Author: Martin S. Kramer
Publisher: Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Keywords: policy, papers, washington, institute, east, america, studies, sand, towers, failure, middle, eastern, ivory
Number of Pages: 137
Published: 2001-10-01
ISBN-10: 0944029493
ISBN-13: 9780944029497

On campuses throughout the United States, thousands of professors study and teach the Middle East. They fill the pages of journals, the shelves of libraries, and the minds of students with their paradigms, theories, and predictions. In Middle East crises, the media seek their opinions. Their enterprise is deemed a national resource: the federal government subsidizes over a dozen academic centers devoted to the Middle East. Yet for the past twenty years, Middle Eastern studies in America have been factories of error. The academics, blinded by their own prejudices and enslaved to the fashions

Authors:Bart Beaty, Derek Brito,
Publisher: UBC Pre
Keywords: popular, culture, canadian, contexts, communicate, iii, canadians
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2009-12-15
ISBN-10: 1897425597
ISBN-13: 9781897425596

The contributors to this third volume of How Canadians Communicate focus on the question "What does Canadian popular culture have to say about the construciton and negotiation of Canadian national identity?" They show how popular culture is negotiated across the different terrains where a sense of national identity is built, by producers and audiences, government and industry, history and geography, ethnicities, and citizenships. Canada does indeed have a popular culture distinct from other nations, and these contributors are out to prove it. About the Editors Bart Beaty is an associate profe

Author: Aaron Sloman
Publisher: Harvester Press
Keywords: science, philosophy, studies, cognitive, harvester, models, revolution, computer, mind
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 1978
ISBN-10: 0855275421
ISBN-13: 9780855275426

Harvester Studies in Cognitive Science is a new series which will explore the nature of knowledge by way of a distinctive theoretical approach one that takes account of the complex structures and interacting processes that make thought and action possible. Intelligence can be studied from the point of view of psychology, philosophy, linguistics, pedagogy and artificial intelligence, and all these different emphases will be represented within the series.

Author: Christopher Brand
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Keywords: implications, intelligence, general, factor
Number of Pages: 175
Published: 1996-12
ISBN-10: 0471960705
ISBN-13: 9780471960706

Is human intelligence mainly a matter of IQ - the general "g" factor? What basically is g - a relatively simple psychological reality or a complex construction? The debate on intelligence and its social relevance is a topic that continues to spark much argument and discussion. This study addresses the main questions and controversies surrounding IQ. The author moves from the historical background of IQ studies to a discussion of current arguments and the implications of recent research studies.

Author: Richard R. Brennan Jr.
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: wargames, army, insights, homeland, protecting
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2002
ISBN-10: 0833031538
ISBN-13: 9780833031532

In February 1996, the Chief of Staff of the Army directed the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) to conduct studies of future warfare. As part of these studies, TRADOC sponsors workshops and encourages franchise games in areas of interest. This document reports on RAND analysis of homeland security. The insights and issues raised in this study address new and emerging threats and vulnerabilities of the United States to militarily significant attacks within its borders during times of conflict. The work broadly fits into the larger body of research relating to asymmetric warfare a

Author: Jennifer Kavanagh
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: military, experience, training, aptitude, contribution, performance, findings, productivity, personnel, review, determinants
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2005
ISBN-10: 0833037544
ISBN-13: 9780833037541

Reviews the primary literature and empirical findings related to three major factors that affect military personnel productivity: experience, training, and ability. The majority of studies concerning the relationship between productivity and experience, training, or aptitude find that each of these three factors contributes significantly to personnel productivity. Most studies confirm that careerists are several times as productive as first-term personnel, although the size of the experience differential is likely to vary based on the nature and requirements of a given occupation. Additional t

Author:
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: terror, war, steps, years, three
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2005
ISBN-10: 0833037528
ISBN-13: 9780833037527

In the early 1990s, patterns in terrorism began to change. In particular, while the number of terrorist events was declining, the lethality was growing. This growth in terrorism was largely fueled by religious and millennial motivations. Three years after September 11, many studies by scores of institutions have been undertaken to find new ways of dealing with the evolving challenge of terrorism. On September 8, 2004, upon the approach of the third anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the RAND Corporation held a conference in Washington, D.C., to share the resu