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Overblown
Author | : John Mueller |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2006-11-14 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781416574651 |
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Why have there been no terrorist attacks in the United States since 9/11? It is ridiculously easy for a single person with a bomb-filled backpack, or a single explosives-laden automobile, to launch an attack. So why hasn't it happened? The answer is surely not the Department of Homeland Security, which cannot stop terrorists from entering the country, legally or otherwise. It is surely not the Iraq war, which has stoked the hatred of Muslim extremists around the world and wasted many thousands of lives. Terrorist attacks have been regular events for many years -- usually killing handfuls of people, occasionally more than that. Is it possible that there is a simple explanation for the peaceful American homefront? Is it possible that there are no al-Qaeda terrorists here? Is it possible that the war on terror has been a radical overreaction to a rare event? Consider: 80,000 Arab and Muslim immigrants have been subjected to fingerprinting and registration, and more than 5,000 foreign nationals have been imprisoned -- yet there has not been a single conviction for a terrorist crime in America. A handful of plots -- some deadly, some intercepted -- have plagued Europe and elsewhere, and even so, the death toll has been modest. We have gone to war in two countries and killed tens of thousands of people. We have launched a massive domestic wiretapping program and created vast databases of information once considered private. Politicians and pundits have berated us about national security and patriotic duty, while encroaching our freedoms and sending thousands of young men off to die. It is time to consider the hypothesis that dare not speak its name: we have wildly overreacted. Terrorism has been used by murderous groups for many decades, yet even including 9/11, the odds of an American being killed by international terrorism are microscopic. In general, international terrorism doesn't do much damage when considered in almost any reasonable context. The capacity of al-Qaeda or of any similar group to do damage in the United States pales in comparison to the capacity other dedicated enemies, particularly international Communism, have possessed in the past. Lashing out at the terrorist threat is frequently an exercise in self-flagellation because it is usually more expensive than the terrorist attack itself and because it gives the terrorists exactly what they are looking for. Much, probably most, of the money and effort expended on counterterrorism since 2001 (and before, for that matter) has been wasted. The terrorism industry and its allies in the White House and Congress have preyed on our fears and caused enormous damage. It is time to rethink the entire enterprise and spend much smaller amounts on only those things that do matter: intelligence, law enforcement, and disruption of radical groups overseas. Above all, it is time to stop playing into the terrorists' hands, by fear-mongering and helping spread terror itself.
The Poems of Sydney Dobell
Author | : Sydney Dobell |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1887 |
Genre | : English poetry |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105047991331 |
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Tengguidetothechineseorchestra the
Author | : Wang Chenwei,Wong Samuel,Chow Jun Yi |
Publsiher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 624 |
Release | : 2019-06-25 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9789813233669 |
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The TENG Guide to the Chinese Orchestra is a seminal guide to equip composers, scholars and music enthusiasts worldwide with the necessary knowledge to work with Chinese musical instruments. The INSTRUMENTATION section outlines the history, physical attributes and performance techniques of Chinese musical instruments in detail. It also includes practical scoring advice for composers and reference charts for fingerings and chords. The ORCHESTRATION section contains systematic analyses of score excerpts from Chinese orchestra pieces spanning the last 60 years to demonstrate how Chinese musical instruments work together in an orchestra.
Acoustics and the Performance of Music
Author | : Jürgen Meyer |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 447 |
Release | : 2009-10-10 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780387095172 |
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This classic reference on musical acoustics and performance practice begins with a brief introduction to the fundamentals of acoustics and the generation of musical sounds. It then discusses the particulars of the sounds made by all the standard instruments in a modern orchestra as well as the human voice, the way in which the sounds made by these instruments are dispersed and how the room into which they are projected affects the sounds.
Writing Wrongs
Author | : Robert M. Martin |
Publsiher | : Broadview Press |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2017-10-30 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781770486645 |
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Writing Wrongs is a concise and thoughtful guide to common errors in English. It covers frequently confused and misused words along with problems of grammar, punctuation, and style, and offers a brief and up-to-date guide to major citation styles. Though it provides guidelines and recommendations for usage, Writing Wrongs acknowledges the evolution of language over time and the fact that different contexts have different rules—it is not narrowly prescriptive. A friendly, flexible, and easy-to-read reference, Writing Wrongs will be useful to students and general readers alike.
Good Soldiers Don t Rape
Author | : Megan MacKenzie |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 183 |
Release | : 2023-06-30 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781009273961 |
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Connects military sexual violence (MSV) to conversations about #MeToo and 'rape culture,' highlighting the misconceptions about MSV that have obstructed addressing and preventing it.
Instant Flute
Author | : David Harp |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1992-12 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0918321220 |
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