topico |
Escalation (Military science)
Conflict management Security, International - 21st century World politics - 21st century |
| ISBN |
1-282-03321-2
9786612033216 0-8330-4636-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Summary; Acknowledgments; Glossary; CHAPTER ONE- Introduction; Background; Contemporary Challenges; Purpose of This Monograph; Organization and Approach; CHAPTER TWO- The Nature of Escalation; Understanding Escalation; Dimensions of Escalation: Vertical, Horizontal, and Political; Escalation Mechanisms; Complexity in Escalation; Motives for Escalation; Dynamics of Escalation; Escalation and Instability in the 21st Century; Anticipating and Managing Escalation; CHAPTER THREE- China's Thinking on Escalation: Evidence from Chinese Military Writings
Introduction Background and Conceptual Issues; Understanding Chinese Views on Escalation and War Control; Assessing Chinese Escalation Behavior Through the Lens of the Second Artillery Doctrine; Second Artillery Nuclear Operations and Escalation; Second Artillery Conventional Missile Strike Campaigns; Chinese Views on Space Warfare and Escalation; Conclusion; CHAPTER FOUR- Regional Nuclear Powers; Escalation Risks Inherent in Emergent Nuclear Capability; Sources of Regional Instability; Conclusion; CHAPTER FIVE- Escalation in Irregular Warfare; Irregular Warfare's Many Paths of Escalation Escalation in Stability Operations: Two Illustrative Cases Escalation in the Global Jihad; Escalation Management in the Struggle Against Global Jihad; Conclusion; CHAPTER SIX- Managing Escalation in a Complex World; The First Step in Managing Escalation Is Understanding Its Nature; Managing Escalation Risks in Today's World; Recommendations for the U.S. Air Force; APPENDIX A- China, Force, and Escalation: Continuities Between Historical Behavior and Contemporary Writings; APPENDIX B- Case Studies of Escalation in Stability Operations; APPENDIX C- Modified Method for Delphi Analyses Bibliography |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910145964603321 |
| Santa Monica, CA, : RAND Project Air Force, 2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How rivalries end [[electronic resource] /] / Karen Rasler, William R. Thompson, and Sumit Ganguly
| How rivalries end [[electronic resource] /] / Karen Rasler, William R. Thompson, and Sumit Ganguly |
| Autore | Rasler Karen A. <1952-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
| Disciplina | 327.1/72 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ThompsonWilliam R
GangulySumit |
| Soggetto topico |
Strategic rivalries (World politics)
Pacific settlement of international disputes Escalation (Military science) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8122-0829-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER 1. The Problem of Rivalry De- escalation and Termination -- CHAPTER 2. The Evolution of Expectations and Strategies -- CHAPTER 3. The Egyptian- Israeli Rivalry, 1948- 1970 -- CHAPTER 4. The Egyptian- Israeli Rivalry, 1970- 1979 -- CHAPTER 5. The Israeli-Syrian Rivalry, 1948- 2000, and the Israeli- Palestinian Rivalry, 1980's and Early 1990's -- CHAPTER 6. The Indo-Pakistani Rivalry, 1947- 2010 -- CHAPTER 7. Other Eurasian Rivalries and Their Interdependence -- CHAPTER 8. The Outcome: Assessing the Rivalry De- escalation Theory -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463518603321 |
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Rasler Karen A. <1952->
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| Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2013 | ||
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How rivalries end [[electronic resource] /] / Karen Rasler, William R. Thompson, and Sumit Ganguly
| How rivalries end [[electronic resource] /] / Karen Rasler, William R. Thompson, and Sumit Ganguly |
| Autore | Rasler Karen A. <1952-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
| Disciplina | 327.1/72 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ThompsonWilliam R
GangulySumit |
| Soggetto topico |
Strategic rivalries (World politics)
Pacific settlement of international disputes Escalation (Military science) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Political Science
Public Policy |
| ISBN | 0-8122-0829-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER 1. The Problem of Rivalry De- escalation and Termination -- CHAPTER 2. The Evolution of Expectations and Strategies -- CHAPTER 3. The Egyptian- Israeli Rivalry, 1948- 1970 -- CHAPTER 4. The Egyptian- Israeli Rivalry, 1970- 1979 -- CHAPTER 5. The Israeli-Syrian Rivalry, 1948- 2000, and the Israeli- Palestinian Rivalry, 1980's and Early 1990's -- CHAPTER 6. The Indo-Pakistani Rivalry, 1947- 2010 -- CHAPTER 7. Other Eurasian Rivalries and Their Interdependence -- CHAPTER 8. The Outcome: Assessing the Rivalry De- escalation Theory -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788304203321 |
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Rasler Karen A. <1952->
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| Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Inadvertent Escalation : Conventional War and Nuclear Risks / / Barry R. Posen
| Inadvertent Escalation : Conventional War and Nuclear Risks / / Barry R. Posen |
| Autore | Posen Barry R. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, N.Y. : , : Cornell University Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.02/15 |
| Collana | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs |
| Soggetto topico |
Escalation (Military science)
Nuclear threshold (Strategy) Limited war |
| ISBN |
0-8014-6837-X
0-8014-6838-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: A Model of Inadvertent Escalation -- 2. Air War and Inadvertent Nuclear Escalation -- 3. The Balance of Ground Forces on the Central Front -- 4. Escalation and NATO's Northern Flank -- 5. "Offensive" and "Defensive" Sea Control: A Comparative Assessment -- 6. Conclusion -- APPENDIX 1. The Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) Model -- APPENDIX 2. Central Region Close Air Support Aircraft and Attack Helicopters (1988) -- APPENDIX 3. The Attrition-FEBA Expansion Model: Symphony Version -- APPENDIX 4. A Barrier Defense Model -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465093903321 |
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Posen Barry R.
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| Ithaca, N.Y. : , : Cornell University Press, , [2013] | ||
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Inadvertent Escalation : Conventional War and Nuclear Risks / / Barry R. Posen
| Inadvertent Escalation : Conventional War and Nuclear Risks / / Barry R. Posen |
| Autore | Posen Barry R. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, N.Y. : , : Cornell University Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.02/15 |
| Collana | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs |
| Soggetto topico |
Escalation (Military science)
Nuclear threshold (Strategy) Limited war |
| ISBN |
0-8014-6837-X
0-8014-6838-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: A Model of Inadvertent Escalation -- 2. Air War and Inadvertent Nuclear Escalation -- 3. The Balance of Ground Forces on the Central Front -- 4. Escalation and NATO's Northern Flank -- 5. "Offensive" and "Defensive" Sea Control: A Comparative Assessment -- 6. Conclusion -- APPENDIX 1. The Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) Model -- APPENDIX 2. Central Region Close Air Support Aircraft and Attack Helicopters (1988) -- APPENDIX 3. The Attrition-FEBA Expansion Model: Symphony Version -- APPENDIX 4. A Barrier Defense Model -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792028803321 |
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Posen Barry R.
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| Ithaca, N.Y. : , : Cornell University Press, , [2013] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Managing Sino-U.S. air and naval interactions : Cold War lessons and new avenues of approach / / by Mark E. Redden and Phillip C. Saunders
| Managing Sino-U.S. air and naval interactions : Cold War lessons and new avenues of approach / / by Mark E. Redden and Phillip C. Saunders |
| Autore | Redden Mark E. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : National Defense University Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (35 pages) : color map |
| Collana | Institute for National Strategic Studies, China strategic perspectives |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic zones (Law of the sea) - China
Escalation (Military science) Naval maneuvers - China Naval maneuvers - United States Economic zones (Law of the sea) Naval maneuvers |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Managing Sino-U.S. air and naval interactions |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910703934003321 |
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Redden Mark E.
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| Washington, D.C. : , : National Defense University Press, , 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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