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Publics and Counterpublics

by Michael Warner ...

Publics and Counterpublics revolves around a central question: What is a public? The idea of a public is a cultural form, a kind of practical fiction, present in the modern world in a way that is very different from other or earlier societies. Like the idea of rights, or nations, or markets, it can now seem universal. But it has not always been so. Publics exist only by virtue of their imagining. ... Read more

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Publics and Counterpublics revolves around a central question: What is a public? The idea of a public is a cultural form, a kind of practical fiction, present in the modern world in a way that is very different from other or earlier societies. Like the idea of rights, or nations, or markets, it can now seem universal. But it has not always been so. Publics exist only by virtue of their imagining.
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The Rise and Fall of Intelligence

An International Security History

by Michael Warner ...

This sweeping history of the development of professional, institutionalized intelligence examines the implications of the fall of the state monopoly on espionage today and beyond.During the Cold War, only the alliances clustered around the two superpowers maintained viable intelligence endeavors, whereas a century ago, many states could aspire to be competitive at these dark arts. Today, larger ... Read more

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This sweeping history of the development of professional, institutionalized intelligence examines the implications of the fall of the state monopoly on espionage today and beyond.During the Cold War, only the alliances clustered around the two superpowers maintained viable intelligence endeavors, whereas a century ago, many states could aspire to be competitive at these dark arts. Today, larger
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The Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare

by William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by Christopher Cazenove, Susan Anspach, Stephanie Beacham, Roscoe Lee Browne, Minnie Driver, Samantha Eggar, Robert Foxworth, Elliott Gould, Kelsey Grammer, Joel Grey, Edward Herrmann, Patrick Macnee, Juliet Mills, Vanessa Redgrave, Roger Rees, Julian Sands, Jean Smart, David Warner, Alfre Woodard, Michael York ...

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3 hours 5 min

The sonnets of William Shakespeare are among the most famous love poems in the English language. For sustained dramatic intrigue and sophistication of plot, these works are at least the equal of Shakespeare's greatest plays. Compelling, subtle, and intellectually rigorous—yet taut with intense emotion—each poem invites study, interpretation, and awe, from one generation to the next.This recording ... Read more

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The sonnets of William Shakespeare are among the most famous love poems in the English language. For sustained dramatic intrigue and sophistication of plot, these works are at least the equal of Shakespeare's greatest plays. Compelling, subtle, and intellectually rigorous—yet taut with intense emotion—each poem invites study, interpretation, and awe, from one generation to the next.This recording
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The Boys' Club

by Michael Warner ...

The Boys' Club is the must-read inside story behind the power and politics of AFL, Australia's biggest sport.Revealing how the fledgling state administrative body evolved into the Australian Football League and its meteoric rise to become one of the richest and most powerful organisations in the land, award-winning investigative journalist Mick Warner delivers a fascinating insight into key ... Read more

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The Boys' Club is the must-read inside story behind the power and politics of AFL, Australia's biggest sport.Revealing how the fledgling state administrative body evolved into the Australian Football League and its meteoric rise to become one of the richest and most powerful organisations in the land, award-winning investigative journalist Mick Warner delivers a fascinating insight into key
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Understanding Cyber Conflict

Fourteen Analogies

by Ariel E. Levite, George Perkovich, James M. Acton, John Arquilla, Stephen Blank, Dorothy Denning, Bradley J. Strawser, Florian Egloff, Peter D. Feaver0, Kenneth Geers1, Francis J. Gavin2, Emily Goldman3, Michael Warner4, Nicholas Lambert5, Steven E. Miller6, David E. Sanger7, Robert Schmidle Jr.8, Michael Sulmeyer9, Ben Buchanan0 ...

Cyber weapons and the possibility of cyber conflict—including interference in foreign political campaigns, industrial sabotage, attacks on infrastructure, and combined military campaigns—require policymakers, scholars, and citizens to rethink twenty-first-century warfare. Yet because cyber capabilities are so new and continually developing, there is little agreement about how they will be deployed ... Read more

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Cyber weapons and the possibility of cyber conflict—including interference in foreign political campaigns, industrial sabotage, attacks on infrastructure, and combined military campaigns—require policymakers, scholars, and citizens to rethink twenty-first-century warfare. Yet because cyber capabilities are so new and continually developing, there is little agreement about how they will be deployed
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Deep Currents and Rising Tides

The Indian Ocean and International Security

by John Garofano, Andrea J. Dew, Sarah A. Emerson, Vivek S. Mathur, John Martin, Clive Schofield, Robin Warner, Michael Richardson, Andrew C. Winner0, Moeed Yusuf1, Jing-dong Yuan2, James R. Holmes3, Toshi Yoshihara4, James Kraska5, Emrys Chew6, Timothy D. Hoyt7 ...

The Indian Ocean region has rapidly emerged as a hinge point in the changing global balance of power and the geographic nexus of economic and security issues with vital global consequences. The security of energy supplies, persistent poverty and its contribution to political extremism, piracy, and related threats to seaborne trade, competing nuclear powers, and possibly the scene of future clashes ... Read more

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The Indian Ocean region has rapidly emerged as a hinge point in the changing global balance of power and the geographic nexus of economic and security issues with vital global consequences. The security of energy supplies, persistent poverty and its contribution to political extremism, piracy, and related threats to seaborne trade, competing nuclear powers, and possibly the scene of future clashes
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Analyzing Intelligence

National Security Practitioners' Perspectives, Second Edition

by Roger Z. George, James B. Bruce, John H. Hedley, Richard J. Kerr, Michael Warner, Rebecca Fisher, Peter Clement, Barney (Rob) Johnston, John E. McLaughlin0, James B. Steinberg1, John Kringen2, Jack Davis3, Michael Bennett4, James J. Wirtz5, Randolph H. Pherson6, Richards J. Heuer Jr.7, Drew E. Cukor8, Joseph P. Larson9, Matt Pottinger0, Vincent R. Stewart1, Maureen Baginski2, Thomas Fingar3, Mark M. Lowenthal4, Susan H. Nelson5 ...

Series series Georgetown Center for Security Studies
Analyzing Intelligence, now in a revised and extensively updated second edition, assesses the state of the profession of intelligence analysis from the practitioner's point of view. The contributors—most of whom have held senior positions in the US intelligence community—review the evolution of the field, the rise of new challenges, pitfalls in analysis, and the lessons from new training and ... Read more

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Analyzing Intelligence, now in a revised and extensively updated second edition, assesses the state of the profession of intelligence analysis from the practitioner's point of view. The contributors—most of whom have held senior positions in the US intelligence community—review the evolution of the field, the rise of new challenges, pitfalls in analysis, and the lessons from new training and
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On the Grid

Climate Change and the Utopia of Green Energy

by Michael Warner ...

Series series The Berkeley Tanner Lectures
What kind of future would the utopian idea of unlimited green energy bring about? On the Grid, based on Michael Warner's Berkeley Tanner Lectures, raises critical questions about the sharp turn in environmental thought which addresses climate change through the form of a new power grid, driven by renewable energy and the goal to "electrify everything." Environmental thought increasingly centers ... Read more

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What kind of future would the utopian idea of unlimited green energy bring about? On the Grid, based on Michael Warner's Berkeley Tanner Lectures, raises critical questions about the sharp turn in environmental thought which addresses climate change through the form of a new power grid, driven by renewable energy and the goal to "electrify everything." Environmental thought increasingly centers
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The Secret of Giza

by Ken Warner ...

Narrated by Eric Michael Summerer ...

Series series Kwan Thillers
Unabridged

10 hours

What if humanity didn't start on Earth . . . ?An incredible discovery deep inside the Great Pyramid, a mysterious signal sent from the Bermuda Triangle, and a ruthless experiment taking place in Area 51: How are they all connected?When Malia Kwan exhibits unusual abilities, government agents show up at her home to apprehend her and her twin brother, Jaden—and all hell breaks loose. After their ... Read more

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What if humanity didn't start on Earth . . . ?An incredible discovery deep inside the Great Pyramid, a mysterious signal sent from the Bermuda Triangle, and a ruthless experiment taking place in Area 51: How are they all connected?When Malia Kwan exhibits unusual abilities, government agents show up at her home to apprehend her and her twin brother, Jaden—and all hell breaks loose. After their
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The National Security Enterprise

Navigating the Labyrinth, Second Edition

by Roger Z. George, Harvey Rishikof, Jon J. Rosenwasser, Michael Warner, David P. Auerswald, Gordon Adams, Rodney Bent, Kathy Peroff, Marc Grossman0, Desaix Myers1, Franklin C. Miller2, Joseph McMillan3, Michael J. Meese4, Isaiah Wilson III5, Dina Temple-Raston6, Thomas Fingar7, Brittany Albaugh8, Susan Ginsburg9, Colton C. Campbell0, Gerald Felix Warburg1, Ellen Laipson2, John Diamond3 ...

Series series Georgetown Center for Security Studies
This second edition of The National Security Enterprise provides practitioners’ insights into the operation, missions, and organizational cultures of the principal national security agencies and other institutions that shape the US national security decision-making process. Unlike some textbooks on American foreign policy, it offers analysis from insiders who have worked at the National Security ... Read more

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This second edition of The National Security Enterprise provides practitioners’ insights into the operation, missions, and organizational cultures of the principal national security agencies and other institutions that shape the US national security decision-making process. Unlike some textbooks on American foreign policy, it offers analysis from insiders who have worked at the National Security
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Revisionary Interventions into the Americanist Canon

by Michael Warner, John McWilliams, Wai Chee Dimock ...

Series series New Americanists
Throughout the era of the Cold War a consensus reigned as to what constituted the great works of American literature. Yet as scholars have increasingly shown, and as this volume unmistakably demonstrates, that consensus was built upon the repression of the voices and historical contexts of subordinated social groups as well as literary works themselves, works both outside and within the ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Throughout the era of the Cold War a consensus reigned as to what constituted the great works of American literature. Yet as scholars have increasingly shown, and as this volume unmistakably demonstrates, that consensus was built upon the repression of the voices and historical contexts of subordinated social groups as well as literary works themselves, works both outside and within the
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Local Content in Procurement

Creating Local Jobs and Competitive Domestic Industries in Supply Chains

by Michael Warner ...

Local Content in Procurement is the first book of its kind. Recognizing the substantial economic and social value brought to host countries and local communities through the procurement practices of large private and public companies, this book by Dr Michael Warner – Director of the consultancy firm Local Content Solutions and former architect of the Local Content standards for BG Group – provides ... Read more

$60.99 USD

Local Content in Procurement is the first book of its kind. Recognizing the substantial economic and social value brought to host countries and local communities through the procurement practices of large private and public companies, this book by Dr Michael Warner – Director of the consultancy firm Local Content Solutions and former architect of the Local Content standards for BG Group – provides
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