Masters of Illusion American Leadership in the Media Age Phần 6 pot
... argued that the beginning of the Islamists’ use of terror bombing as a tactic against the West was the bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut in 1984. That bombing caused the American superpower to ... situation of the country and the frightening future in the view of the enormous amount of debts and interest owed by the government; this is at...
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... 1820, living standards in West Europe were double those in China, reflecting the gains reaped during the first phase of the industrial revolution. Thereafter, the disparity accelerated, peaking in 1950 at ... 28.1 26. 2 10.4 28.8 1950 47.9 29.7 20.1 4 .6 22.1 1973 68 .4 36. 3 68 .5 5.0 24.5 1990 68 .8 29 .6 80.9 8.0 22.2 2001 68 .8 16. 6 74.0 12.8 21 .6 Note: West Europe...
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... consensus in the first instance, risking the kind of obstructionism we encountered with Iraq, but can operate independently in the latter case. The advantage of co-coordination is that we can garner the ... persuaded as to either view, the cautious electorate of the nation’s midsection (the old Midwest) – which now holds the balance of political power in the co...
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Masters of Illusion American Leadership in the Media Age Phần 10 potx
... Press, 2004. Marshall, George W. The Winning of the War in Europe and the Pacific: Biennial Report of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, July 1, 1943 to June 30, 1945, to the Secretary of War.New York: ... terror, 12, 264 , 265 , 266 , 291, 297, 300, 307, 438, 454 Clinton’s ineffectiveness in, 4 06 need to reduce funding in, 262 war, threat of. See by sp...
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... November 6, 20 06 10:55 Masters of Illusion American Leadership in the Media Age The contemporary world is being swept along by a swift current of events that has beguiled many Americans into believing ... constraints to win the Civil War, including suspending the writ of habeus corpus during much of the war. Harry Truman seized the nation’s steel industry...
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Masters of Illusion American Leadership in the Media Age Phần 2 ppsx
... relations. Forexample, the sudden change in the Palestinian situation in the winter of 2005 was due to a change in the strategic setting in the Middle East as a result of the removal of Saddam Hussein from the leadership ... of diplomacy. The White House must always weigh the value of the truth against its cost, said a high of cial of the Clinton a...
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Masters of Illusion American Leadership in the Media Age Phần 3 doc
... and the World before World War II). Again, wishful thinking ignores the brutal realities of these regimes. THE DELUSIONS OF WISHFUL THINKING Wishful thinking prevents us from perceiving the world ... threats. Forexample, writing in the summer of 2003, Michael Ledeen pointed to two peace initiatives – the Saudi peace plan of 2002 and the roadmap for peace in Palestine...
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Masters of Illusion American Leadership in the Media Age Phần 5 pptx
... However, the sinking of a Russian nuclear submarine in the Arctic a few years ago is illustrative. The Kursk went down with the loss of its entire crew. On the surface, the sinking highlighted the internal ... state. In fact, the CIA’s anal- ysis to the contrary not withstanding – the Soviets have since the 1930s never led the United States in the rate of...
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Masters of Illusion American Leadership in the Media Age Phần 7 pptx
... in dealing with the changing nuclear arms balance – that was occurring in the summer of 2001 in the press, in the halls of Congress and in the recesses of the defense agencies of Washington was ... discouraged China and all other nations from increasing the size or quality of their nuclear arsenals, and from nuclear tests of any kind. The purpose of th...
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Masters of Illusion American Leadership in the Media Age Phần 9 ppsx
... uthdidn’tundermine thesupport ofthe American peoplefor thepresident or the administration. It lessened support when the president was suspected of misleading us about the causes of the war; it forced the ... avoid involvement in the turmoil of the region. There is truth in this. At this point, however, there is no likely other source of sufficient oil for ourselves...
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