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Ronald Reagan gives a televised address from the Oval Office, outlining his plan for tax reductions in July 1981. "Starve the beast" is a political strategy employed by American conservatives to limit government spending [1] [2] [3] by cutting taxes, to deprive the federal government of revenue in a deliberate effort to force it to reduce spending.
Shape, Clear, Hold, Build – The counterinsurgency theory that states the process of winning an insurgency is shape, clear, hold, build; Siege – Continuous attack by bombardment on a fortified position, usually by artillery, or surrounding and isolating it in at attempt to compel a surrender
Grover Glenn Norquist (born October 19, 1956) is an American political activist and anti-tax advocate who is founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform, an organization that opposes all tax increases.
Soul on Ice is a memoir and collection of essays by Eldridge Cleaver.Originally written in Folsom State Prison in 1965, and published three years later in 1968, it is Cleaver's best known writing and remains a seminal work in African-American literature.
Rape myths refer to the inaccurate views and stereotypes of forced sexual acts, and the victims and perpetuators of them. [9] These notions are prevalent among the general population and often suggest that the victims of non-consensual sexual acts have bad reputations, are promiscuous, dress provocatively, or are fabricating assault when they regret the consensual acts after the fact. [9]
The Hobbesian trap (or Schelling's dilemma) is a theory that explains why preemptive strikes occur between two groups, out of bilateral fear of an imminent attack. Without outside influences, this situation will lead to a fear spiral (catch-22, vicious circle, Nash equilibrium) in which fear will lead to an arms race which in turn will lead to increasing fear.
The phrase "violence begets violence" (or "hate begets hate") means that violent behaviour promotes other violent behaviour, in return. The phrase has been used since the early 19th century. [1] [2] Violence begets violence is a concept described in the Gospel of Matthew, verse 26:52.
Violence In America (with historian Hugh Davis Graham, U.S. Government Printing Office, Bantam Books, and Praeger, 1969; Sage Publications, 1979) Handbook of political conflict: Theory and research (The free press, New York, 1980) The State and the City, coauthored with Desmond King (University of Chicago Press, 1987)