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Military-industrial complex --- Industrial-military complex --- Defense industries --- Southeast Asia --- Asia, Southeast --- Asia, Southeastern --- South East Asia --- Southeastern Asia --- Economic policy. --- Politics and government. --- Armed Forces --- Political activity. --- Military policy. --- Economic aspects. --- E-books
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In Building the Trident Network, Maggie Mort approaches the United Kingdom's Trident submarine and missile system as a sociotechnical network. Drawing on the sociology of scientific and technical knowledge and on actor-network theory, Mort recounts how the Trident program was stabilized in the United Kingdom and brought into "successful" production. She uncovers the nature of this success by retelling unofficial histories of Trident, of production roads not taken, and of potential technological "distractions." The production of Trident, she shows, was not inevitable but contingent and problematic. Using material from interviews and local texts, Mort explores the emergence of a counternetwork in the form of a workers' campaign for alternative technologies. She develops concepts of "disenrollment" and "absent intermediaries," in which redundant workers and marginalized technologies serve to discipline and reinforce the dominant network as production shrinks. She also examines the maintenance of the barrier between the technical and the social/political in this context. The management of uncertainties within the Trident production program emerges as critical to its successful completion.--
Trident (Weapons systems) --- Military-industrial complex --- Naval Science - General --- Military & Naval Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- Design and construction. --- United States. --- Great Britain. --- Procurement. --- Industrial-military complex --- D-5 Trident (Weapons systems) --- צי הבריטי --- U.S. Navy --- Defense industries --- Fleet ballistic missile weapons systems --- England and Wales. --- SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
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Economic development --- Poverty --- War --- World politics --- Political aspects --- Politics and war --- Destitution --- Wealth --- Basic needs --- Begging --- Poor --- Subsistence economy --- War and politics --- Military-industrial complex --- Industrial-military complex --- Defense industries --- Economic aspects --- E-books --- Armed conflict (War) --- Conflict, Armed (War) --- Fighting --- Hostilities --- Wars --- International relations --- Military art and science
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Describes the application of research to the evolution of weapons. It shows how natural, engineering, information and environmental sciences are exploited how even social science is applied to recruitment, battlefield and logistical management, and careful preparation of terroristic acts.
Military research. --- Military-industrial complex. --- Terrorism. --- World politics --- Acts of terrorism --- Attacks, Terrorist --- Global terrorism --- International terrorism --- Political terrorism --- Terror attacks --- Terrorist acts --- Terrorist attacks --- World terrorism --- Direct action --- Insurgency --- Political crimes and offenses --- Subversive activities --- Political violence --- Terror --- Industrial-military complex --- Defense industries --- Defense research --- Research --- Research and development contracts, Government
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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 Corporate Warriors, 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.This updated edition of Singer's already classic account of the military services industry and its broader implications 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.
Defense industries --- Military-industrial complex --- Privatization --- huurlingenorganisatie --- 35.078 --- 328.182:355 --- -Military-industrial complex --- -35.078 --- 855.2 Private actoren --- Industrial-military complex --- Armaments industries --- Arms sales --- Military sales --- Military supplies industry --- Munitions --- Sale of military equipment --- Vormen van overheidsbemoeing. Opheffing van overheidstussenkomst. Privatisering --- Militairindustrieel complex. Oorlogsindustrie als pressie. Military-industrial complex --- 328.182:355 Militairindustrieel complex. Oorlogsindustrie als pressie. Military-industrial complex --- 35.078 Vormen van overheidsbemoeing. Opheffing van overheidstussenkomst. Privatisering --- Industries --- Arms transfers --- United States --- Military policy. --- Polemology --- Defense industries - United States --- Military-industrial complex - United States --- Privatization - United States --- United States of America --- Defense industries. --- Military-industrial complex. --- Privatization.
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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 Corporate Warriors, 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.This updated edition of Singer's already classic account of the military services industry and its broader implications 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.
Defense industries. --- Military-industrial complex. --- Privatization. --- Defense industries --- Military-industrial complex --- Privatization --- Armaments industries --- Arms sales --- Military sales --- Military supplies industry --- Munitions --- Sale of military equipment --- Industries --- Arms transfers --- Denationalization --- Privatisation --- Contracting out --- Corporatization --- Government ownership --- Industrial-military complex --- United States --- Military policy. --- 328.182:355 --- 35.078 --- 35.078 Vormen van overheidsbemoeing. Opheffing van overheidstussenkomst. Privatisering --- Vormen van overheidsbemoeing. Opheffing van overheidstussenkomst. Privatisering --- 328.182:355 Militairindustrieel complex. Oorlogsindustrie als pressie. Military-industrial complex --- Militairindustrieel complex. Oorlogsindustrie als pressie. Military-industrial complex --- Polemology --- Firms and enterprises
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This book demonstrates that Russia intends to re-emerge as a full fledged superpower before 2010 that would challenge America and China and potentially threaten a new arms race. Contrary to conventional wisdom, this goal is easily within the Kremlin's grasp, but the cost to the Russian people and global security would be immense. A sophisticated strategy is proposed to dissuade President Vladimir Putin from pursuing this destabilizing course. The book also explains why the Soviet Union imploded, why Western experts missed the signs of the collapse, and how Russia has metamorphosized into an authoritarian regime instead of pursuing a transition to fully democratic free enterprise. A critique of American foreign policymaking is also provided that emphasizes the confusion caused by tempering evidence to conform with public expectations and the failure to secure the national interest in favor of satisfying a consensus of particular special interests.
Collectieve veiligheid --- Collective security --- International security --- Security [Collective ] --- Security [International ] --- Sécurité collective --- Sécurité internationale --- Veiligheid [Collectieve ] --- National security --- Security, International. --- Sécurité nationale --- Russia (Federation) --- Russie --- Military policy. --- Politics and government. --- Foreign relations. --- Politique militaire --- Politique et gouvernement --- Relations extérieures --- Military-industrial complex --- Security, International --- Economic aspects --- Military policy --- -Military-industrial complex --- -Security, International --- 338.4735500947 --- International relations --- Disarmament --- International organization --- Peace --- Industrial-military complex --- Defense industries --- National security policy --- NSP (National security policy) --- Security policy, National --- Economic policy --- -Government policy --- -Military policy --- Military policyEconomic aspects --- -Government policyRussia (Federation) -Military policy --- -Russia (Federation) --- Sécurité nationale --- Sécurité internationale --- Relations extérieures --- Government policy --- Business, Economy and Management --- Economics --- National security - Economic aspects - Russia (Federation) --- Military-industrial complex - Russia (Federation) --- Russia (Federation) - Military policy
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Pop Culture Goes to War, by Geoff Martin and Erin Steuter, explores the persistence of and opposition to militarism in American life. It provides a comprehensive overview of the role of toys, video games, music, television and movies in supporting contemporary militarism. Resistance to militarism is highlighted through the traditional mediums of music and movies, and increasingly through the arts, 'culture jamming,' and the satire of The Daily Show, The Onion, The Simpsons, The Colbert Report, and South Park.
Militarism --- Popular culture --- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 --- Military-industrial complex --- War and society --- War in mass media. --- Militarisme --- Culture populaire --- Guerre contre le terrorisme, 2001-2009 --- Complexes militaro-industriels --- Guerre et société --- Guerre dans les médias --- History --- Social aspects --- Histoire --- Aspect social --- United States --- Etats-Unis --- Military policy. --- Politique militaire --- Guerre et société --- Guerre dans les médias --- Industrial-military complex --- Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism, 2001-2009 --- Global War on Terror, 2001-2009 --- GWOT, 2001-2009 (War on Terrorism) --- Terror War, 2001-2009 --- Terrorism War, 2001-2009 --- War against Terrorism, 2001-2009 --- War on Terror, 2001-2009 --- Culture, Popular --- Mass culture --- Pop culture --- Popular arts --- Antimilitarism --- Mass media --- Mass media and war --- Defense industries --- Military history, Modern --- Terrorism --- World politics --- Afghan War, 2001 --- -Iraq War, 2003-2011 --- Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001 --- -Culture, Popular --- Communication --- Intellectual life --- Mass society --- Recreation --- Culture --- Military policy --- Sociology, Military --- Chauvinism and jingoism --- Imperialism --- Prevention --- -Antimilitarism --- Social aspects. --- Afghan War, 2001-2021 --- Iraq War, 2003-2011
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When President Eisenhower referred to the "military-industrial complex" in his 1961 Farewell Address, he summed up in a phrase the merger of government and industry that dominated the Cold War United States. In this bold reappraisal, Katherine Epstein uncovers the origins of the military-industrial complex in the decades preceding World War I, as the United States and Great Britain struggled to perfect a crucial new weapon: the self-propelled torpedo. Torpedoes threatened to upend the delicate balance among the world's naval powers, they were bought and sold in a global marketplace, and they were cutting-edge industrial technologies. But building them required substantial capital investments and close collaboration among scientists, engineers, businessmen, and naval officers. To address these formidable challenges, the U.S. and British navies created a new procurement paradigm: instead of buying finished armaments from the private sector or developing them from scratch at public expense, they began to invest in private-sector research and development. The inventions emerging from torpedo R&D sparked legal battles over intellectual property rights that reshaped national security law. Torpedo blends military, legal, and business history with the history of science and technology to recast our understanding of defense contracting and the demands of modern warfare.
Great Britain. -- Royal Navy -- Weapons systems -- History -- 20th century. --- Military-industrial complex -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. --- Military-industrial complex -- United States -- History -- 20th century. --- Torpedoes -- Great Britain -- Design and construction -- History -- 20th century. --- Torpedoes -- United States -- Design and construction -- History -- 20th century. --- United States. -- Navy -- Weapons systems -- History -- 20th century. --- Weapons systems -- Technological innovations -- Case studies. --- World War, 1939-1945 -- Equipment and supplies. --- Torpedoes --- Weapons systems --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Military industrial complex --- Military & Naval Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- Naval Science - General --- Design and construction --- History --- Technological innovation --- Equipment and supplies --- Military-industrial complex --- Technological innovations --- Equipment and supplies. --- United States. --- Great Britain. --- Industrial-military complex --- Weapon systems --- Arms --- Military supplies --- Munitions --- Ordnance --- Supplies --- War materials --- Weapons --- U.S. Navy --- צי הבריטי --- Defense industries --- Engineering systems --- Military weapons --- Explosives, Military --- Submarine warfare --- England and Wales. --- E-books
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Fortifying China explores the titanic struggle to turn China into an aspiring world-class military technological power. The defense economy is leveraging the country's vibrant civilian economy and gaining access to foreign sources of technology and know-how. Drawing on extensive Chinese-language sources, Tai Ming Cheung explains that this transformation has two key dimensions. The defense economy is being reengineered to break down bureaucratic barriers and reduce the role of the state, fostering a more competitive and entrepreneurial culture to facilitate the rapid diffusion and absorption of technology and knowledge. At the same time, the civilian and defense economies are being integrated to form a dual-use technological and industrial base.In Cheung's view, the Chinese authorities believe this strategy will play a key role in supporting long-term defense modernization. For China's neighbors and the United States, understanding China's technological, industrial, and military capabilities is critical to the formulation of economic and security policies. Fortifying China provides crucial insight into the impact of China's dual-use technology strategy. Cheung's "systems of innovation" framework considers the structure, dynamics, and performance of the defense economy from a systems-level perspective.
Defense industries --- Military-industrial complex --- Technological innovations --- China --- Defenses --- Economic aspects. --- Economic policy --- Industrial-military complex --- Armaments industries --- Arms sales --- Military sales --- Military supplies industry --- Munitions --- Sale of military equipment --- Cina --- Kinë --- Cathay --- Chinese National Government --- Chung-kuo kuo min cheng fu --- Republic of China (1912-1949) --- Kuo min cheng fu (China : 1912-1949) --- Chung-hua min kuo (1912-1949) --- Kina (China) --- National Government (1912-1949) --- China (Republic : 1912-1949) --- People's Republic of China --- Chinese People's Republic --- Chung-hua jen min kung ho kuo --- Central People's Government of Communist China --- Chung yang jen min cheng fu --- Chung-hua chung yang jen min kung ho kuo --- Central Government of the People's Republic of China --- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo --- Zhong hua ren min gong he guo --- Kitaĭskai︠a︡ Narodnai︠a︡ Respublika --- Činská lidová republika --- RRT --- Republik Rakjat Tiongkok --- KNR --- Kytaĭsʹka Narodna Respublika --- Jumhūriyat al-Ṣīn al-Shaʻbīyah --- RRC --- Kitaĭ --- Kínai Népköztársaság --- Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku --- Erets Sin --- Sin --- Sāthāranarat Prachāchon Čhīn --- P.R. China --- PR China --- Chung-kuo --- Zhongguo --- Zhonghuaminguo (1912-1949) --- Zhong guo --- Chine --- République Populaire de Chine --- República Popular China --- Catay --- VR China --- VRChina --- 中國 --- Jhongguó --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaxu Dundadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaqu Dumdadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Dundad Ard Uls --- Khi︠a︡tad --- Kitad --- Dumdadu Ulus --- Dumdad Uls --- Думдад Улс --- Kitajska --- 中国 --- 中华人民共和国 --- Industries --- Arms transfers --- China (Republic : 1949- ) --- E-books --- S07/0350 --- S10/0251 --- China: Army and police force--Army, navy and air force: since 1949 --- China: Economics, industry and commerce--General works and economic history: since 1989 --- PRC --- P.R.C. --- BNKhAU --- БНХАУ
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