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  • Die Farben der Zeit

    Vergangenheit wird Gegenwart

    Was würde passieren, wenn plötzlich Dinosaurier in Fleisch und Blut auftauchten? Würden Sie fasziniert sein, könnten Sie Neandertalern bei der Jagd über die Schulter sehen? Wie würden Sie reagieren, müssten Sie plötzlich beim Bau der Pyramiden mit anpacken? Dieses Buch gibt einen kleinen Einblick in eine Welt, in der dies alles möglich ist. ... Leer más

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  • The Use of Force in International Law

    A Case-Based Approach

    The international law on the use of force is one of the oldest branches of international law. It is an area twinned with the emergence of international law as a concept in itself, and which sees law and politics collide. The number of armed conflicts is equal only to the number of methodological approaches used to describe them. Many violent encounters are well known. The Kosovo Crisis in 1999 and ... Leer más

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  • A World in Disarray

    American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order

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  • Democracy

    Stories from the Long Road to Freedom

    From the former secretary of state and bestselling author -- a sweeping look at the global struggle for democracy and why America must continue to support the cause of human freedom."This heartfelt and at times very moving book shows why democracy proponents are so committed to their work...Both supporters and skeptics of democracy promotion will come away from this book wiser and better informed. ... Leer más

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  • The United Nations: A Very Short Introduction

    The United Nations has been called everything from "the best hope of mankind" to "irrelevant" and "obsolete." With this much-needed introduction to the UN, Jussi Hanhimaki engages the current debate over the organizations effectiveness as he provides a clear understanding of how it was originally conceived, how it has come to its present form, and how it must confront new challenges in a rapidly ... Leer más

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  • Winning the War on War

    The Decline of Armed Conflict Worldwide

    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 ... Leer más

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  • Condemned to Repeat?

    The Paradox of Humanitarian Action

    de Fiona Terry ...
    Humanitarian groups have failed, Fiona Terry believes, to face up to the core paradox of their activity: humanitarian action aims to alleviate suffering, but by inadvertently sustaining conflict it potentially prolongs suffering. In Condemned to Repeat?, Terry examines the side-effects of intervention by aid organizations and points out the need to acknowledge the political consequences of the ... Leer más

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  • The Root Causes of the United Nations’ Failure in Somalia

    The Role of Neighboring Countries in the Somali Crisis

    When the Somali crisis broke out in the 1990s and the Somali central government collapsed, the United Nations made several attempts to mediate the conflicting parties. The crisis reached its highest climax, leading to the successful US-led Operation Restore Hope. Unfortunately, when the leadership of the operation was transferred to the United Nations, the UN-led intervention failed miserably ... Leer más

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  • The Politics of Genocide

    In this impressive book, Edward S. Herman and David Peterson examine the uses and abuses of the word “genocide.” They argue persuasively that the label is highly politicized and that in the United States it is used by the government, journalists, and academics to brand as evil those nations and political movements that in one way or another interfere with the imperial interests of U.S. capitalism. ... Leer más

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  • Tower of Babble

    How the United Nations Has Fueled Global Chaos

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    A United Nations insider exposes how anti-American and antidemocratic forces have hijacked the UN and put America and its allies at riskPoliticians and pundits are imploring the United States to give the UN a major role in American foreign policy. But as bestselling author Dore Gold reveals in Tower of Babble, it is absurd to look to the UN to fight aggression, combat terrorism, and preserve ... Leer más

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  • War Law

    Understanding International Law and Armed Conflict

    de Michael Byers ...
    "Professor Byers's book goes to the heart of some of the most bitterly contested recent controversies about the International Rule of Law." —Chris Patten, Chancellor of Oxford UniversityInternational law governing the use of military force has been the subject of intense public debate. Under what conditions is it appropriate, or necessary, for a country to use force when diplomacy has failed? ... Leer más

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    The United Nations has been called everything from "the best hope of mankind" to "irrelevant" and "obsolete." With this much-needed introduction to the UN, Jussi Hanhimäki engages the current debate over the organizations effectiveness as he provides a clear understanding of how it was originally conceived, how it has come to its present form, and how it must confront new challenges in a rapidly ... Leer más

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