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  • New Armies from Old

    Merging Competing Military Forces after Civil Wars

    by Roy Licklider, Bruce Russett, Caroline Hartzell, Matthew LeRiche, Paul Jackson, Florence Gaub, Stephen Burgess, Rosalie Arcala Hall, Judith Verweijen, Andrea Bartoli0, Martha Mutisi1, Rohan Maxwell2, Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs3, Cyrus Samii4, David Laitin5, Ronald Krebs6 ...
    Negotiating a peaceful end to civil wars, which often includes an attempt to bring together former rival military or insurgent factions into a new national army, has been a frequent goal of conflict resolution practitioners since the Cold War. In practice, however, very little is known about what works, and what doesn’t work, in bringing together former opponents to build a lasting peace ... Read more

    $53.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Living Together After Ethnic Killing

    Exploring the Chaim Kaufman Argument

    Edited by Roy Licklider, Mia Bloom ...
    Thisvolume attempts to critically analyze Chaim Kaufman's ideas from various methodological perspectives, with the view of further understanding how stable states may arise after violent ethnic conflict and to generate important debate in the area.After the Cold War, the West became optimistic of their ability to intervene effectively in instances of humanitarian disasters and civil war. ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Stopping the Killing

    How Civil Wars End

    by Roy Licklider ...
    Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Liberia, Somalia, Azerbaijan, El Salvador, Northern Ireland, Lebanon, Cambodia -- all provide bloody evidence that civil wars continue to have a powerful impact on the international scene. Because they tear at the very fabric of a society and pit countryman against countryman, civil wars are often the most brutal and difficult to extinguish -- witness the American Revolution ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

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  • The New Road to Serfdom

    A Letter of Warning to America

    by Daniel Hannan ...
    A prominent British conservative warns Americans to stop President Obama from leading their country down the path to European-style socialism.In March 2009, British conservative Daniel Hannan became a celebrity overnight when he assailed prime minister Gordon Brown on the floor of the European Parliament. The YouTube clip went viral, leading to whirlwind appearances on FOX News and other ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Winning the War on War

    The Decline of Armed Conflict Worldwide

    by Joshua S. Goldstein ...
    Everyone knows: wars are getting worse, more civilians are dying, and peacemaking achieves nothing, right? Wrong.Despite all the bad-news headlines, peacekeeping is working. Fewer wars are starting, more are ending, and those that remain are smaller and more localized. But peace doesn’t just happen; it needs to be put into effect. Moreover, understanding the global decline in armed conflict is ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • On Empire

    America, War, and Global Supremacy

    by Eric Hobsbawm ...
    In these four incisive and keenly perceptive essays, one of out most celebrated and respected historians of modern Europe looks at the world situation and some of the major political problems confronting us at the start of the third millennium.With his usual measured and brilliant historical perspective, Eric Hobsbawm traces the rise of American hegemony in the twenty-first century. He examines ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The International Arms Trade

    by Rachel Stohl, Suzette Grillot ...
    Series series War and Conflict in the Modern World
    The multi-billion dollar business of the international conventional arms trade involves virtually every country in the world. Around the globe, people's lives are being irrevocably changed by the effects of guns, tanks, and missiles. These weapons have the potential to cause a deadly and current threat - one responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths a year.This succinct and accessible new ... Read more

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  • Decolonization

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    by Dane Kennedy ...
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    Millions of Africans, Asians, and other peoples were the subjects of colonial rule by overseas empires through the mid-twentieth century. By the end of the century, however, nearly all of these peoples had become citizens of independent nation-states. The United Nations grew from 51 member states at its founding in 1945 to 193 today. Its nearly four-fold increase is one measure of the historic ... Read more

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  • Eritrea at a Crossroads

    A Narrative of Triumph, Betrayal and Hope

    by Andebrhan Welde Giorgis ...
    I congratulate Andebrhan Welde Giorgis on his high-quality and extremely informative book that has not only the merit to be an update on the political situation in Eritrea but also asks the pertinent questions on the future of his marvelous country. He does it with tact and success, based on his long experience as freedom fighter, as senior public servant, as Ambassador and his rich experience of ... Read more

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  • Making War and Building Peace

    United Nations Peace Operations

    by Nicholas Sambanis, Michael W. Doyle ...
    Making War and Building Peace examines how well United Nations peacekeeping missions work after civil war. Statistically analyzing all civil wars since 1945, the book compares peace processes that had UN involvement to those that didn't. Michael Doyle and Nicholas Sambanis argue that each mission must be designed to fit the conflict, with the right authority and adequate resources. UN missions can ... Read more

    $45.39 USD

  • Special Providence

    American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World

    by Walter Russell Mead ...
    From one of our leading experts on foreign policy, a full-scale reinterpretation of America’s dealings—from its earliest days—with the rest of the world.It is Walter Russell Mead’s thesis that the United States, by any standard, has had a more successful foreign policy than any of the other great powers that we have faced—and faced down. Beginning as an isolated string of settlements at the edge ... Read more

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