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Understanding Human Security --
Nov. 21, 1999 |
| At the close of the 20th Century, the globalization of commerce and communications
has shrunk the world and made it vastly more... |
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Small Arms and Failed States
-- Oct. 24, 1999
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| In Albania, thousands of guns taken in raids in state-owned arsenals created
chaos. In Angola, the proliferation of light weaponry has triggered... |
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The Human Cost of U.S Arms Sales --
Nov. 8, 1998
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| The U.S. is still the world's number one arms dealer, and most client countries
have bad records in human rights. Governments in... |
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Child Combatants: Road to Recovery
-- Aug. 13, 1998
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| Get an in-depth look at the challenges and complexities involved in helping
children lay down their guns and become productive citizens.... |
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Rebuilding in the Wake of War --
July 19, 1998
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| Many countries fall into a cycle in which war is followed by an unstable peace
that often leads again to war. Efforts to create a stable, viable... |
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Are We Prepared for Chemical/Biological Attacks?
-- June 7, 1998
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| Ever since the poison gas attack on the Tokyo subway, Americans have asked, "Can
it happen here?" Everyone - the public, Washington... |
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Law and Gender in the Military
-- Dec. 21, 1997 |
| Women are taking on an increasing role in the U.S. military. The armed
forces are struggling to adjust to their changing deomigraphics while... |
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Current Thinking on Military Spending
-- Dec. 14, 1997
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| What are the underlying reasons for current levels of military spending? How do
policymakers' views on military spending differ from... |
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Conflict Inc.: Selling the Art of War
-- Dec. 7, 1997
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| Numerous private companies have stepped into the power vacuum created by the end
of the Cold War who are willing to undertake military activities traditionally... |
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Child Soldiers: Invisible Combatants --
June 29, 1997
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| Children are no longer simply passive victims of warfare. Increasibly, children
are active combatants on the frontlines of conflicts around the globe... |
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America's War on Drugs
-- June 1, 1997
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| General Barry McCaffrey, a distinguished military professional, is the nation's
Drug Czar. Some have promoted an anti-drug role for the armed forces even as other have
declared the "drug... |
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The Military Budget and You --
May 18, 1997
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| Is there a relationship between excessive federal spending on the military and
the "middle class crunch?" |
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The Military in the Movies --
Jan. 26, 1997
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| Hollywood and the military have cooperated in the movie-making business for
over 90 years. What's in it for each of them? |
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Public Attitudes on Miltary Spending --
June 2, 1996
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| What is the attitude of the American public toward national security and military
spending? Does today's widespread... |
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Curbing Militarism Worldwide --
April 28, 1996
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| True security for the U.S. and the world depends on economic and social
stability in developing countries. Nobel laureate Oscar Arias is leading... |
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Second Ammendment Warriors --
July 30, 1995
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| The willingness of private militias to bear arms against their own government
stems from an interpretation of the Constitution going back to... |
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JROTC: The Military in our High Schools --
June 4, 1995
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| The Pentagon says its growing JROTC program has a positive impact on children,
other maintain it's a way to recruit... |
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The CNN Effect: TV and Foreign Policy --
May 7, 1995
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| Live broadcasts from around the world have complicated the process of foreign
and military policy. How do politicians and military planners... |
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The Press and the Pentagon --
Jan. 26, 1995
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| Censorship, access to the battlefield, and the impact of live TV are the
subject of the ongoing debate as the relationship between the news media and the military
evolves into the 21st Century... |
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Air Wars --
Sept. 18, 1994
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| The U.S. military uses nearly 50% of American airspace and wants to use more.
A war is being waged between citizens and the Pentagon... |
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A New Range War: the Pentagon and Public Lands --
July 24, 1994
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| Despite a reduction in spending and troop strength, the Pentagon is currently
seeking to expand its use of land and airspace in 19 states... |
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The Media and Images of War --
Jan. 27, 1994
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| Movies and television, which have helped transmit from generation to generation,
a series of myths about war, peace, weaponry and... |
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Why We Fight --
Dec. 19, 1993
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| The United States has used armed force abroad over 50 times since World War II.
This unusual investigation looks for answers to why we have fought in places as varied as
Korea, Panama, Vietnam and Grenada... |
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Military and American Society --
Nov. 21, 1993
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| The military is a society within a society. This provocative program revelas
how the military's values, privileges and prestige are faring in post-Cold War America... |
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Veterans in America --
Aug. 22, 1993
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| More than one American in ten is a veteran. The vets have a big impact on our
taxes and our political life. A revealing report on the men and women... |
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New Civilian Tasks for the Military --
April 11, 1993
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| The powerful chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee has proposed new
civilian tasks for the military... |
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Women Warriors --
Jan. 28, 1993
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| What next for women in the military? Combatants or non-combatants? |
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The Wounds of War: Vietnam --
Jan. 17, 1993
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| America has not yet come to terms with the Vietnam War. People touched by that
conflict reveal the impact on their lives... |
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Race Relations and the Vietnam War --
Sept. 13, 1992
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| Vietnam was the nation's first fully integrated war. Veterans describe the
racial dynamics on and off the battlefield... |
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The Seawolf and our Cities --
Aug. 16, 1992
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| Congress and General Dynamics are building a submarine the Navy doesn't want
while American's cities struggle... |
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The Military in Campus --
May 17, 1992
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| The controversial relationship between the nation's universities and the military... |
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Buying Weapons or Building America --
Jan. 23, 1992
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| Tradeoffs between spending to rebuild America's infrastructure and spending more
on weapons... |
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Animals in the Service of the Military --
Nov. 24, 1991
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| Animals are involved in preparations for war... |
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The Loss of an Enemy --
July 28, 1991
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| The gains and costs of the Cold War to Americans... |
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War Through the Eyes of Artists --
June 9, 1991
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| Combat artists in all U.S. wars as give their won view of the reality of war... |
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The Language of War --
July 29, 1990
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| The government and military language used to discuss military actions and plans... |
For more information on the military and society, please e-mail CDI's Col. Dan Smith, USA (Ret.)
at dsmith@cdi.org.
