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  How to Survive a Terrorist...

  Federal Emergency Management...

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  Recent improvised explosive device (IED) and active shooter incidents reveal that some traditional practices of first responders need to be realigned and enhanced to improve survivability of victims and the safety of first responders caring for them. This multi-disciplinary edition translates evidence-based response strategies based on military experience in responding to and managing casualties from IED and/or active shooter incidents and from its significant investment in combat casualty care research into the civilian first responder environment. 
  Table of Contents:
  Executive Summary 
  Purpose 
  General Information:  
  Improvised Explosive Device 
  Active Shooter 
  Take an Active Role in Your Own Safety: 
  Explosions 
  Active Shooter Incident 
  First Responder for Improving Survivability in Improvised Explosive Device and/or Active Shooter Incidents 
  Background: 
  Defining First Responders 
  Defining the Threat 
  Military Lessons Learned and Civilian Adaptation 
  Improvised Explosive Device Incidents 
  Active Shooter Incidents 
  Hemorrhage Control 
  Protective Equipment 
  Response and Incident Management 
  Responder Guidelines: 
  Hemorrhage Control 
  Protective Equipment 
  Response and Incident Management 
  Summary 
  Threat-based Scenarios: 
  Large-scale Terrorist/insurgency Attack 
  Medium-scale Terrorist/insurgency Attack  
  Medium-scale Terrorist/insurgency Attack  
  Small Scale Terrorist/insurgency Attack  
  Involuntary Suicide Bomber  
  Discovery/recovery of Homemade Explosives (Not an Attack)  
  Active Shooter With Access Denial to First Responders  
  Active Shooter in a Public Commercial Facility  
  Active Shooter in an Open, Outdoor, Unbounded Location  
  Active Shooter in a Public Sports Complex 
  Provide First Aid After Improvised Explosive Device and/or Active Shooter Incidents 
  Stop the Bleeding and Protect the Wound
  First Aid for Specific Injuries
  List of Major Bombing Incidents in the United States 2007-2017 
  List of Major Mass Shootings in the United States 2007-2017

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  Among the Firsts: Lieutenant...

  Matthew T. Bolland

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  In his own words, the war of the doubly pioneering Lt Col Gerhard L. Bolland—82nd Airborne paratrooper on D-Day and senior OSS field operative on Operation Rype.Unconventional warfare tactics can have a considerable effect on the outcome of any war. During World War II, the United States government developed and employed two new methods of fighting. The first was the development of "paratroop" units, as they were first called. The second was the formation of a covert and sabotage operations branch called the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Lt. Colonel Bolland was involved in both of these "firsts." During the D-Day invasion he parachuted behind enemy lines, jumping out of the 82nd Airborne lead aircraft with General James Gavin. After fighting with the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment for thirty-three days straight, he returned to England and became involved with the OSS Scandinavian Section. He served as Field Commander for their Operation, code named Rype. This was the only American military undertaking, albeit covert, in Norway during the entire course of the war.  As a young boy growing up in rural western Minnesota, Bolland got his military start with the Minnesota National Guard, before being accepted to West Point, solely on merit. His military career lasted seventeen years. Lt. Colonel Bolland ended up with numerous decorations including the Norwegian Liberation Medal and Citation, the Bronze Star for valor, the French Fouragerre of Croix de Guerre with Palms and posthumously the Congressional Gold medal awarded to the OSS Society on behalf of all former OSS members that served during the war.  His story reveals the struggles, successes, failures and ultimate victories, detailing what went right and what went wrong with these new unconventional methods of fighting.

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  The Apostate - My Search for Truth

  Mark Christian

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  This book takes listeners on Dr. Mark Christian’s journey as he tries to prove to himself that Islam is the true religion. It shows the horror he feels as he faces the truth, and it leads to his greatest discovery: Jesus is love, and Jesus is the God he was searching for his entire life. Having now lived and ministered in America for years, he also has a message for America about the dangers we are headed toward based on his intimate knowledge of life in a dictatorial country (Egypt) and what he sees here.

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  The Tragic Mind - Fear Fate and...

  Robert D. Kaplan

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  A moving meditation on recent geopolitical crises, viewed through the lens of ancient and modern tragedy 
   
  Some books emerge from a lifetime of hard-won knowledge. Robert D. Kaplan has learned, from a career spent reporting on wars, revolutions, and international politics in Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia, that the essence of geopolitics is tragedy. In The Tragic Mind, he employs the works of ancient Greek dramatists, Shakespeare, German philosophers, and the modern classics to explore the central subjects of international politics: order, disorder, rebellion, ambition, loyalty to family and state, violence, and the mistakes of power. The great dilemmas of international politics, he argues, are not posed by good versus evil—a clear and easy choice—but by contests of good versus good, where the choices are often searing, incompatible, and fraught with consequences. A deeply learned and deeply felt meditation on the importance of lived experience in conducting international relations, this is a book for everyone who wants a profound understanding of the tragic politics of our time.

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  The Politics of Digital...

  Felix Heidenreich, Florian...

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  Digitization is transforming our world economically, culturally, and psychologically. The influx of new forms of communication, networking, and business opportunities, as well as new types of distraction, self-observation, and control into our societies represents an epochal challenge. Following Bernard Stiegler's concept of pharmacology, Felix Heidenreich and Florian Weber-Stein propose to view these new forms as digital pharmaka. Properly dosed, they can enable new self-relationships and forms of sociality; in the case of overdose, however, there is a risk of intoxication.
  In this essay, Felix Heidenreich, Florian Weber-Stein, and, in a detailed interview, Bernard Stiegler analyze this complex change in our world and develop new skills to use digital pharmaka.

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  An Atlas of Countries That Don't...

  Nick Middleton

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  A “fascinating” journey to little-known and contested lands around the globe, from Tibet to the Isle of Man to Elgaland-Vargaland (Geographical Magazine). 
   
  What is a country? Acclaimed travel writer and Oxford geography don Nick Middleton brings to life the origins and histories of fifty states that, lacking international recognition and United Nations membership, exist on the margins of legitimacy in the global order. From long-contested lands like Crimea and Tibet to lesser-known territories such as Africa’s last colony and a European republic that enjoyed independence for a single day, Middleton presents fascinating stories of shifting borders, visionary leaders, and “forgotten” peoples.  
   
  “Engrossing . . . You’ll not find Middle-earth, Atlantis or Lilliput inside, but you will find something just as intriguing . . . sure to prompt discussions about what makes a country a ‘real country.’” —Seattle Times

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