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Author : D. I. Forsten
Release : 1986
Genre : Self-Help
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Book Synopsis On the Guard by : D. I. Forsten
Download or read book On the Guard written by D. I. Forsten. This book was released on 1986. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Simon Akam
Release : 2021-03-02
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Book Synopsis The Changing of the Guard by : Simon Akam
Download or read book The Changing of the Guard written by Simon Akam. This book was released on 2021-03-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revelatory, explosive new analysis of the British military today. Over the first two decades of the twenty-first century, Britain has changed enormously. During this time, the British Army fought two campaigns, in Iraq and Afghanistan, at considerable financial and human cost. Yet neither war achieved its objectives. This book questions why, and provides challenging but necessary answers. Composed of assiduous documentary research, field reportage, and hundreds of interviews with many soldiers and officers who served, as well as the politicians who directed them, the allies who accompanied them, and the family members who loved and -- on occasion -- lost them, it is a strikingly rich, nuanced portrait of one of our pivotal national institutions in a time of great stress. Award-winning journalist Simon Akam, who spent a year in the army when he was 18, returned a decade later to see how the institution had changed. His book examines the relevance of the armed forces today -- their social, economic, political, and cultural role. This is as much a book about Britain, and about the politics of failure, as it is about the military.
Author : Stephanie Carvin
Release : 2021-06-01
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 736/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Stand on Guard by : Stephanie Carvin
Download or read book Stand on Guard written by Stephanie Carvin. This book was released on 2021-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Stand on Guard, Stephanie Carvin sets out to explain the range of activities considered national security threats by Canadian security services today. As new forms of terrorism and extremism appear, especially online, we need a responsibly widened view of such threats and how they manifest in the contemporary world. Canadians should not be more fearful, Carvin explains, but a more sophisticated understanding among security services personnel and the general public is needed if we are to anticipate and ameliorate threats to national security. As a former security analyst tasked with providing threat assessments to high levels of government, Carvin writes with both authority and urgency. Her book presents an insider’s look at the issues facing the Canadian security and intelligence community. Timely and accessible, Stand on Guard will be required reading for scholars, practitioners, and any Canadian concerned about national security in the twenty-first century.
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Release : 1928
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Author : Peter Terrin
Release : 2015-01-06
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis The Guard by : Peter Terrin
Download or read book The Guard written by Peter Terrin. This book was released on 2015-01-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the European Union Literature Prize, Peter Terrin's The Guard is a haunting novel of perceived oppression by the an omnipresent, but unknown, authority. In the near future, Harry and Michel live in the basement of a luxury apartment block, guarding the inhabitants. No one goes outside. The world might be at war, it might even have been plunged into nuclear winter. No one knows. But one weekend, all of the residents leave the block, one by one. All but the man on floor 29. Harry and Michel stick to their posts. All they know, all they can hope for, is that if they are vigilant, the "Organization" will reward them with a promotion to an elite cadre of security officers. But what if there were no one left to guard? Playing on our darkest fears, The Guard is a tautly observed novel by a writer of striking and stylish originality.
