Social Security category: 3077 books
by Montgomery McFate
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
British forces conducted operations short of war in Northern Ireland for twenty-five years, yet they were unable to defeat the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA). In this heretofore unpublished dissertation from 1994, McFate identifies how certain cultural, legal, and political factors contributed...
The Crisis of Cultural Intelligence
The Anthropology of CivilMilitary Operations
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
Military and civilian organizations in the past have attempted to understand culture and the cultural environment of conflict zones through anthropology. While there is a small and growing number of studies examining the use of anthropology for counterinsurgency, no studies have compared the Anglo-Saxon...
Terrorism, Radicalisation & Countering Violent Extremism
Practical Considerations & Concerns
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2019
This book brings together research that covers perspectives and case studies on terrorism, radicalisation and countering violent extremism (CVE). Written by experts involved in these issues at the grassroots, the book bridges the academic-practitioner gap in the field. The proliferation of academic...
Jihadist Infiltration of Migrant Flows to Europe
Perpetrators, Modus Operandi and Policy Implications
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2019
This book explores one of the most topical and controversial issues of recent years –jihadist terrorist infiltration of irregular migrant flows to Europe. Utilizing robust sampling criteria, more than a hundred such cases are identified and rigorously assessed. The analysis reveals the characteristics...
Volatile Social Movements and the Origins of Terrorism
The Radicalization of Change
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Although many scholars have studied terrorism, few scholars have ever studied terrorism from the aspect of its initial origins in social movements. Not only is research concerning this phenomenon outdated, but there has also been no consensus as to what causes terrorism. Many contemporary terrorist...
Social Capital and Peace-Building
Creating and Resolving Conflict with Trust and Social Networks
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2008
This new edited collection illustrates the paradoxical power of social capital in creating and resolving conflict.
This is the first book to bring the two faces of social capital together in a single volume, and includes previously unpublished case studies, statistical analyses, and theoretical...
by Joshua Brunty, Katherine Helenek
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Social media is becoming an increasingly important—and controversial—investigative source for law enforcement. Social Media Investigation for Law Enforcement provides an overview of the current state of digital forensic investigation of Facebook and other social media networks and the state of...
The Assassination of William McKinley
Anarchism, Insanity, and the Birth of the Social Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
This book is an examination of the assassination of President William McKinley by Leon Czolgosz, an American-born purported anarchist. This work offers a new and different way to approach historical crime stories. Rather than accepting the idea that Czolgosz was inherently dangerous because of his...
Social Sciences and the Military
An Interdisciplinary Overview
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2006
This innovative book presents the reader with a clear international view of interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary approaches to military and conflict-resolution studies. In this first title on its subject, leading expert Giuseppe Caforio offers a thorough analysis of the new aspects and trends of...
by Marc Sageman
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2011
For decades, a new type of terrorism has been quietly gathering ranks in the world. America's ability to remain oblivious to these new movements ended on September 11, 2001. The Islamist fanatics in the global Salafi jihad (the violent, revivalist social movement of which al Qaeda is a part) target...
The Coordinator:
Managing High-risk, High-Consequence Social Interactions in an Unfamiliar Environment
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
In The Coordinator, Ellis Amdur and Robert Hubal share their decades of experience working with law enforcement and military personnel in training and assessing social interaction skills, particularly in 'high-risk, high-consequence' situations. Amdur and Hubal are pioneers who, along with their many...
Il lato oscuro dei social media
Nuovi scenari di rischio, nuovi predatori, nuove strategie di tutela
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 31, 2016
«Oggi di fatto il 42% dell’intera popolazione mondiale è online. E non sono tutte brave persone… La cronaca nera sempre più spesso ci racconta vicende che mostrano con quanta rapidità e facilità ciò che avviene sui social media può trasformarsi in una vera e propria scena del crimine.
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The Snowden Files
The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
Now a major motion picture, directed by Oliver Stone and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Edward Snowden was a 29-year-old computer genius working for the National Security Agency when he shocked the world by exposing the near-universal mass surveillance programs of the United States government....
The Whistleblower's Dilemma
Snowden, Silkwood and Their Quest for the Truth
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
A look at Edward Snowden, Karen Silkwood, and government and corporate whistleblowing, by an author praised for his “first-rate reporting” (Kirkus Reviews).
In June of 2013, Edward Snowden, a twenty-nine-year-old former CIA employee, leaked thousands of top secret National Security Agency...