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  • Peace and Conflict 2017

    Edited by Ravinder Bhavnani, David Backer, 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 2017 edition are divided into three sections:» Global ... Read more

    $52.99 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

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  • Muslims and the State in the Post-9/11 West

    Edited by Erik Bleich ...
    From the terrorist attacks of 9/11 to the assassination of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh to the London transportation bombings, dramatic events of recent years have generated security concerns about Muslim communities in the West. These have added an additional layer to the tensions surrounding Muslim immigrant integration and have generated heated discussions about how governments should address ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • War, Denial and Nation-Building in Sri Lanka

    After the End

    by Rachel Seoighe ...
    Series series Palgrave Studies in Compromise after Conflict
    This book begins from a critical account of the final months of the Sri Lankan civil war, tracing themes of nationalism, discourse and conflict memory through this period of immense violence and into its aftermath. Using these themes to explore state crime, atrocity and its denial and representation, Seoighe offers an analysis of how stories of conflict are authored and constructed. This book ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Armed Group Structure and Violence in Civil Wars

    The Organizational Dynamics of Civilian Killing

    by Roos Haer ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Civil Wars and Intra-State Conflict
    This book examines whether differences in the organizational structure of armed groups shape patterns of human rights violations in civil wars.Since the end of World War II, civil wars have been characterized by extremely high numbers of civilian casualties. However, the exact extent of civilian suffering varies across time, conflict, and geographic region. Recently, a new strand of research has ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Exploring Regional Responses to a Nuclear Iran

    Nuclear Dominoes?

    by C. Hobbs, M. Moran ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book challenges the widely held assumption that a nuclear-armed Iran would provoke a proliferation cascade in the Middle East. Arguing that a domino effect is by no means inevitable, the authors set out a number of policy measures that could be enacted by the international community to reduce this risk. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Beyond Fundamentalism

    Confronting Religious Extremism in the Age of Globalization

    by Reza Aslan ...
    “A very persuasive argument for the best way to counter jihadism” (The Washington Post) from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Zealot and host of Believer“[A] thoughtful analysis of America’s War on Terror.”—The New YorkerThe wars in the Middle East have become religious wars in which God is believed to be directly engaged on behalf of one side against the other. The hijackers who attac. ... Read more

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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

    $36.99 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

  • Pop Culture Goes to War

    Enlisting and Resisting Militarism in the War on Terror

    by Geoff Martin, Erin Steuter ...
    Pop Culture Goes to War, by Geoff Martin and Erin Steuter, explores the persistence of militarism in American popular culture in the war on terror, from 9/11 to the present day. The authors detail the role of Hollywood and the entertainment industries in rallying both the troops and the public for war and show how toys, video games, music, and television support contemporary militarism. At the ... Read more

    $47.99 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

  • Unconventional Warfare in South Asia

    Shadow Warriors and Counterinsurgency

    by Scott Gates, Kaushik Roy ...
    India is the world's tenth largest economy and possesses the world's fourth largest military. The subcontinent houses about one-fifth of the world's population and its inhabitants are divided into various tribes, clans and ethnic groups following four great religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam. Framing the debate using case studies from across the region as well as China, ... Read more

    $72.99 USD