[PDF] The Bold New Future Of Forging eBook

Author : Benjamin Jensen
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 22,1 MB
Release : 2016-02-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0804797382

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As entrenched bureaucracies, military organizations might reasonably be expected to be especially resistant to reform and favor only limited, incremental adjustments. Yet, since 1945, the U.S. Army has rewritten its capstone doctrine manual, Operations, fourteen times. While some modifications have been incremental, collectively they reflect a significant evolution in how the Army approaches warfare—making the U.S. Army a crucial and unique case of a modern land power that is capable of change. So what accounts for this anomaly? What institutional processes have professional officers developed over time to escape bureaucracies' iron cage? Forging the Sword conducts a comparative historical process-tracing of doctrinal reform in the U.S. Army. The findings suggest that there are unaccounted-for institutional facilitators of change within military organizations. Thus, it argues that change in military organizations requires "incubators," designated subunits established outside the normal bureaucratic hierarchy, and "advocacy networks" championing new concepts. Incubators, ranging from special study groups to non-Title 10 war games and field exercises, provide a safe space for experimentation and the construction of new operational concepts. Advocacy networks then connect different constituents and inject them with concepts developed in incubators. This injection makes changes elites would have otherwise rejected a contagious narrative.

Author : Dowell Myers
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 48,49 MB
Release : 2007-02-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1610444183

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"This story of hope for both immigrants and native-born Americans is a well-researched, insightful, and illuminating study that provides compelling evidence to support a policy of homegrown human investment as a new priority. A timely, valuable addition to demographic and immigration studies. Highly recommended." —Choice Virtually unnoticed in the contentious national debate over immigration is the significant demographic change about to occur as the first wave of the Baby Boom generation retires, slowly draining the workforce and straining the federal budget to the breaking point. In this forward-looking new book, noted demographer Dowell Myers proposes a new way of thinking about the influx of immigrants and the impending retirement of the Baby Boomers. Myers argues that each of these two powerful demographic shifts may hold the keys to resolving the problems presented by the other. Immigrants and Boomers looks to California as a bellwether state—where whites are no longer a majority of the population and represent just a third of residents under age twenty—to afford us a glimpse into the future impact of immigration on the rest of the nation. Myers opens with an examination of the roots of voter resistance to providing social services for immigrants. Drawing on detailed census data, Myers demonstrates that long-established immigrants have been far more successful than the public believes. Among the Latinos who make up the bulk of California's immigrant population, those who have lived in California for over a decade show high levels of social mobility and use of English, and 50 percent of Latino immigrants become homeowners after twenty years. The impressive progress made by immigrant families suggests they have the potential to pick up the slack from aging boomers over the next two decades. The mass retirement of the boomers will leave critical shortages in the educated workforce, while shrinking ranks of middle-class tax payers and driving up entitlement expenditures. In addition, as retirees sell off their housing assets, the prospect of a generational collapse in housing prices looms. Myers suggests that it is in the boomers' best interest to invest in the education and integration of immigrants and their children today in order to bolster the ranks of workers, taxpayers, and homeowners America they will depend on ten and twenty years from now. In this compelling, optimistic book, Myers calls for a new social contract between the older and younger generations, based on their mutual interests and the moral responsibility of each generation to provide for children and the elderly. Combining a rich scholarly perspective with keen insight into contemporary political dilemmas, Immigrants and Boomers creates a new framework for understanding the demographic challenges facing America and forging a national consensus to address them.

Author : Conrad Riker
Publisher : Conrad Riker
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,17 MB
Release : 101-01-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN :

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Are you tired of watching society celebrate the destruction of human life and relationships through abortion, euthanasia, and no-fault divorce? You're not alone. In this hard-hitting exposé, author Conrad Riker takes a dive into the darkness of the anti-natalist, progressive death cult that seeks to erode our most cherished values. Using objective facts and a masculine perspective, Riker debunks the myths perpetuated by the left and delves into the consequences of their actions on our society. You'll wonder why you ever believed their lies. With each turn of the page, you'll find yourself more engrossed in the author's well-crafted arguments and eye-opening evidence against these cruel practices. The power of the book lies in its ability to connect directly with your concerns. Some questions you may have been asking yourself include: 1. What's the real truth behind the so-called "choice" of abortion? 2. Are vulnerable and elderly lives really worth sacrificing in the name of euthanasia? 3. Why have no-fault divorce rates skyrocketed, and what's the impact on children and families? In "Death Cult," Riker addresses these concerns head-on, revealing the chilling realities behind these seemingly benign actions. Key insights include: 1. The shocking statistics on abortion and euthanasia that definitively prove their inhumanity. 2. The patriarchal, rational perspective on reducing human suffering without resorting to the intentional termination of life. 3. A revealing exposé on the nefarious agendas behind the rise of no-fault divorce, and the long-term consequences for families. The book maintains a balanced and reasoned tone throughout, leaving the reader better informed and more prepared to challenge the prevailing death cult ideologies. If you're ready to fight back against the encroachment of anti-natalist beliefs and defend the sanctity of life, then "Death Cult" is the book for you. Don't waste any more time in despair - order your copy today and join the ranks of the red-pilled resistance. Act now, and help put an end to this Satanic death cult once and for all.

Author : Alan M. Wald
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 33,15 MB
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1469608677

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With this book, Alan Wald launches a bold and passionate account of the U.S. Literary Left from the 1920s through the 1960s. Exiles from a Future Time, the first volume of a trilogy, focuses on the forging of a Communist-led literary tradition in the 1930s. Exploring writers' intimate lives and heartfelt political commitments, Wald draws on original research in scores of archives and personal collections of papers; correspondence and interviews with hundreds of writers and their friends and families; and a treasure trove of unpublished memoirs, fiction, and poetry. In fashioning a "humanscape" of the Literary Left, Wald not only reassesses acclaimed authors but also returns to memory dozens of forgotten, talented writers. The authors range from the familiar Mike Gold, Langston Hughes, and Muriel Rukeyser to William Attaway, John Malcolm Brinnin, Stanley Burnshaw, Joy Davidman, Sol Funaroff, Joseph Freeman, Alfred Hayes, Eugene Clay Holmes, V. J. Jerome, Ruth Lechlitner, and Frances Winwar. Focusing on the formation of the tradition and the organization of the Cultural Left, Wald investigates the "elective affinity" of its avant-garde poets, the "Afro-cosmopolitanism" of its Black radical literary movement, and the uneasy negotiation between feminist concerns and class identity among its women writers.