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Essay Instructions: The causes of stalking. Summarize the various approaches to stalking, Who and what has been affected by stalking? What is the long term significance of stalking? What traditions or emotions are invovled? What criminal justice responses are recommended and are in place to deal with stalking?

Essay Instructions: I. THE TOPIC
The primary focus of this thesis will be to identify key lessons learned from the Phoenix Program on countering Viet Cong Infrastructure (VCI) and apply these lessons to develop an effective strategy for current Operation Iraqi Freedom(OIF).

II. THE PROBLEM OR ISSUE AND THE RESEARCH QUESTION

A. The Problem or Issue
The U.S. military will eventually draw down its operations in Iraq, at which time the security of the Iraqi people will fall on the shoulders of the newly-formed Iraqi security forces. Insurgents and terrorist groups are bound to exploit the opportunity to attack and disrupt the fragile military and police forces. Since the Iraqi militaries and national police will be the primary forces relied upon to conduct security operations to protect the cities and the people, they will need to develop an intelligence network using local and national assets to combat these threats. In the Vietnam War, Phoenix Program was set up by the CIA using South Vietnamese Army and local police intelligence apparatus to fight the insurgency mounted from the inside South Vietnam and the assault from the North. The Intelligence Community could potentially use the lessons learned from Phoenix to aid the current OIF.

B. The Research Questions
How may lessons learned from the Phoenix Program, established during the Vietnam War, apply to the current situation in Iraq?

III. RELATED LITERATURE

Andrade, Dale. Ashes to Ashes: The Phoenix Program and the Vietnam War. Lexington: Lexington Books, 1990.

Berger, Kenneth W. "The Phoenix Program." Library Journal 115, no. 16 (1990): 104-104. SEE HIS BOOK (2000)

Bird, Kai, and Max Holland. "Capitol Letter." Nation 242, no. 8 (1986): 232-232.

Blood, Max Jacob. "The Tet Effect: Military Intelligence and the American Will in Vietnam." Joint Military Intelligence College, 1999.

Canham-Clyne, John. "Haiti: Phoenix Rising." Progressive 58, no. 4 (1994): 21.

Cook, John L. The Advisor: The Phoenix Program in Vietnam: Schiffer Publishing, 2000.

Costa, Christopher. "Phoenix Rises Again: Humint Lessons for Counterinsurgency Operations." Defense Intelligence Journal 15, no. 1 (2006): 135-154.

Crowell, G. LaVerne. Icex Intelligence: Vietnam's Phoenix Program. Baltimore: Publish America, 2006.

Douglass, Carl. Last Phoenix: A Story of the CIA's Phoenix Program: Publication Consultants, 1998.

Dumbrell, John, and David Ryan. Vietnam in Iraq: Tactics, Lessons, Legacies and Ghosts, ed. John Dambrell and David Ryan. New York: Routledge, 2007.

FitzGerald, FranceS. Fire in the Lake; the Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam. 1st ed. ed. Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1972.

Grant, Zalin. Facing the Phoenix. New York: W.W. Norton, 1991.

Herbert, Roger G. "Bullets with Names: The Deadly Dilemma." Naval Postgraduate School, 1992.

Herrington, Stuart A. Stalking the Vietcong: Inside Operation Phoenix a Personal Account: Presidio, 2004.

Moise, Edwin E. "Ashes to Ashes: The Phoenix Program and the Vietnam War/the Phoenix Program (Book)." Journal of Asian Studies 50, no. 4 (1991): 983-985.

Moreiras, Alberta. "Preemptive Manhunt: A New Partisanship." positions 13, no. 1 (2005): 9-30.

Moyar, Mark. Phoenix and the Birds of Prey: Naval Institute Press, 1997.

Moyar, Mark. Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954-1965. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Profitt, Nicholas. "The Embassy House." Magill Book Reviews (1990).

Safer, Morley. "Body Count Was Their Most Important Product." New York Times Book Review 140, no. 4839 (1990): 19.

Silverstein, David. "Reviving the Assassination Option." American Enterprise 12, no. 8 (2001): 36.

Steinberg, S., and P. Kaganoff. "Forecasts: Paperbacks." Publishers Weekly 239, no. 23 (1992): 66.

Stuttaford, G. "Forecasts: Nonfiction." Publishers Weekly 237, no. 34 (1990): 49.

Valentine, Douglas. "After the Initial Shock." New York Times Book Review 140, no. 4845 (1990): 34.

Valentine, Douglas. The Phoenix Program. New York: Morrow, 1990.

IV. THE HYPOTHESIS AND KEY QUESTIONS

A. The Hypothesis
Key lessons learned from the Phoenix Program will assist in developing a strategy for Iraq.

B. Key Questions

1. What were the historical lessons (Pre-Vietnamese, French, GVN/US) that led up to the Phoenix Program?
2. How was it conducted in Vietnam?
3. How did the VC respond to Phoenix? How did the NVA (PAVN) respond to phoenix? What were the major differences, if any, in these responses?
4. What were the lessons learned from Phoenix Program?
5. How can the lessons learned from the Phoenix Program be applied to the current situation in Iraq?

V. RESEARCH DESIGN, DATA COLLECTION, AND ANALYTIC STRATEGY

A. Research Design Options
Static Analysis.

B. Data Collection Strategy
Archival research on intelligence and operations.

C.Analytic Strategy
Case study analysis


VI. PROBABLE CHAPTER TITLES AND MAJOR SUBHEADINGS

I. Introduction/Research Question/Scope and Significance/Summation/Thesis Overview
II. Literature Review: The Phoenix Program in Vietnam
III. Methodology: Applications of the Phoenix Program in Case Study
IV. Data and Findings: Lessons Learned from Phoenix
V. Conclusions/Recommendations: Applications for Iraq

Essay Instructions: ABC TV series " Lost": (1st episode) Synopis of program- stripped of everthing 48 surviors scavenge what they can from the plane for survival. some panic. some pin their hopes on rescue. A few find inner strength the never new they had. The band of friends, family, enemies and strangers must work together against the cruel weather and harsh terrain. Intense howl of the msyeterious creatures stalking the jungle fill them all with fear("lost" web site)
Written assignment: "All drama is based on the human condition". prove this by examing "LOST" in terms of its relative place in this period of human history-its external reality. how did all of the factors directly and more likely indirectly this program. Explain program's genre, kernal storyline, narrative structure, key characters, setting/location, style and satellite storylines in the contect of last years' trend in society.(e.g. state of the family, the divorce rate, racial unrest, economy). specifice real-world events(e.g. war terrorism, politics, natural disasters) the over all mood of America. and previous successes in the world of entertainment> Bottom line : Why this program(LOST) in 2003/2004... Apply all of the conclusions you can draw about the real world to the fantasy world of LOST. explain why drama, why these characters, why this location etc. the last paragraph or two should be a summary of conclusions. end paper with a statement that gives s sense of connectedness between this program and world .

Essay Instructions: TITLE: Compare and contrast the following two passages(shown below)from Homer's 'The Iliad' and Hesiod 'Theogony'.

a.)And now the prince, the captain of men Aeneas
would have died on the spot if Zeus' daughter
had not marked him quickly, his mother Aphrodite
who bore him to King Anchises tending cattle once.
[...]
She began to bear her dear son from the fighting ...
[...]
But once he caught her, stalking her through the onslaught, gallant Tydeus' offspring rushed her, lunging out, thrusting his sharp spear at her soft, limp wrists
So he mocked
and the goddess fled from the front, beside herself with
pain.
The deathless Aphrodite sank in Dione's lap
and her mother, folding her daughter in her arms,
stroked her gently, whispered her name, and asked.
"Who has abused you now, dear child, tell me,
who of the sons of heaven so unfeeling, so cruel?
Why, it's as if they caught you in public,
doing something wrong."
And Aphrodite who loves eternal laughter (philommeides)* sobbed in answer, "The son of Tydeus stabbed me." [... ]
[Homer, Iliad Book V-31 1 ff. .(trans. R.Fagles)]


b.)The genitalia themselves, freshly cut with flint, were thrown Clear of the mainland into the restless, white-capped sea, Where they floated a long time. A white foam from the god-flesh Collected around them, and in that foam a maiden developed And grew. Her first approach to land was near holy Kythera, And from there she floated on to the island of Kypros.
There she came ashore, an awesome, beautiful divinity. Tender grass sprouted up under her slender feet. Aphrodite
Is her name in speech human and divine, since it was in f oam She was nourished. But she is also called Kythereia since She reached Kythera, and Kyprogenes because she was born On the surf-line of Kypros, and Philommedes* because she loves The organs of sex, from which she made her epiphany.
Eros became her companion, and ravishing Desire waited on her At her birth and when she made her debut among the Immortals. From that moment on, among both gods and humans,
She has fulfilled the honoured function that includes Virginal sweet-talk, lovers' smiles and deceits
And all of the gentle pleasures of sex.

[Hesiod, Theogony 188ff. (trans. S. Lombardo)]

*philommedes = genital-loving; philommeides = laughter-loving


REQUIREMENTS: The paper must be concise and to the point and fully compare and contrast these two extracts above from the 'Iliad' and 'Theogany'. The paper must contain no irrelevant material that deviates from the precise requirements of the question.