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  • Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa

    Edited by Devon Curtis, Gwinyayi A. Dzinesa ...
    Series series Cambridge Centre of African Studies Series
    Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa is a critical reflection on peacebuilding efforts in Africa. The authors expose the tensions and contradictions in different clusters of peacebuilding activities, including peace negotiations; statebuilding; security sector governance; and disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration. Essays also address the institutional framework for peacebuilding ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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  • The Other Islam

    Sufism and the Road to Global Harmony

    by Stephen Schwartz ...
    This eye-opening, insightful exploration of Sufism, the spiritual tradition that has supported Islam for more than a thousand years, shows why it offers a promising foundation for reconciliation between the Western and Muslim worlds.Many Americans today identify Islam with maniacal hatred of the West. The Other Islam transforms this image and opens the way to finding common ground in our troubled ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • War Made Easy

    How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death

    by Norman Solomon ...
    War Made Easy cuts through the dense web of spin to probe and scrutinize the key "perception management" techniques that have played huge roles in the promotion of American wars in recent decades. This guide to disinformation analyzes American military adventures past and present to reveal striking similarities in the efforts of various administrations to justify, and retain, public support for ... Read more

    $13.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Terrorism: The Basics

    by James Lutz, Brenda Lutz ...
    Series series The Basics
    Terrorism: The Basics is an ideal starting point for anyone interested in one of the most discussed, written about and analysed aspects of modern life. Common misconceptions are dispelled as the authors provide clear and jargon-free answers to the big questions:What does terrorism involve?Who can be classified as a terrorist?What are terrorists trying to achieve?Who are the supporters of terrorism ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Jewish History, Jewish Religion

    The Weight of Three Thousand Years

    by Israel Shahak ...
    Series series Get Political
    Israel Shahak was a remarkable man. Born in the Warsaw ghetto and a survivor of Belsen, Shahak arrived in Israel in 1945. Brought up under Jewish Orthodoxy and Hebrew culture, he consistently opposed the expansion of the borders of Israel from 1967.In this extraordinary and highly acclaimed book, Shahak embarks on a provocative study of the extent to which the secular state of Israel has been ... Read more

    $14.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Handbook of Intelligence Studies

    Edited by Loch K. Johnson ...
    This topical volume offers a comprehensive review of secret intelligence organizations and activities.Intelligence has been in the news consistently since 9/11 and the Iraqi WMD errors. Leading experts in the field approach the three major missions of intelligence: collection-and-analysis; covert action; and counterintelligence. Within each of these missions, the dynamically written essays dissect ... Read more

    $91.99 USD

  • Leaving Terrorism Behind

    Individual and Collective Disengagement

    Edited by Tore Bjorgo, John G. Horgan ...
    Series series Political Violence
    This new edited volume expands our understanding of the processes by which individuals and groups disengage from terrorism.While there has been a growing awareness of the need to understand and prevent processes of radicalization into terrorism, disengagement and deradicalization from terrorism have long been neglected areas in research on terrorism. This book uses empirical data to explore how ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Countering Terrorism and WMD

    Creating a Global Counter-Terrorism Network

    Edited by Peter Katona, Michael D. Intriligator, John P. Sullivan ...
    Series series Political Violence
    This volume shows us that in order to deal with today’s Fourth Generation asymmetric warfare by terrorist groups using conventional arms and weapons of mass destruction, we need a new ‘global networked’ approach.The contributors examine the various attempts that have been made to counter the latest wave of terrorism, including the US strikes against Afghanistan and Iraq, President George W. Bush's ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Introduction to Nonviolence

    by Professor Ramin Jahanbegloo ...
    Non-violent movements, under figures like Gandhi and the Dalai Lama, led to some of the great social changes of the 20th century, and some argue it offers solutions for this century's problems. This book explores non-violence from its roots in diverse religious and philosophical traditions to its role in bringing social and political change today. ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • We Will Seek Peace and Pursue It

    by Neil Paynter ...
    A book of readings, reflections and prayers about 'the bombs and bullets and landmines we drop into the heart of other people's lives' - and the many good folk working for peace and reconciliation at home and abroad. It can be used for personal and group reflection or in worship. While several of the contributors are from various grassroots organisations and communities, many are members, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Living on the Edge

    Iran and the Practice of Nuclear Hedging

    by Wyn Bowen, Dina Esfandiary, Matthew Moran ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    In this book, the authors explore the controversial Iranian nuclear programme through the conceptual lens of nuclear hedging.In 2002, revelations regarding undeclared nuclear facilities thrust Iran’s nuclear activities under the spotlight and prompted concerns that Tehran was pursuing nuclear weapons. Iran has always denied nuclear weapons aspirations, yet it cannot be disputed that the Islamic ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Chocolate, Politics and Peace-Building

    An Ethnography of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, Colombia

    by Gwen Burnyeat ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book tells the story of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, an emblematic grassroots social movement of peasant farmers, who unusually declared themselves ‘neutral’ to Colombia’s internal armed conflict, in the north-west region of Urabá. It reveals two core narratives in the Community’s collective identity, which Burnyeat calls the ‘radical’ and the ‘organic’ narratives. These refer ... Read more

    $53.99 USD