Procedural fairness theory posits that the way in which authoritative decisions are made strongly impacts people’s willingness to accept them. This article challenges this claim by contending that democratic governments can achieve little in terms of acceptance of policy decisions by the procedural means at their disposal. Instead, outcome favorability is the dominant determinant of decision ac...

and it is equally certain that it will be fought with gas, | unless some other and more effective form of frightfulness has been discovered in the meantime. Hence the importance of this very complete, authoritative and wonderfully-illustrated exposition of the subject. In brief, the book is one which is essential to all military medical officers. Whatever may be the popular belief as to the bar...

had considerable experience of " shell-shock" in the war, and included eminent neurologists. They heard evidence from a number of distinguished men, representing opinion on the military, medical and legal aspect of the subject, and also from officers and men who had suffered from " shell-shock." They have made a lengthy and exhaustive report which must long remain the authoritative work on the ...

the establishment of foreign military bases is a key matter to understand the distribution of power in spheres of influence throughout the world. oversea bases are the first mechanism of a mass network, which works to maintain the control exercised by great powers, becoming the infrastructure for wars. normally,  government allows the allies and governments that have similar ideas about common ...

This is a book for the general practitioner, and an admirable one at that. The author is not only pathologist to the London Lock Hospitals, but also in charge of the venereal department at St. George's Hospital, and of the venereal blocks at the Rochester Row and Grove Military Hospitals. The book is therefore authoritative, whilst it is also very instructive and its price is cheap. The book op...

care and evacuation. In addition, all of the chapters include material on the handling of mass casualties. This is a most useful and authoritative little book, which brings together current concepts in the care of the many forms of trauma seen in war time. To have access to such a handbook would be of great value to a physician faced with the problems of care of the wounded. It should be requir...

August 2016 Dr. Jaroslaw Jarzabek explores military spending increases across G.C.C. states to illuminate the drivers for military expansion and spending in the region, and the relevance of these issues in a global context. The type of weaponry that is commonly purchased by G.C.C. states is not geared toward counterterrorism, but rather to external threats, largely emanating from Iran. While G....

Throughout the Federal Government, including the Department of Defense (DoD), there is a pervasive need to have current, reliable, and trusted data from what are termed Authoritative Data Sources (ADSs). This requirement has grown increasingly important as the military transforms. The transformation requires individual organizations, each using an array of independently developed stovepipe syst...

This article summarizes an empirical investigation of the link between poverty and the incidence of civil war. The thesis examined is a simple one: at the individual level, low living standards tend to enhance militaristic nationalism and confidence in the armed forces and therefore, on average, more support for attempting military solutions to social conflicts. At the national level this means...