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The Mistress of the World

The Mistress of the World

Peter G M Lavelle

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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Theodora now has the power to repay everyone who ever crossed her path but she has much more to offer the world than just revenge. Justinian dreams of restoring the broken Roman Empire to its former glory but lacks the means. He is making many enemies with his audacious schemes. There is so much to do and so few who want to pay for it to be done.Together they are stronger than apart yet they seem to be constantly pulling in opposite directions.Sophia is being pushed into a marriage she abhors but seems helpless to avoid. She still must protect the secret left by her mother and decide what to do with the hidden knowledge of the past she has gained. She moves in the circles of power but has none herself and must do what she can to survive.Enemies are everywhere at home and abroad. The barbarian kingdoms in the west will not tolerate any Roman recovery and the Persians are stirring again in the east. Even nature seems to have turned its full fury against the Empire. The world has reached a turning point both for Sophia's life and the future of Constantinople.
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Command Decisions: Domestic Terrorism: A Security Officer's Introduction to Prevention One Person's Terrorists, Another Person's Freedom

Command Decisions: Domestic Terrorism: A Security Officer's Introduction to Prevention One Person's Terrorists, Another Person's Freedom

Peter G. Hilton Jd

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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The purpose of this book is to introduce the security officer to the elements of "Domestic Terrorism", which is a growing threat in the United States of America. Since the terrible infliction of harm during 911, most Americans have been confronted with the reality of what terrorism means and its harm to the American way of life. We have all been changed since 911, and some of the freedoms we once had before that incident have been taken away. Government has seen fit to adopt laws to enter the privacy of the American citizens' lives and ignore the Constitution (Patriot Act), freedom to enter buildings, airports and entertainment venues have been restricted and individuals are subjected to constant and inviolate personal searches under the disguise of safety and security. States and the Federal government have reacted to terrorist acts by taking away or restricting the individual's right to protect themselves under the Second Amendment, which places the person in a greater position of harm. The founding fathers knew only too well the importance of a free society and its ability to protect itself from attack by outward or inward cowardly forces that would destroy the American way of life. Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, a married couple, opened fire at a holiday party at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino on December 2, 2015. Fourteen people were killed and twenty-two injured, most of them county employees. Both attackers were killed in a gun battle with police. Farook, who was born in the U.S. and worked for the county, and Malik, a Pakistan national, had an arsenal of ammunition and pipe bombs in their Redlands home. Farook and Malik began plotting a terror attack before they were engaged and before Malik moved to the U.S. last year. Investigators are trying to determine whether they had links to foreign terror organization (Los Angeles Times, December 9, 2015). One constant factor which is emerging in many of the terrorist attacks around the country is absence of armed private security or private persons who could have limited or stopped such attacks by terrorists and reduced the casualties. The limitation of law enforcement as post-crime responders does nothing to stop these attacks when they are being conducted on the American people as they are happening, as was clearly seen in the San Bernardino incident. In many cases, the self-serving ideals of government and law enforcement to disarm private security officers and innocent law-abiding private citizens and take way the right to protect themselves under the Second Amendment further enhances terrorist attacks and terrorism against citizens who are the primary targets of such terrorist crimes. The private security officer is the first responder in many of these cases and as such, should be recognized for their contribution.
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Armed Groups

Armed Groups

Peter G. Thompson

BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
2023
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Armed Groups­ is the most comprehensive text to provide a framework for categorizing the key actors that pose a threat to today’s security arena—terrorists, mercenaries, insurgents, militias, and transnational criminal organizations—and analyzing their characteristics to provide a thorough overview. Drawing on case studies, histories, and a rich, yet underexplored theoretical literature, this study presents students with the tools to methodically examine these often overlooked, but key drivers of violence in the international system. Additionally, globalization, the privatization of force, and the return of great power competition have altered the security landscape and enhanced armed group threats. These forces have also led to an increasing overlap between conflict and crime, and a growth in the state use of armed group proxies. Coming to terms with armed groups—their objectives, strategies, internal composition, and the environment that fosters them—remains a critical task for practitioners, scholars, and policy makers alike in understanding the changing nature of war.This second edition, updated throughout, includes new material on the importance of private military companies, the shift to sub-Saharan Africa as an important center of conflict, the return of great power politics, the increased use of social media and advanced technology, and the increasingly criminalized nature of armed groups.
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Armed Groups

Armed Groups

Peter G. Thompson

BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
2023
nidottu
Armed Groups­ is the most comprehensive text to provide a framework for categorizing the key actors that pose a threat to today’s security arena—terrorists, mercenaries, insurgents, militias, and transnational criminal organizations—and analyzing their characteristics to provide a thorough overview. Drawing on case studies, histories, and a rich, yet underexplored theoretical literature, this study presents students with the tools to methodically examine these often overlooked, but key drivers of violence in the international system. Additionally, globalization, the privatization of force, and the return of great power competition have altered the security landscape and enhanced armed group threats. These forces have also led to an increasing overlap between conflict and crime, and a growth in the state use of armed group proxies. Coming to terms with armed groups—their objectives, strategies, internal composition, and the environment that fosters them—remains a critical task for practitioners, scholars, and policy makers alike in understanding the changing nature of war.This second edition, updated throughout, includes new material on the importance of private military companies, the shift to sub-Saharan Africa as an important center of conflict, the return of great power politics, the increased use of social media and advanced technology, and the increasingly criminalized nature of armed groups.
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