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Children at War

By: P. W. Singer

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From U.S. soldiers having to fight children in Afghanistan and Iraq to juvenile terrorists in Sri Lanka to Palestine, the new, younger face of battle is a terrible reality of 21st century warfare. Indeed, the very first American soldier killed by hostile fire in the “War on Terrorism” was shot by a fourteen-year-old Afghan boy. Children at War is the first comprehensive examination of a disturbing and escalating phenomenon: the use of children as soldiers around the globe. Interweaving explanatory narrative with the voices of child soldiers themselves, P.W. Singer, an internationally recognized expert in modern warfare, introduces the brutal reality of conflict, where children are sent off to fight in war-torn hotspots from Colombia and the Sudan to Kashmir and Sierra Leone. He explores the evolution of this phenomenon, how and why children are recruited, indoctrinated, trained, and converted to soldiers and then lays out the consequences for global security, with a special case study on terrorism. With this established, he lays out the responses that can end this horrible practice. What emerges is not only a compelling and clarifying read on the darker reality of modern warfare, but also a clear and urgent call for action.

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Corporate Warriors

The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry

By: P. W. Singer

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Corporate Warriors

The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry

By: P. W. Singer

Some have claimed that "War is too important to be left to the generals," but P. W. Singer asks "What about the business executives?" Breaking out of the guns-for-hire mold of traditional mercenaries, corporations now sell skills and services that until recently only state militaries possessed. Their products range from trained commando teams to strategic advice from generals. This new "Privatized Military Industry" encompasses hundreds of companies, thousands of employees, and billions of dollars in revenue. Whether as proxies or suppliers, such firms have participated in wars in Africa, Asia, the Balkans, and Latin America. More recently, they have become a key element in U.S. military operations. Private corporations working for profit now sway the course of national and international conflict, but the consequences have been little explored. In this book, Singer provides the first account of the military services industry and its broader implications. Corporate Warriors includes a description of how the business works, as well as portraits of each of the basic types of companies: military providers that offer troops for tactical operations; military consultants that supply expert advice and training; and military support companies that sell logistics, intelligence, and engineering. In an updated edition of P. W. Singer's classic account of the military services industry and its broader implications, the author describes the continuing importance of that industry in the Iraq War. This conflict has amply borne out Singer's argument that the privatization of warfare allows startling new capabilities and efficiencies in the ways that war is carried out. At the same time, however, Singer finds that the introduction of the profit motive onto the battlefield raises troubling questions—for democracy, for ethics, for management, for human rights, and for national security.

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Cornell University Press

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0801459605

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Cybersecurity and Cyberwar

What Everyone Needs to Know®

By: P.W. Singer,Allan Friedman

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Cybersecurity and Cyberwar

What Everyone Needs to Know®

By: P.W. Singer,Allan Friedman

A generation ago, "cyberspace" was just a term from science fiction, used to describe the nascent network of computers linking a few university labs. Today, our entire modern way of life, from communication to commerce to conflict, fundamentally depends on the Internet. And the cybersecurity issues that result challenge literally everyone: politicians wrestling with everything from cybercrime to online freedom; generals protecting the nation from new forms of attack, while planning new cyberwars; business executives defending firms from once unimaginable threats, and looking to make money off of them; lawyers and ethicists building new frameworks for right and wrong. Most of all, cybersecurity issues affect us as individuals. We face new questions in everything from our rights and responsibilities as citizens of both the online and real world to simply how to protect ourselves and our families from a new type of danger. And yet, there is perhaps no issue that has grown so important, so quickly, and that touches so many, that remains so poorly understood. In Cybersecurity and CyberWar: What Everyone Needs to Know®, New York Times best-selling author P. W. Singer and noted cyber expert Allan Friedman team up to provide the kind of easy-to-read, yet deeply informative resource book that has been missing on this crucial issue of 21st century life. Written in a lively, accessible style, filled with engaging stories and illustrative anecdotes, the book is structured around the key question areas of cyberspace and its security: how it all works, why it all matters, and what can we do? Along the way, they take readers on a tour of the important (and entertaining) issues and characters of cybersecurity, from the "Anonymous" hacker group and the Stuxnet computer virus to the new cyber units of the Chinese and U.S. militaries. Cybersecurity and CyberWar: What Everyone Needs to Know® is the definitive account on the subject for us all, which comes not a moment too soon. What Everyone Needs to Know® is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press.

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Burn-in

A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution

By: P. W. Singer,August Cole

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Burn-in

A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution

By: P. W. Singer,August Cole

An FBI agent teams up with the first police robot to hunt a shadowy terrorist in this gripping technothriller--and fact-based tour of tomorrow--from the authors of Ghost Fleet America is on the brink of a revolution. AI and robotics have realized science fiction's dreams, but have also taken millions of jobs and left many citizens fearful that the future is leaving them behind. After narrowly averting a bombing at Washington's Union Station, FBI Special Agent Lara Keegan receives a new assignment: to field test the first police robot. In the wake of a series of shocking catastrophes, the two find themselves investigating a conspiracy whose mastermind is using cutting-edge tech to rip the nation apart. To stop this new breed of terrorist, Keegan's only hope is to forge a new kind of partnership. With every tech, trend, and scene drawn from the real world, Burn-In blends a technothriller's excitement with nonfiction's insight to illuminate the darkest corners of our chilling tomorrow.

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Mariner Books

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1328637239

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Children at War

By: P. W. Singer

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Children at War

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The Moral Curriculum

A Sociological Analysis

By: P. W. Musgrave

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The Moral Curriculum

A Sociological Analysis

By: P. W. Musgrave

Teachers are, and always have been seen as agents of respectability in our society, but today this role is far less easily defined than it once was. Now, for most teachers, the whats and hows of moral behaviour, guidance and instruction have become debatable issues. In this book the author gives us a readable and original sociological consideration of the teaching 'oughts' and 'ought-nots' which, by providing a valuable analytic framework within which to view moral education, should help the thinking of those who are concerned with some of the most intractable problems of contemporary education.

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041567011X

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Regional Analysis and the New International Division of Labor

Applications of a Political Economy Approach

By: F. Moulaert,P.W. Salinas

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Regional Analysis and the New International Division of Labor

Applications of a Political Economy Approach

By: F. Moulaert,P.W. Salinas

Throughout the world, a sense of crisis has settled in like a nightmare that refuses to leave. We look towards the horizon with apprehension. Major changes are afoot. Older industrial regions, once rich and powerful, stand by helplessly as factories close down. Poor countries are sliding into bankruptcy, unable even to feed their populations. In a few scattered enclaves, called ex port platforms, new manufacturing plants spring up overnight: they employ predominantly young, unmarried women and ship their products to unknown destinations overseas. Small companies are eaten up by bigger ones which, in turn, are absorbed by still larger conglomerates. Some industrial sectors are wiped out altogether. Tensions between states are increasing. More and more countries are coming under military rule. Torture and terrorism are turned into tools of official state policy. Civil wars are fought in Central America, Northern Africa, and Southeast Asia. International conflict flares up be tween Britain and Argentina, Iraq and Iran, Ethiopia and Somalia. Economic growth has slowed to a crawl. Inflation undercuts the livelihood of the poor. The small producer is ruined. It appears that we are involved in a major restructuring of the capitalist world. The problems are profits, capital accumulation, and efficiency in pro duction. To make the indicators point up, whole regions are sacrificed, new technologies are put in place, and new locational patterns are created as the world is carved up into a new international division oflabor.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9400974094

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9789400974098

Ancient Irish Music

By: P. W. Joyce

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Ancient Irish Music

By: P. W. Joyce

Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.

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Pathways

Between Eastern and Western Education

By: John P. W. Hudson

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Pathways

Between Eastern and Western Education

By: John P. W. Hudson

Educators everywhere will want their hands on this book! Cover to cover, this book delivers on showing exactly what the title says: pathways between Eastern and Western education systems. Why will you want to buy this book? Readers will love the idea that different systems have a lot to share. Through a blend of anecdotes and clear information, Hudson paints a vivid picture of both systems, and provides plenty of opportunity to explore child-centered education, differentiated learning, curriculum, assessment, and a lot more. There’s lots of strategies to try out Monday morning, or sit with a coffee for a few hours to think about your practice, and where you have room to grow. Plenty of new ideas pepper the book. From a fresh new take on what learning is to the power of assessment, there’s plenty here for refreshing debate. Hudson’s view takes in a wide swath: truly big ideas from a 35,000 foot viewpoint! Would you be able to sum up the two systems in ten words or less? From the very first page, you’ll be keen to see how! Parents, veteran teachers, administrators, politicians, students of education, all will find plenty to think about here, and lots to talk about. Hudson wants us all to take a refreshing new pathway to growth in education, whether we are Eastern, Western, young or old. This is your book; see what everyone is talking about and get excited about education again!

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1607521954

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A Collection of Writings Related to Occult, Esoteric, Rosicrucian and Hermetic Literature, Including Freemasonry, the Kabbalah, the Tarot, Alchemy and Theosophy Volume 2

By: Manly P. Hall,Albert G. Mackey,Helena P. Blavatsky,William Q. Judge,Arthur Edward Waite,Roger Bacon,Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa,G. R. S. Mead,W. N. Neill,P. W. Bullock

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A Collection of Writings Related to Occult, Esoteric, Rosicrucian and Hermetic Literature, Including Freemasonry, the Kabbalah, the Tarot, Alchemy and Theosophy Volume 2

By: Manly P. Hall,Albert G. Mackey,Helena P. Blavatsky,William Q. Judge,Arthur Edward Waite,Roger Bacon,Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa,G. R. S. Mead,W. N. Neill,P. W. Bullock

This is an illustrated collection of 14 essays on a variety of occult-themed topics, covering the full spectrum of classic esoteric and related subjects, which include hermeticism, alchemy, magic, the Kabbalah, ancient wisdom and philosophy, the Tarot, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, Theosophy and spiritualism, by some of the most notable and prominent names in the history of those subjects. Compiled specifically with the student in mind. Writers include Manly P. Hall, Arthur Edward Waite, Helena P. Blavatsky, Roger Bacon, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, G. R. S. Mead, W. N. Neill, Mohini M. Chatterji, Jessie Horne, William Q. Judge, Albert G. Mackey, and P. W. Bullock.

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Lulu.com

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1631187147

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Mirror Image

By: Michele PW (Pariza Wacek)

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Mirror Image

By: Michele PW (Pariza Wacek)

Mirror Image is a standalone psychological thriller/serial killer mystery in The Riverview Mysteries series by USA Today bestselling author Michele PW (Pariza Wacek). Ideal for fans who love twisty mystery and suspense novels with a touch of romance. There is a serial killer out there. A serial killer targeting young men. A serial killer who appears to be Linda's sister Elizabeth. Linda's dead sister Elizabeth. But it can't be Elizabeth. She's dead. Right? Could she still be alive? Or somehow back from the grave? Or, maybe something even darker is happening … something that threatens Linda's life, as well. Something that has been buried for years in the secrets and lies of her twisted family history. Can she discover the truth before it's too late? IMPORTANT NOTE: While my other books are clean, this one is not. It contains abuse, violence, language and suicide.

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Love-Based Publishing

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1945363797

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The Organic Chemistry of Nickel

Organic Synthesis

By: P.W. Jolly

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The Organic Chemistry of Nickel

Organic Synthesis

By: P.W. Jolly

The Organic Chemistry of Nickel, Volume II: Organic Synthesis describes the chemistry of the organonickel complexes and the use of nickel in organic synthesis. Composed of six chapters, this volume starts with discussions on the oligomerization, co-oligomerization, and polymerization of olefins, followed by short accounts of the mechanistically related isomerization and hydrogenation of olefins, as well as the hydrosilylation and hydrocyanation reactions. Chapter II examines the oligomerization of acetylene and substituted alkynes, the co-oligomerization of alkynes with olefins, the related oligomerization of allene, including a number of telomerization reactions involving alkynes or allenes. Chapters III and IV describe the oligomerization, co-oligomerization, and polymerization of butadiene and substituted 1,3-dienes. Chapter V explores the coupling of organic halides in the presence of stoichiometric amounts of zerovalent nickel complexes, and the nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction between organic halides and Grignard reagents. Lastly, Chapter VI emphasizes the carbonylation of alkynes, olefins, and organic halides using nickel complexes. This book will be of great value to organic chemists and researchers who are interested in the application of nickel complexes to organic synthesis.

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Elsevier

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0323151302

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9780323151306

Hindoo Tales

By: P. W. Jacob

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Hindoo Tales

By: P. W. Jacob

Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.

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3368196979

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Teachers' Manual for Language Lessons

By: P. W. Sudlow,W. E. Crosby

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Teachers' Manual for Language Lessons

By: P. W. Sudlow,W. E. Crosby

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

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The Dissimilarity Representation for Pattern Recognition

Foundations and Applications

By: El?bieta P?kalska,Robert P. W. Duin

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The Dissimilarity Representation for Pattern Recognition

Foundations and Applications

By: El?bieta P?kalska,Robert P. W. Duin

This book provides a fundamentally new approach to pattern recognition in which objects are characterized by relations to other objects instead of by using features or models. This 'dissimilarity representation' bridges the gap between the traditionally opposing approaches of statistical and structural pattern recognition.Physical phenomena, objects and events in the world are related in various and often complex ways. Such relations are usually modeled in the form of graphs or diagrams. While this is useful for communication between experts, such representation is difficult to combine and integrate by machine learning procedures. However, if the relations are captured by sets of dissimilarities, general data analysis procedures may be applied for analysis.With their detailed description of an unprecedented approach absent from traditional textbooks, the authors have crafted an essential book for every researcher and systems designer studying or developing pattern recognition systems.

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World Scientific

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9812565302

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9789812565303

The Sociology of Education

By: P W Musgrave

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The Sociology of Education

By: P W Musgrave

First published in 1979, this third edition of The Sociology of Education at the time held the field as the standard textbook on the subject. It takes into account the changes that occurred in the field from the publication of the first edition in 1965 and the second edition in 1972. The book is divided into three parts: the first considers the way in which the child becomes a social being and the influences upon them of the family, the peer group and the mass media; the second deals with the sociology of schooling and looks at different types and stages of schools, as well as the attitudes and forms of interaction within them; and finally the third traces the relationship between education and social institutions, and looks at the balance between the preservation of social stability and the introduction of change.

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Routledge

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1351813595

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The Taking

By: Michele PW (Pariza Wacek)

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The Taking

By: Michele PW (Pariza Wacek)

The Taking is a standalone psychological thriller in The Riverview Mysteries series by USA Today bestselling author Michele PW (Pariza Wacek). Ideal for fans who love twisty mystery and suspense novels with a touch of romance. Twenty-four years ago, five-year-old Tori walked into her newborn brother's room in the middle of the night to see a shadowy figure abducting him. The next morning, her baby brother's lifeless body was found in the crib. No one believes what she saw that night. Not her father. Not her mentally unstable mother. Not the police. In fact, there's even some suspicion that Tori is somehow involved. Years later, Tori is stuck in a job she hates, hiding from her past, afraid to let people get too close. Until her childhood friend is found with her dead newborn, claiming her "real" baby was taken by a shadowy figure. Is the past coming back to haunt Tori? And will the truth set her free … or will it end up being more twisted than she ever could have imagined?

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Love-Based Publishing

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1945363452

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Privilege and Profit

A Business Family in Eighteenth-Century France

By: P. W. Bamford

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Privilege and Profit

A Business Family in Eighteenth-Century France

By: P. W. Bamford

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

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1512800333

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Reunion

Abuse has no limits . . . but neither does love.

By: P. W. Walters

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Reunion

Abuse has no limits . . . but neither does love.

By: P. W. Walters

In this riveting coming-of-age story, one man turns abuse into power—and hate into love. From the moment he’s born, Owen Crowley knows nothing but neglect and cruelty until he’s finally rescued by a loving couple. But when tragedy strikes, he’s left once again at the mercy of a violent, sexually abusive adult—and a long-buried secret that changes everything he thought he knew about his adoptive family and himself. Only one thing pulls Owen through the darkest times: books. As his extraordinary intelligence reveals itself, Owen begins using it to gain the power and love he’s always wanted. He enters high school popular, handsome, and outspoken, attracting the attention of friends, teachers, and even a girlfriend. But he soon discovers the dangers of opening himself up to others. In the wake of a heartbreaking loss, Owen becomes close friends with a gay student named Shawn. As rumors spread that Owen and Shawn are more than just friends, Owen finds himself back in a dark, violent place he thought he’d left far behind. Many years later, Owen has done his best to rise above the past, using his keen intelligence to help abused children like himself. But with his thirty-year high school reunion approaching, he realizes he may finally have an opportunity to get revenge on the classmates who altered his life forever... What he finds instead is a stunning truth that could set him free.

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1642280305

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Cuba is a State of Mind

By: P. W. Long,Juaquin Santiago,Elijo Truth

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Cuba is a State of Mind

By: P. W. Long,Juaquin Santiago,Elijo Truth

The Spiritual Traveler series provides a new type of travel writing that allows the reader to experience the consciousness of a nation. It gives future travelers to Cuba another perspective to consider. (Foreign Travel)

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4902837188

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The Third Nanny

By: Michele PW (Pariza Wacek)

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The Third Nanny

By: Michele PW (Pariza Wacek)

The Third Nanny is a standalone psychological thriller in The Riverview Mysteries series by USA Today bestselling author Michele PW (Pariza Wacek). Ideal for fans who love twisty mystery and psychological suspense novels. Everyone has something to hide. Including the nanny. Janey hadn't heard from her sister Kelly since she ran away from home eight years ago. Until the day the letter arrived. A disturbing letter. But before Janey could make contact, Kelly disappeared again. And the only clue they had to work with was in Redemption, Wisconsin, where Kelly had worked as a nanny. So, Janey decided to follow in her sister's footsteps … by taking over her job. The family has secrets, and the more Janey digs, the more twisted the story becomes. And the more Janey realizes she might be the next to disappear.

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Love-Based Publishing

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1945363290

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Likewar

The Weaponization of Social Media

By: P. W. Singer,Emerson T. Brooking

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Likewar

The Weaponization of Social Media

By: P. W. Singer,Emerson T. Brooking

Two defense experts explore the collision of war, politics, and social media, where the most important battles are now only a click away. Through the weaponization of social media, the internet is changing war and politics, just as war and politics are changing the internet. Terrorists livestream their attacks, “Twitter wars” produce real-world casualties, and viral misinformation alters not just the result of battles, but the very fate of nations. The result is that war, tech, and politics have blurred into a new kind of battlespace that plays out on our smartphones. P. W. Singer and Emerson Brooking tackle the mind-bending questions that arise when war goes online and the online world goes to war. They explore how ISIS copies the Instagram tactics of Taylor Swift, a former World of Warcraft addict foils war crimes thousands of miles away, internet trolls shape elections, and China uses a smartphone app to police the thoughts of 1.4 billion citizens. What can be kept secret in a world of networks? Does social media expose the truth or bury it? And what role do ordinary people now play in international conflicts? Delving into the web’s darkest corners, we meet the unexpected warriors of social media, such as the rapper turned jihadist PR czar and the Russian hipsters who wage unceasing infowars against the West. Finally, looking to the crucial years ahead, LikeWar outlines a radical new paradigm for understanding and defending against the unprecedented threats of our networked world.

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HarperCollins

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1328695751

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Cybersecurity and Cyberwar

What Everyone Needs to Know®

By: P.W. Singer,Allan Friedman

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Cybersecurity and Cyberwar

What Everyone Needs to Know®

By: P.W. Singer,Allan Friedman

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Oxford University Press

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0199918104

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Wired for War

The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century

By: P. W. Singer

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Wired for War

The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century

By: P. W. Singer

“[Singer's] enthusiasm becomes infectious . . . Wired for War is a book of its time: this is strategy for the Facebook generation.” —Foreign Affairs “An engrossing picture of a new class of weapon that may revolutionize future wars. . .” —Kirkus Reviews P. W. Singer explores the greatest revolution in military affairs since the atom bomb: the dawn of robotic warfare We are on the cusp of a massive shift in military technology that threatens to make real the stuff of I, Robot and The Terminator. Blending historical evidence with interviews of an amazing cast of characters, Singer shows how technology is changing not just how wars are fought, but also the politics, economics, laws, and the ethics that surround war itself. Travelling from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan to modern-day "skunk works" in the midst of suburbia, Wired for War will tantalise a wide readership, from military buffs to policy wonks to gearheads.

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1440685975

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Ghost Fleet

By: P.W. Singer,August Cole

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Ghost Fleet

By: P.W. Singer,August Cole

È più probabile che i cinesi dichiarino guerra ai russi che a noi americani. E se solo li sfiorasse l'idea di immischiarsi nei fatti nostri, non hanno l'esperienza necessaria per farlo" afferma in modo arrogante un generale americano all'inizio di questo romanzo epico. Parole fatali. Pronunciandole, lo stratega dimostra di conoscere poco l'antico monito di Sun Tzu: "Puoi combattere una lunga guerra o rendere forte la tua nazione. Ma non puoi fare entrambe le cose". Gli americani infatti, nell'avventura visionaria di Ghost Fleet, non sanno più quale sia il loro posto nella storia. Oggi è il Direttorato a dettare le leggi del nuovo mondo, una forza che in Cina accomuna capitalismo e nazionalismo. I magnati dell'economia e i soldati lavorano fianco a fianco, una potente tecnocrazia che decide di osare e che dichiara la Terza guerra mondiale. Contro gli americani, che non avevano mai smesso di coltivare l'incubo di essere attaccati, di farsi trovare impreparati, di subire una nuova Pearl Harbor. Soltanto la Ghost Fleet, la flotta fantasma di 500 vecchie navi della Marina americana, potrebbe forse opporsi a un mondo - come lo disegna Marco Ventura in una recensione contemporanea all'uscita del romanzo in America - trasformato dalla tecnologia dei droni, dai satelliti, dalle guerre stellari, dalle nuove armi hi-tech, dalle armi chimiche, dai farmaci militari, dai virus e dai computer che voracemente tentano di smantellare la superpotenza degli Stati Uniti. Ghost Fleet denuda una verità che è già qui, non occorre attendere 10 anni. Basato su studi e documenti che gli autori, due veri esperti di armamenti e geo-politica, hanno raccolto per anni, il romanzo descrive un mondo sull'orlo del baratro, il nostro. "La regola alla base della storia è stata rigorosa, spiega Singer: ogni singola tecnologia militare, ogni elemento del libro doveva venire dal mondo reale." Ghost Fleet racconta attraverso la verosimiglianza una tragedia che forse ci circonda, e mette in luce, come raramente i techno-thriller riescono a fare, le vulnerabilità di un sistema che oggi non riusciamo neppure a immaginare. Solo fiction?

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459

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Edizioni Mondadori

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ISBN 10

8852078312

ISBN 13

9788852078316

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