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Lethal Elites

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Author : Alex Alvarez
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2025-11-13

Lethal Elites written by Alex Alvarez and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-11-13 with Political Science categories.

This eye-opening book highlights the role of elites in constructing systems of persecution and extermination during the Holocaust. Being highly educated or living within a certain social class doesn't prevent us from being lured into destructive systems, especially when they operate to our benefit. The perception that the Holocaust was largely a crime carried out by ill-educated thugs acting on nationalistic hysteria and xenophobic prejudice is a myth. Leaders from many sectors of society, including industry, science, and religion came to support and enable the Nazi government, often due to the ways in which they were able to profit and benefit from the policies of persecution and genocide. With both a social science and historical approach, Lethal Elites highlights and assesses the ways in which the influence, training, and expertise of the most powerful and best educated were used in service to the genocidal agenda of the National Socialist Regime.

The Elite

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Author : Leigh Neville
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-11-28

The Elite written by Leigh Neville and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-28 with History categories.

Using rare and previously unpublished images from around the world, The Elite: The A-Z of Modern Special Operations Forces is the ultimate guide to the secretive world of modern special operations forces. This book sends the reader back in time to operations such as Eagle Claw in Iran and the recapture of the Iranian Embassy in London and then forward to recent operations against al-Shabaab and Islamic State. Entries also detail units ranging from the New Zealand SAS Group to the Polish GROM, and key individuals from Iraq counter-terrorism strategist General Stanley McChrystal to Victoria Cross recipient SASR Corporal Mark Donaldson. Answering questions such as how much the latest four-tube night vision goggles worn by the SEALs in Zero Dark Thirty cost, which pistol is most widely employed by special operators around the world and why, and if SOF still use HALO jumps, this book is the definitive single-source guide to the world's elite special forces.

Elite Rivalry Mass Killing And Genocide In Authoritarian Regimes

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Author : Eelco van der Maat
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-06-18

Elite Rivalry Mass Killing And Genocide In Authoritarian Regimes written by Eelco van der Maat and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-18 with Political Science categories.

This book explains how mass killing is driven by elite politics within authoritarian regimes. Mass killing and genocide defy reason and explanation. How can genocidal elites present defenceless victims as an existential threat? Why use indiscriminate killing that drives victims to coordinated resistance? Mass killing seems counterproductive, irrational, and therefore inherently ideological. By building on new insights on authoritarian politics, this book argues that mass killing is not ideological, but instead is a rational response to elite rivalry within authoritarian regimes. Mass killing is therefore not driven by rivalries between groups, but by elite rivalry within groups. In Rwanda, for example, the genocide was not driven by conflicts between Hutu and Tutsi, but by conflicts within the Hutu regime. The work demonstrates how mass killing helps elites build coalitions with groups that benefit from violence and how it divides support coalitions of rival elites. Mass killing can therefore help elites win dangerous internal rivalries. By qualitatively and quantitatively exploring elite rivalry and mass killing, this book provides a new explanation for a host of mass killings and genocides. It demonstrates that well-known genocides, such as the Rwandan and Cambodian genocides, which are seemingly ideological are instead better explained by elite rivalry. Mass killing is therefore not driven by the random madness of leaders, nor by the desire to kill an outgroup, but by the internal threats that authoritarian elites face. This book will be of much interest to scholars and students of civil wars, genocide, political violence, and International Relations in general.

Political Mobilizations And Democratization In Sub Saharan Africa

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Author : Wolfgang Stuppert
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-06-14

Political Mobilizations And Democratization In Sub Saharan Africa written by Wolfgang Stuppert and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-14 with Political Science categories.

This book explores why democratization processes in Sub-Saharan Africa have made so little progress despite more than two decades of multi-party politics on the subcontinent. By applying multiple linear regression analyses to a new data set on multi-party elections in Sub-Saharan Africa, the study investigates the relationship between political mobilizations and electoral competitiveness. It finds that the more societal groups engage in political mobilizations, such as protests and strikes, the more competitive elections become. Based on these results, the author argues for a change in the policies of international democracy assistance programs. The study’s findings suggest that efforts to promote democracy would likely be more successful if international donors focused their support on organizations that have active constituencies and are willing to use their mobilization capacity to address ruling elites with political or socio-economic grievances.

Spanish Film Cultures

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Author : Núria Triana-Toribio
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2016-06-03

Spanish Film Cultures written by Núria Triana-Toribio and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-03 with Performing Arts categories.

The past four decades have seen the Spanish film industry rise from isolation in the 1970s to international recognition within European and World Cinema today. Exploring the cultural and political imperatives that governed this success, this book shows how Spanish film culture was deliberately and strategically shaped into its current form.

Elites And Social Change

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Author : Heinrich Best
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009

Elites And Social Change written by Heinrich Best and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Elite (Social sciences) categories.

This book offers a selection of papers from the conference which was held by the Sonderforschungsbereich (Collaborative Research Center) 580 in Dornburg near Jena, Germany. International experts discuss key issues of contemporary sociological research on the late socialist societies, their power and functional elites, and their experiences of transition. In its first section, the recruitment and careers of socialist and post-socialist administrative and economic elites is observed. In its second section, the focus is on elites as creators and creations of social and political change. This book is an excellent analysis showing that elites play the decisive role in the multi-layered process of societal transition, just as they provided the key to understanding the societal dynamics and mechanisms of state socialism before the collapse of the system

The World S Elite Forces

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Author : W. H. Lang
language : en
Publisher: Crescent
Release Date : 1987

The World S Elite Forces written by W. H. Lang and has been published by Crescent this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Commando troops categories.

The men, weapons and operations in the war against terrorism.

Bomb Hunters In Afghanistan With Britain S Elite Bomb Disposal Unit

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Author : Sean Rayment
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2011-02-03

Bomb Hunters In Afghanistan With Britain S Elite Bomb Disposal Unit written by Sean Rayment and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-03 with Fiction categories.

'Afghanistan is just like Iraq – hot, dusty and full of people who want to kill you', SSgt Simon Fuller, Royal Engineer Search Advisor Bomb Hunters tells the story of the British army's elite bomb disposal experts, men who face death every day in the most dangerous region of the most lethal country on earth – Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Weapons Of The Elite Forces

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Author : David Miller
language : en
Publisher: Popular Culture Ink
Release Date : 1992

Weapons Of The Elite Forces written by David Miller and has been published by Popular Culture Ink this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.

Includes "color illustrations of over 30 major weapons in service around the world"--Page 4 of cover.

The World S Elite Forces

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Author : Bruce Quarrie
language : en
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Release Date : 1988

The World S Elite Forces written by Bruce Quarrie and has been published by Berkley Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Special forces (Military science) categories.

Whether jumping from an aircraft or charging ashore from a landing craft, the men of today's elite forces are in the thick of all the most dangerous, demanding assignments. Here are behind-the-scenes stories on the famous units, many of which are shrouded in mystery.