This book analyzes the ‘Five Eyes’ nations’ concerns and policies relating to national security threats through an interdisciplinary theoretical engagement with the Political, Information, Security and Economic (PISE) Model. Through the analysis of secondary data sources such as scholarly and government reports, policy documents, press releases and interviews, the author analyzes the five case studies—Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, and the USA—to determine how and why nations use the ...

One of the prevailing issues regarding security to North America and more pointedly, the United States, gravitates on the topic of cyber threats confronting this nation. These threats are becoming more disruptive and destructive and many nations’ infrastructure is vulnerable to them. This book makes use of a qualitative research methodology looking at a conventional understanding of the four instruments of power that include diplomacy, information, military and economic (D.I.M.E.) efforts ...

This book builds on the six years of hands-on experience that the author had while working in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It provides an overview and history of NATO, looks at the political and military components of the Alliance, as well as the military command from the perspective of real-world contemporary NATO operations and planning. The author also looks at the military training, lessons, and exercise components and how it prepares forces to support upcoming NATO Response...

This book focuses on qualitative research centering on the “Five Eyes'' countries (the five countries with intelligence sharing relations: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and the United States) and how they are leveraging the instruments of national power to advance their position and to look for points of intersection where these countries will work with one another. This ten-chapter volume covers the following topics: overview, methodology, a chapter for each of the “Five...

This study turned the tables on a conventional understanding of the four instruments of national power (diplomacy, information, military and economic measures/D.I.M.E.) to see how potential adversaries could use these against the national security interests of Canada and the United States. Moreover, this particular work focuses on qualitative research regarding cyber threats that have continually beleaguered these nations by malevolent actors mostly over the last five years. This study als...

Acclaimed author Michael Weaver weaves a shimmering tapestry of suspense from a single, resonant question: How far are you willing to go to achieve world peace?The agenda is ambitious: eliminating the ethnic cleansing now raging all over Africa. The place is propitious: the town of Wannsee, Germany, where Hitler’s inner circle once planned the extermination of six million Jews. The conference is historic. It is also a lie.Here, linked by their violent family histories, two ...

Bram Stoker Award-winner for Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction!Nightmares come to life in this comprehensive how-to guide for new and established authors…Book two in Crystal Lake Publishing's The Dream Weaver series picks up where the Bram Stoker Award-nominated Where Nightmares Come From left off.It's Alive focuses on learning the craft in order to take your story from concept to completion.With an introduction by Richar...

This book opens a new frontier in understanding nonviolence. Discussions of peace and nonviolence usually focus on either moral theory or practical dimensions of applying nonviolence in conflict situations. Teaching Peace carries the discussion of nonviolence beyond ethics and into the rest of the academic curriculum. This book isn't just for religion or philosophy teachers-it is for all educators.Teaching Peace begins with a discussion rooted in Christian theolog...

The West was never just wild—it was cursed.In the dust-choked crossroads of pulp grit and supernatural dread, seven tales ride hard into the heart of the Weird West. Inside this anthology, silver bullets don’t always save you, and salvation is just another gamble in a rigged deck.From cursed elixirs and demonic cults to jackalope riders, mutant lawmen, and undead steamboat soldiers, Gunsmoke & Hexes delivers a shotgun blast of horror, heroism, and frontier ...

Integration von Körper, Geist und Seele- Hohe Nachfrage: Das Interesse am Körper ist aus der Psychotherapie nicht mehr wegzudenken- Umfassend: Geschichte, Metatheorie, kennzeichnende Einzeltheorien, Methodik sowie Anwendung und PraxeologieDieses Handbuch bietet die umfassendste Darstellung der Körperpsychotherapie und des körperpsychotherapeutischen Feldes. Es repräsentiert die wichtigsten Strömungen und bildet jeweils deren Spektrum der Theorie, Meta...

Bebop et Rocksteady mettent la pagaille !En découvrant les ossements fossiles de Bebop et Rocksteady au musée d'histoire naturelle, les Tortues Ninja ne savent pas qu'elles vont au-devant d'une aventure qui va les faire voyager à travers le temps et le multivers ! En parallèle, les tortues vont devoir sauver Baxter Stockman des griffes d'un nouveau mutant, tandis que Donatello découvre que son ancien corps robotique a gardé sa conscience en lui...Ce huitièm...

John Engler, former Governor of Michigan, once claimed that redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take. Academicians and political leaders alike, however, have regularly debated the ideal way by to redistrict national and state legislatures. Rather than being the pure process that Governor Engler envisioned, redistricting has led to repeated court battles waged on such traditional democratic values as one person, one vote, and minority rights. Instead of being a...