Ground Wars

Ground Wars
Title Ground Wars PDF eBook
Author Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
Publisher Princeton University Press
Pages 250
Release 2012-02-05
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1400840449

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Political campaigns today are won or lost in the so-called ground war--the strategic deployment of teams of staffers, volunteers, and paid part-timers who work the phones and canvass block by block, house by house, voter by voter. Ground Wars provides an in-depth ethnographic portrait of two such campaigns, New Jersey Democrat Linda Stender's and that of Democratic Congressman Jim Himes of Connecticut, who both ran for Congress in 2008. Rasmus Kleis Nielsen examines how American political operatives use "personalized political communication" to engage with the electorate, and weighs the implications of ground war tactics for how we understand political campaigns and what it means to participate in them. He shows how ground wars are waged using resources well beyond those of a given candidate and their staff. These include allied interest groups and civic associations, party-provided technical infrastructures that utilize large databases with detailed individual-level information for targeting voters, and armies of dedicated volunteers and paid part-timers. Nielsen challenges the notion that political communication in America must be tightly scripted, controlled, and conducted by a select coterie of professionals. Yet he also quashes the romantic idea that canvassing is a purer form of grassroots politics. In today's political ground wars, Nielsen demonstrates, even the most ordinary-seeming volunteer knocking at your door is backed up by high-tech targeting technologies and party expertise. Ground Wars reveals how personalized political communication is profoundly influencing electoral outcomes and transforming American democracy.

Air Power and the Ground War in Vietnam

Air Power and the Ground War in Vietnam
Title Air Power and the Ground War in Vietnam PDF eBook
Author Donald J. Mrozek
Publisher The Minerva Group, Inc.
Pages 220
Release 2002
Genre History
ISBN 9780898759815

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Dr. Donald J. Mrozeks research sheds considerable light on how the use of air power evolved in the Vietnam War. Much more than simply retelling events, Mrozek analyzes how history, politics, technology, and the complexity of the war drove the application of air power in a long and divisive struggle. Mrozek delves into a wealth of original documentation, and his scholarship is impeccable. His analysis is thorough and balanced. His conclusions are well reasoned but will trouble those who have never seriously considered how the application of air power is influenced by factors far beyond the battlefield. Wether or not the reader agrees with Mrozek, the quality of his research and analysis makes his conclusions impossible to ignore. John C. Fryer, Jr. Brigadier General, United States Air Force Commander, Center for Aerospace Doctrine, Research and Education

War from the Ground Up

War from the Ground Up
Title War from the Ground Up PDF eBook
Author Emile Simpson
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
Pages 299
Release 2012
Genre History
ISBN 0199327882

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This is a philosophical treatise on war written by an Oxford grad who served in Afghanistan.

DOD Simulations

DOD Simulations
Title DOD Simulations PDF eBook
Author United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher
Pages 160
Release 1987
Genre Decision making
ISBN

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Confronting Metaphor in Use

Confronting Metaphor in Use
Title Confronting Metaphor in Use PDF eBook
Author Mara Sophia Zanotto
Publisher John Benjamins Publishing
Pages 336
Release 2008
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9789027254177

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It is timely for researchers to approach metaphor as social and situated, as a matter of language and discourse, and not just as a matter of thought. Over the last twenty five years, scholars have come to appreciate in depth the cognitive, motivated and embodied nature of metaphor, but have tended to background the linguistic form of metaphor and have largely ignored how this connects to its role in the discourses in which our lives are constructed and lived. This book brings language and social dimensions into the picture, offering snapshots of metaphor use in real language and in real lives across the very different cultures of Europe and Brazil and contributing to the theorizing of metaphor in discourse.

Limiting Risk in America's Wars

Limiting Risk in America's Wars
Title Limiting Risk in America's Wars PDF eBook
Author Phillip S Meilinger
Publisher Naval Institute Press
Pages 247
Release 2017-11-15
Genre History
ISBN 1682472515

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The United States has the most expensive and seemingly unstoppable military in the world. Yet, since World War II the nation’s military success rate has been meager. The Korean War was a draw, while Vietnam, Mogadishu, Afghanistan, and Iraq were clear losses. Successes include Iraq in 1991, the Balkans (Croatia and Kosovo), Panama, the initial takedowns of Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003, and Libya. What differentiates the failures from the successes? Failures have been marked by the introduction of large numbers of conventional American ground troops, while successes have been characterized by the use of airpower, special operations forces, robust intelligence and sensor platforms, and the use of indigenous ground troops. Phillip S. Meilinger’s new book advocates strategies that limit risks in war as well as achieve measurable goals. Instead of large numbers of conventional ground troops, the author argues in favor of a focus on asymmetric capabilities—a combination of airpower, special operation forces, intelligence, and indigenous ground troops—to achieve the desired political outcomes.

The Iraq Wars and America's Military Revolution

The Iraq Wars and America's Military Revolution
Title The Iraq Wars and America's Military Revolution PDF eBook
Author Keith L. Shimko
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 263
Release 2010-04-30
Genre History
ISBN 052111151X

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This book is a comprehensive study of the Iraq Wars in the context of the revolution in military affairs debate.