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This book focuses on the propaganda war between the Syrian government and the opposition movement, which excludes the Islamic State and the Kurdish-led SDF. Drawing on international relations, psychology, and media studies, the book encourages readers to question the dominant discourse on the war. The core of the book outlines the propaganda battles over the main paradigms and narratives that framed the war, exploring the shortcomings of those paradigms and narratives, identifying who won the propaganda war and why, and assessing what impact it had on the military side of the war. In particular, it focuses on the role of cognitive bias amongst primary and secondary sources in determining the outcome of the propaganda war, and whether the influence of this propaganda is best explained by effects or limited effects theory. Through explaining the dynamics of the propaganda war, the book encourages readers to critically question the dominant discourse on the war, assists them in understanding primary and secondary reporting on the war, and shows that the impact of the propaganda war is best understood in terms of limited effects theory. The book's main findings are that: i) the opposition won the international propaganda war but failed to win the propaganda war inside Syria; ii) propaganda had relatively little effect on shaping attitudes either inside Syria or internationally (instead, its main effect was to reinforce attitudes that had already been shaped by other factors); and iii) the reality of the war lies between the conflicting paradigms and narratives being promoted by each side.

Through explaining the dynamics of the propaganda war, the book encourages readers to critically question the dominant discourse on the war, assists them in understanding primary and secondary reporting on the war, and shows that the impact of the propaganda war is best understood in terms of limited effects theory.

God's plan has always been available to us in the form of prophecy. He told us it would be "sealed up" or made difficult to understand, until the time of the end. God told us his plan would be to allow man to rule for a period and then take the governance of man over. He would then rule and be our God, and we could have a close relationship to Him (like it was in the Garden of Eden). Before one can learn and understand bible prophecy, we need to understand the fundamentals. The first half of this book will help people to understand many important concepts outlined in the Bible so that they can later understand some of the meanings of these prophecies. This book clarifies the transitional period of the ending of man's government into God's government through a series of events already described to us through prophecy. Along the way, many men will not recognize God's authority or His administration of the events to take place. In other words, they will continue to rebel against God and suffer the consequences. God allows a protagonist (Satan) to deceive many men and allows men to choose who they ultimately want to rule over their souls.Bible prophecy is very clear on the remaining events which are about to unfold. When we apply the understanding that we have learned, the coming events are more clearly understood and can be seen as the prophecy predicted. In fact, the events have already been foretold through a series of: 1.) seals opened; 2.) trumpets blown; and 3.) vials poured out. In this book, a description of the seals that have already been opened, and the trumpets which have been blown is made very clear. This book describes the prophecy and applies historical facts to show that many prophecies have already occured.

Essential analysis of al Qaeda's CBRN weapon strategy