Good war/bad war: a war to remember, a war to forget?

War that Feels Good:

Rally-round-the-flag (RRTF) is a phenomenon of abrupt and sharp increases in public support for sitting U.S. Presidents and their policies, which emerges primarily in response to wars and other international crises. Despite being an important political phenomenon, the RRTF phenomenon is not well understood for at least three reasons. First, existing explanations are generally hyper-rationalisti...

Fighting the 'Good' Internet War

We review the current strategies to counter Internet threats under the light of the classic strategy literature. The literature often advocates proactive action, and dominance of the (virtual, in our case) battlefield, which is the opposite from what we see defenders deploy today. Their actions are instead reactive and exclusively defensive. We propose strategies for defenders to regain the ini...

From Gulf War Syndrome to Balkan War Syndrome.

The Gulf War Illnesses story points at a particular public health problem of our time – how to convey complicated information to the public in an acceptable and understandable way. For public health, it is of crucial importance to present and communicate the truth, which always goes hand in hand with some degree of uncertainty. The responsibility of public health professionals and other physici...

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Anyone who is inclined to think that the " Reading Wars " are over, or that the main warriors in these wars are only professional educators and researchers who support either whole language or phonics approaches to reading will continuously rethink their views during the reading of Reading across International Boundaries: History, Policy, and Politics. Openshaw and Soler have compiled a collect...