This unique collection of comparable case studies addresses the need to assess modes of conflict resolution in a larger sociocultural context with attention to varying approaches and cultural perspectives. Editors Avruch, Black, and Scimecca, together with other anthropologists and sociologists, propose and test different propositions, while looking toward a general theory of conflict and confl…
The contents of this book: 1. Understanding African Security Problems - the Link Between the Past, the Present and the Future 2. African Security in Historical Perspective 3. An Overview of the Theoretical Issues in African Security
The inspiration for the major motion picture "Of Gods and Men". In the spring of l996 armed men broke into a Trappist monastery in war-torn Algeria and took seven monks hostage, pawns in a murky negotiation to free imprisoned terrorists. Two months later their severed heads were found in a tree; their bodies were never recovered. The village of Tibhirine had sprung up around the monastery b…
Damned Nations is the brilliant distillation of Dr. Nutt's observations over the course of fifteen years providing hands-on care in some of the world's most violent flashpoints, all the while building the world class non-profit War Child North America. Combining original research with her personal story, it is a deeply thoughtful meditation on war as it is being waged around the world against m…
Esai-esai politik Sukardi Rinakit dalam buku ini menembus persoalan politik yang jauh lebih dalam. Bagi Sukardi, politik merupakan semesta yang lebih luas, bukan sekadar alat untuk meraih kekuasaan sesaat, dan bahwa ada moralitas di dalamnya. Bab I : Politik Wayangan Bab II : Jangan Melipat Demokrasi Bab III : Kilas Balik Pemilu 2004.
A classic in its field, Why Nations Go to War engages students in a dialogue about the human truth behind the mechanistic forces of war. The seven case studies provide students with solid historical background on twentieth-century warfare, while the lively narrative keeps them reading. The seventh edition has been thoroughly updated and includes a new case study on Bosnia and the war over the r…
Confront and Conceal provides readers with a picture of an administration that came to office with the world on fire. It takes them into the Situation Room debate over how to undermine Iran’s program while simultaneously trying to prevent Israel from taking military action that could plunge the region into another war. It dissects how the bin Laden raid worsened the dysfunctional relationship…
Contents: 1. Ours and theirs : Washington's love/hate relationship with terrorist and human rights violators 2. United states use of weapons of mass destruction 3. A rogue state versus the world.
A Pretext for War reveals the systematic weaknesses behind the failure to detect or prevent the 9/11 attacks, and details the Bush administration’s subsequent misuse of intelligence to sell preemptive war to the American people. Filled with unprecedented revelations, from the sites of “undisclosed locations” to the actual sources of America’s Middle East policy, A Pretext for War is ess…
This is a collective scholarly endeavor Pakistani academics and Pakistan's public figures to examine the country's national existence in all walks of life. The contributors make a candid and objective analysis of the political process, the role of the judiciary, the executive, economic development and the role of foreign policy