You Said What: Lies and Propaganda Throughout History

You Said What?: Lies and Propaganda Throughout History
Bill Fawcett (Author)
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HEARTS AND MINES: With the Marines in al Anbar-A Story of Psychological Warfare in Iraq

HEARTS AND MINES: With the Marines in al Anbar-A Story of Psychological Warfare in Iraq
Russell Snyder (Author)
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This is a true story of war, the story of one man's transformation as he retraces the mine-strewn roads of a land itself transformed by mankind's most shockingly inhuman practice. It is the firsthand account of a member of one of the United States Army's three-man Tactical Psychological Operations Teams, groups of men tasked with winning the hearts and minds of Iraq's civilian population through leaflets, loudspeakers, conversation, and bribery. Transcribed from and inspired by the author's personal wartime journal, it is a story of introspection. It relates how the feelings of eagerness and uncertainty in a young man unfamiliar with war were replaced with the dread knowledge that, buried within his soul, beneath a facade of goodwill and morality, lurked the capacity to kill his fellow men.There are scenes of battle retold within the pages of Hearts and Mines. There are descriptions of the feelings of seeing once-familiar human bodies destroyed beyond recognition. Some days are described as being full of hope and appreciation for the beauty of the world, others with despair for the omnipresent cruelty and destruction which has a habit of consuming men when they feel unaccountable for their actions. It captures the sensory experience of living in a singular environment full of strange plants and animals, friends true and false, and determined enemies, encapsulating the existential fear of mortar and rocket attacks, and the ever-present threat of IEDs, as well as the ridiculousness of military bureaucracy, such as was demonstrated by a sergeant major's decision to punish graffiti artists by removing the doors of all the camp's toilets.In late 2001 Russell Snyder joined the United States Army as a psychological operations specialist. As a member of the 9th PSYOP Battalion, the army's only active-duty, tactical psychological operations unit he deployed to Iraq, the experience that inspired him to write Hearts and Mines. Subsequently he was deployed twice more to Iraq. He is a recipient of various military awards including the Bronze Star medal. Now a civilian, he lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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"...personal and philosophical look at the war, recounting the drudgeries of a soldier's life, the horrors of traveling mined roads and the suffering inflicted on soldier and citizen... Clean and descriptive.Great Falls Tribune"...a beautiful book... paints a powerful picture...OP ED News

• Rank: #115149 in Books
• Published on: 2012-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.02" h x 1.10" w x 5.98" l, 1.10 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 232 pages

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Check out my other items !Sign up for my email newsletters by adding my eBay Store to your Favorites I am happy to combine shipping. I am happy to ship internationally, but the buyer is required to pay actual postage. International postage is usually significantly higher than the shown US postage. Hearts and Mines With the Marines in al AnbarA Story of Psychological Warfare in Iraq Russell Snyder 6 x 9, 232 pages, 16 pages color photos, 9781612001050, hardback, Casemate May 8, 2012 This is a

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Recounts the author's work with a team tasked with using written and verbal communications to win over civilians during the Iraq War, describing how his optimism evolved into dread and some of the brutal acts of war he witnessed.

Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President

Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President
Justin A. Frank (Author)
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With the Bush administration in permanent crisis, a renowned Washington psychoanalyst updates his portrait of George W.'s public persona—and how it has damaged the presidency.

Insightful and accessible, courageous and controversial, Bush on the Couch sheds startling new light on George W. Bush's psyche and its impact on the way he governs, tackling head-on the question few seem willing to ask: Is our president psychologically fit to run the country? With an eye for the subtleties of human behavior sharpened by thirty years of clinical practice, Dr. Justin A. Frank traces the development of Bush's character from childhood through his presidency, identifying and analyzing his patterns of thought, action, and communication. The result is a troubling portrait filled with important revelations about our nation's leader—including disturbing new insights into:

• How Bush reacted to the 2006 Democratic sweep in Congress with a new surge of troops into Iraq
• His telling habits and coping strategies—from his persistent mangling of English to his tendency to "go blank" in the midst of crisis
• The tearful public breakdown of his father, George H. W. Bush, and what it says about the former president's relationship to his prominent sons
• The debacle of Katrina—the moment when Bush's arrogance finally failed him

With a new introduction and afterword, Bush on the Couch offers the most thorough and candid portrait to date of arguably the most psychologically damaged president since Nixon.

• Rank: #375406 in Books
• Published on: 2005-07-05
• Released on: 2005-07-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .77" h x 6.02" w x 8.98" l, .86 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

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With the Bush administration in permanent crisis, a renowned Washington psychoanalyst updates his portrait of George W.'s public persona--and how it has damaged the presidency. Insightful and accessible, courageous and controversial, "Bush on the Couch" sheds startling new light on George W. Bush's psyche and its impact on the way he governs, tackling head-on the question few seem willing to ask: Is our president psychologically fit to run the country? With an eye for the subtleties of human behavior sharpened by thirty years of clinical practice, Dr. Justin A. Frank traces the development of Bush's character from childhood through his presidency, identifying and analyzing his patterns of thought, action, and communication. The result is a troubling portrait filled with important revelations about our nation's leader--including disturbing new insights into: How Bush reacted to the 2006 Democratic sweep in Congress with a new surge of troops into Iraq His telling habits and coping strategies--from his persistent mangling of English to his tendency to "go blank" in the midst of crisis The tearful public breakdown of his father, George HW Bush, and what it says about the former president's relationship to his prominent sons The debacle of Katrina--the moment when Bush's arrogance finally failed him With a new introduction and afterword, "Bush on the Couch" offers the most thorough and candid portrait to date of arguably the most psychologically damaged president since Nixon. *Author: Frank, Justin A. *Binding Type: Paperback *Number of Pages: 288 *Publication Date: 2007/11/01 *Language: English *Dimensions: 9.00 x 6.12 x 0.85 inches

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The Violent Image: Insurgent Propaganda and the New Revolutionaries (Columbia/Hurst)

The Violent Image: Insurgent Propaganda and the New Revolutionaries (Columbia/Hurst)
Neville Bolt (Author)

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Fast-moving, self-perpetuating images of violence have radically changed the nature of insurgency in modern times, and the global media trafficking in these images have fundamentally transformed the act and speed of the exchange among populations. First satellite TV, then laptops and the Internet, and now cellphones and social media, new technologies have revolutionized the act of communication and have collapsed the impediments of time and distance. Rebels who hope to overthrow states and revolutionaries who aim to establish transnational, ideological communities have only to utilize these dynamic technologies to advance their goals. Yet trial and error has also taught a key lesson: in a visual world, the pull of the violent image is more powerful and resonant than the draw of the carefully-crafted word.

Neville Bolt dives headfirst into the innovative strategies of today's revolutionaries and their fascinating appropriation of the nineteenth-century practice of "propaganda of the deed," or the political act of violence. No longer is the terrorist act simply a means to push governments to overreact, therefore shredding their legitimacy and credibility. The deed has instead become an efficient tool to initiate a campaign of shock and awe, exposing and exploiting the grievances that underlie communities' fragile ties. Images of 9/11, 7/7, Abu Ghraib, and "collateral damage" are the contemporary weapons of choice. The Violent Image explores the emotional and psychological components of this visual "moment of shock," or the binding of emotive pictures to messages causing popular uprisings. From terrorist groups such as the Fenians and the Taliban to the architects of the ongoing Arab Spring, this study follows insurgents and their manipulation of violent imagery to build narratives and bring social change. Taking advantage of the "war of ideas," new revolutionaries generate surges of support that spread virally through global networks, often so quickly that states are unable to respond in time and kind. This book ultimately asks whether the world has reached a point in which insurgents and populations are driving images and ideas so rapidly that we are already in the grip of a new era of revolutionary politics.

• Rank: #136873 in Books
• Published on: 2012-07-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.02" h x 5.75" w x 1.30" l, 1.50 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages