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  • Deterrence

    Rising Powers, Rogue Regimes, and Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century

    Edited by A. Lowther ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This volume moves beyond Cold War deterrence theory to show the many ways in which deterrence is applicable to contemporary security: in space, in cyberspace, and against non-state actors. It also examines the role of nuclear deterrence in the twenty-first century and reaches surprising conclusions. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Inside South Africa’s Foreign Policy

    Diplomacy in Africa from Smuts to Mbeki

    by John Siko ...
    South Africa is still the major-player in African diplomacy, its military resources far outstripping those of other nations on the continent. It also has traditionally taken the lead role in Africa's united negotiations with other power blocs. Yet the recent consensus has been that South Africa's diplomacy over the last decades has been a disappointing failure - from appearing to back the ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

  • The Psychology of Terrorism

    by John G. Horgan ...
    Series series Political Violence
    This new edition of John Horgan's critically acclaimed book is fully revised and expanded.The book presents a critical analysis of our existing knowledge and understanding of terrorist psychology. Despite the on-going search for a terrorist pathology, the most insightful and evidence-based research to date not only illustrates the lack of any identifiable psychopathology in terrorists, but ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Peace and Conflict 2016

    Edited by David Backer, Ravinder Bhavnani, Paul Huth ...
    Series series Peace and Conflict
    An authoritative source of information on violent conflicts and peacebuilding processes around the world, Peace and Conflict is an annual publication of the University of Maryland’s Center for International Development and Conflict Management and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva).The contents of the 2016 edition are divided into three sections:» Global ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Talking to Terrorists, Non-Violence, and Counter-Terrorism

    Lessons for Gaza from Northern Ireland

    by Andrew Fitz-Gibbon ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book examines the history of “the Troubles” in Northern Ireland in the 1970s-1990s and compares it with the situation in the Gaza Strip. The book takes as its cue the tragic events in Gaza in July 2014, when Israel launched Operation Protective Edge which began seven weeks of bombardment of Gaza and which led to rocket attacks by the Palestinians on Israel. In all over 2,200 people were ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Improvised Explosive Devices

    The Paradigmatic Weapon of New Wars

    by James Revill ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book begins with an account of the evolution of improvised explosive devices using a number of micro case studies to explore how and why actors have initiated IED campaigns; how new and old technologies and expertise have been exploited and how ethical barriers to IED development and deployment have been dealt with. It proceeds to bring the evidence from the case studies together to identify ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Ethnic Mobilization, Violence, and the Politics of Affect

    The Serb Democratic Party and the Bosnian War

    by Adis Maksić ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book offers an unprecedented account of the Serb Democratic Party’s origins and its political machinations that culminated in Europe’s bloodiest conflict since World War II. Within the first two years of its existence, the nationalist movement led by the infamous genocide convict Radovan Karadzic, radically transformed Bosnian society. It politically homogenized Serbs of Bosnia-Herzegovina, ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Freedom or Terror

    Europe Faces Jihad

    by Russell A. Berman ...
    In his analysis of Europe's ambivalence toward jihadist terror and the spread of aggressive Islamism, with particular emphasis on the European responses—or lack thereof—to this violent anti-modernism, Russell A. Berman describes how some European countries opt for appeasement and apologetics, whereas others muster the strength to defend their way of life and stand up for freedom. He describes a ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The International Politics of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Conflict

    The Original “Frozen Conflict” and European Security

    Edited by Svante E. Cornell ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book frames the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh in the context of European and international security. It is the first book to focus on the politics of the conflict rather than the dispute itself. Since their emergence twenty years ago, this and other “frozen conflicts” of Eurasia have been affected by transformations in European security, and many ways absorbed into an ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Terrorism, Tourism and the End of Hospitality in the 'West'

    by Maximiliano E. Korstanje ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book explores how the contemporary threat of terrorism is eroding the concept of hospitality in the West. Going beyond the immediate effects of terrorism that are daily portrayed in the media and have shaped the foreign policy agenda of politicians in Europe and the US, this study explores the conceptual framework of how terrorism emerged and expanded within the West and shows how it ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • International Peacebuilding and Local Resistance

    Hybrid Forms of Peace

    by Palgrave Macmillan ...
    Using the case studies of Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, Lebanon and Northern Ireland this book dissects internationally-supported peace interventions. Looking at issues of security, statebuilding, civil society and economic and constitutional reform, it proposes using the concept of hybridity to understand the dynamics of societies in transition. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Ireland's Violent Frontier

    The Border and Anglo-Irish Relations During the Troubles

    by H. Patterson ...
    The IRA's ability to exploit the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland was central to the organisation's capacity to wage its 'Long War' over a quarter of a century. This book is the first to look at the role of the border in sustaining the Provisionals and its central role in Anglo-Irish relations throughout the Troubles. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD