Saddam Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Summary includes: - Lecture notes from weeks 1 through 7 - Notes on the 3 documentaries - Summary of the books We Are Bellingcat, War is a Force that Gives us Meaning, and the book No Good Men Among the Living

Foreign Policy - Answer--Determines HOW & WHEN specific outcomes take place -Decision making -Rationality 1) Doing what is in the best interest for the specific individual -Risk Acceptance/Aversion -It's a process and strategy to achieve a state interest -Tries to spell out goals & objectives -*Most Important*= Individual -*Biggest Problem*= Rationality. Rationality is about self-interest, and an individual could turn irrational -Key Differences between IR Theory and________is the Ro...

International Relations - Answer-theoretical studies of politics Social Science Theory - Answer-General logical explanations of social phenomena IR Theory - Answer-Explanations that can be generally applied across cases: logical, with good, empirical evidence predictive A theory should: - Answer--Provide a casual explanation -Use empirical evidence -Make a general argument IR theory seeks to be... - Answer-Parsimonious Parsimony - Answer-Least amount of variance in the explanation of th...

Key concept: Power : The ability to influence other groups in global politics and achieve outcomes. Three main kinds of power : 1. Hard power 2. Smart power 3. Soft power Hard power : The use of coercion by states/groups to achieve their goals, usually in the form of military force and/or sanctions (economic as well as political). Examples of hard power : 1. Use of military force by the US against Islamic State in 2014. Soft or smart power options were not viable because Islamic Sta...

Global Politics: Unit 1 - Power, Sovereignty and International Relations Latest Update Graded A+ Key concept: Power The ability to influence other groups in global politics and achieve outcomes. Three main kinds of power 1. Hard power 2. Smart power 3. Soft power Hard power The use of coercion by states/groups to achieve their goals, usually in the form of military force and/or sanctions (economic as well as political). Examples of hard power 1. Use of military force by the...

What happened as a result of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003? - correct answer Saddam Hussein was convicted of war crimes and executed. Why did the Allies attack civilian and military targets in Japan? - correct answer to demoralize the population What were negative aspects of Joseph Stalin's first Five-Year Plan? Check all that apply. - correct answer shortage of consumer goods waste and inefficiency use of enslaved laborers By June of 1940, Hitler had already done which of th...

Key concept: Power - Answer The ability to influence other groups in global politics and achieve outcomes. Three main kinds of power - Answer 1. Hard power 2. Smart power 3. Soft power Hard power - Answer The use of coercion by states/groups to achieve their goals, usually in the form of military force and/or sanctions (economic as well as political). Examples of hard power - Answer 1. Use of military force by the US against Islamic State in 2014. Soft or smart power options w...

In response to the terrorist attacks on Sept 11 2001, this operation was launched to protect out homeland (2.16.) A. Operation New Dawn B. Operation Iraqi Freedom C. Operation Noble Eagle D. Operation Inherent Resolve C. Operation Noble Eagle In response to the terrorist attacks on 11 Sept 2001, Operation Noble Eagle was launched to: (2.16.) A. remove Afghanistan's Taliban Government B. end the Hussein regime and free the Iraqi people C. protect our homeland and mil...

Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi correct answersCode name CURVEBALL, Iraqi citizen and taxi driver/con artist who sought asylum in Germany in December 1999 by pretending to be an engineer and telling the Germans a fabricated story that Iraq had an ongoing Biological Weapons program. This misinformation contributed to the US' misguided belief that Saddam Hussein was in possession of WMDs. Anatoly Golitsyn correct answersDefector from the USSR who became a CIA source in the 60s and suggested there ...

General Louis H Wilson correct answers 26th commandant of the marine corps The great personnel campaign correct answers Ltcol Allan R. Millet vision to change the Marine Corps into a branch filled with quality servicemen. Quality over quantity General Gray (29th CMC) correct answers Established the Marine Corps University and the reading list. These emphasize his focus on the warrior thinker and the educated leader OODA Loop correct answers Observe, Orient, Decide, Act FMFM-1 Warfigh...