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Global Data Shock

Strategic Ambiguity, Deception, and Surprise in an Age of Information Overload

by Robert Mandel ...

Intelligence and security communities have access to an overwhelming amount of information. More data is better in an information-hungry world, but too much data paralyzes individual and institutional abilities to process and use information effectively. Robert Mandel calls this phenomenon "global data shock." He investigates how information overload affects strategic ambiguity, deception, and ... Read more

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Intelligence and security communities have access to an overwhelming amount of information. More data is better in an information-hungry world, but too much data paralyzes individual and institutional abilities to process and use information effectively. Robert Mandel calls this phenomenon "global data shock." He investigates how information overload affects strategic ambiguity, deception, and
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Dark Logic

Transnational Criminal Tactics and Global Security

by Robert Mandel ...

Since the end of the Cold War, transnational non-state forces have been a major source of global instability, with many ominous and disruptive flows of people, goods, and services moving readily across international boundaries. And because these activities are so multifaceted and so intertwined within the fabric of society, they remain largely invisible until the intrusion is well-advanced and ... Read more

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Since the end of the Cold War, transnational non-state forces have been a major source of global instability, with many ominous and disruptive flows of people, goods, and services moving readily across international boundaries. And because these activities are so multifaceted and so intertwined within the fabric of society, they remain largely invisible until the intrusion is well-advanced and
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Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part One

by Larry Niven, Robert Mandell ...

Series Book 1 - Ringworld: The Graphic Novel
A modern science fiction classic, Larry Niven's Ringworld won the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel in 1970. Now this SF classic is adapted into a thrilling manga adventure by Robert Mandell and Sean Lam.In Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part One, two-hundred-year-old human Louis Wu is recruited by a two-headed alien named Nessus to join him, a catlike warrior alien named Speaker, and the ... Read more

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A modern science fiction classic, Larry Niven's Ringworld won the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel in 1970. Now this SF classic is adapted into a thrilling manga adventure by Robert Mandell and Sean Lam.In Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part One, two-hundred-year-old human Louis Wu is recruited by a two-headed alien named Nessus to join him, a catlike warrior alien named Speaker, and the
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Optimizing Cyberdeterrence

A Comprehensive Strategy for Preventing Foreign Cyberattacks

by Robert Mandel ...

Cyberattacks are one of the greatest fears for governments and the private sector. The attacks come without warning and can be extremely costly and embarrassing.Robert Mandel offers a unique and comprehensive strategic vision for how governments, in partnership with the private sector, can deter cyberattacks from both nonstate and state actors. Cyberdeterrence must be different from conventional ... Read more

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Cyberattacks are one of the greatest fears for governments and the private sector. The attacks come without warning and can be extremely costly and embarrassing.Robert Mandel offers a unique and comprehensive strategic vision for how governments, in partnership with the private sector, can deter cyberattacks from both nonstate and state actors. Cyberdeterrence must be different from conventional
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Global Security Upheaval

Armed Nonstate Groups Usurping State Stability Functions

by Robert Mandel ...

This book calls into question the commonly held contentions that central governments are the most important or even the sole sources of a nation's stability, and that subnational and transnational nonstate forces are a major source of global instability.By assessing recent real-world trends, Mandel reveals that areas exist where it makes little sense to rely on state governments for stability, and ... Read more

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This book calls into question the commonly held contentions that central governments are the most important or even the sole sources of a nation's stability, and that subnational and transnational nonstate forces are a major source of global instability.By assessing recent real-world trends, Mandel reveals that areas exist where it makes little sense to rely on state governments for stability, and
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The Global Illusion of Citizen Protection

Transnational Threats and Human Security

by Robert Mandel ...

This book comprehensively analyzes the global illusion of citizen protection so common today. This text helps students understand a central puzzle in human security, which has two distinct components: (1) although it might be reasonable to assume that political leaders’ threat responses would almost always have a decent chance of safeguarding the mass public, sometimes they do not, exhibiting ... Read more

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This book comprehensively analyzes the global illusion of citizen protection so common today. This text helps students understand a central puzzle in human security, which has two distinct components: (1) although it might be reasonable to assume that political leaders’ threat responses would almost always have a decent chance of safeguarding the mass public, sometimes they do not, exhibiting
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Interdependent Yet Intolerant

Native Citizen–Foreign Migrant Violence and Global Insecurity

by Robert Mandel ...

People everywhere are more dependent than ever on foreign migrants, products, and ideas—and more xenophobic. Intolerance and hate-based violence is on the rise in countries from Hungary to South Africa, threatening global security. With Interdependent Yet Intolerant, Robert Mandel explains why we live in an unexpectedly and increasingly hateful world, why existing policies have done little to help ... Read more

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People everywhere are more dependent than ever on foreign migrants, products, and ideas—and more xenophobic. Intolerance and hate-based violence is on the rise in countries from Hungary to South Africa, threatening global security. With Interdependent Yet Intolerant, Robert Mandel explains why we live in an unexpectedly and increasingly hateful world, why existing policies have done little to help
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Coercing Compliance

State-Initiated Brute Force in Today's World

by Robert Mandel ...

Few global security issues stimulate more fervent passion than the application of brute force. Despite the fierce debate raging about it in government, society and the Academy, inadequate strategic understanding surrounds the issue, prompting the urgent need for —the first comprehensive systematic global analysis of 21st century state-initiated internal and external applications of brute force ... Read more

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Few global security issues stimulate more fervent passion than the application of brute force. Despite the fierce debate raging about it in government, society and the Academy, inadequate strategic understanding surrounds the issue, prompting the urgent need for —the first comprehensive systematic global analysis of 21st century state-initiated internal and external applications of brute force
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Coercing Compliance

State-Initiated Brute Force in Today's World

by Robert Mandel ...

Few global security issues stimulate more fervent passion than the application of brute force. Despite the fierce debate raging about it in government, society and the Academy, inadequate strategic understanding surrounds the issue, prompting the urgent need for —the first comprehensive systematic global analysis of 21st century state-initiated internal and external applications of brute force ... Read more

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Few global security issues stimulate more fervent passion than the application of brute force. Despite the fierce debate raging about it in government, society and the Academy, inadequate strategic understanding surrounds the issue, prompting the urgent need for —the first comprehensive systematic global analysis of 21st century state-initiated internal and external applications of brute force
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Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part Two

The Science Fiction Classic Adapted to Manga

by Larry Niven, Robert Mandell ...

Series Book 2 - Ringworld: The Graphic Novel
Rocket with a group of intergalactic explorers to the Ringworld, a massive artificial world looped like a giant ribbon the size of Earth's orbit around the sun. Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part Two, based on Larry Niven's classic and illustrated by the talented manga artist Sean Lam, is the conclusion to the most exciting, action-packed science fiction adventure ever conceived!Stranded on this ... Read more

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Rocket with a group of intergalactic explorers to the Ringworld, a massive artificial world looped like a giant ribbon the size of Earth's orbit around the sun. Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part Two, based on Larry Niven's classic and illustrated by the talented manga artist Sean Lam, is the conclusion to the most exciting, action-packed science fiction adventure ever conceived!Stranded on this
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The Cambridge Modern History Collection

by John Bagnell Bury, Mandell Creighton, Robert A. Nisbet, George Prothero, Adolphus Ward ...

Explore the sweeping story of the modern world with The Cambridge Modern History Collection, one of the most ambitious works of historical scholarship ever produced. First published in the early 20th century, this landmark series was written by leading historians of the time to provide a comprehensive account of modern history—covering politics, revolutions, science, religion, empires, and the ... Read more

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Explore the sweeping story of the modern world with The Cambridge Modern History Collection, one of the most ambitious works of historical scholarship ever produced. First published in the early 20th century, this landmark series was written by leading historians of the time to provide a comprehensive account of modern history—covering politics, revolutions, science, religion, empires, and the
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The Cambridge Modern History Collection

by J.B. Bury, Mandell Creighton, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet) Bain, George Prothero, Adolphus William Ward, Lord Acton ...

Witness the Grand Narrative of Human Civilization. Conceived by the legendary historian Lord Acton, The Cambridge Modern History stands as a monumental achievement in the field of historiography. This collection provides a rigorous, objective, and deeply detailed analysis of the forces that shaped our contemporary world. Rather than focusing on a single nation, this series offers a "universal ... Read more

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Witness the Grand Narrative of Human Civilization. Conceived by the legendary historian Lord Acton, The Cambridge Modern History stands as a monumental achievement in the field of historiography. This collection provides a rigorous, objective, and deeply detailed analysis of the forces that shaped our contemporary world. Rather than focusing on a single nation, this series offers a "universal
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