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In a reinterpretation of the postwar years, historian Robert Dallek examines what drove the leaders of the most powerful nations around the globe--Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Mao, de Gaulle, and Truman--to rely on traditional power politics despite the catastrophic violence their nations had endured. The decisions of these men, for better and often for worse, had profound consequences for decades to come, influencing relations and conflicts with...
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From the establishment of the Liberian state in 1847, the government's indirect rule over the majority indigenous Liberian population was oppressive and exploitative, and in 1980, the settler government was overthrown. But, instead of uniting Liberians, the first indigenous Liberian president presided over a 10-year dictatorship, followed by a brutal civil war that lasted until 2003.
In this case study, we examine the methodologies and approaches...
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Today, National Security is embroiled in the unknown, the uncertain, the unseen, and the unexpected. In the twenty-first century, failed states, rogue states, ethnic militias, and radical extremists produce transnational actors involved in global conflicts. During the 1980s, Iran used Hizballah as a surrogate terrorist organization. This was an excellent example of the transition from the traditional state-centered paradigm ordered around conventional...
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In Death as a Way of Life, David Grossman, one of Israel's great fiction writers, addresses urgent questions regarding the middle east in a series of passionate essays and insightful articles.
Writing not only as one of his country's most respected novelists and commentators, but as a husband and father and peace activist bitterly disappointed in the leaders of both sides, Grossman asks: What went wrong after Oslo? How can Israelis and Palestinians...
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In King Charles the Wise, Nicholas Hagger celebrated Prince Charles's humanitarian vision and foresaw the birth of a united world. In The Coronation of King Charles, he celebrates the coming Carolingian Age. The hope is that all the divisions within the UK and problems of humankind, will be resolved under a new democratic World State working to abolish war, enforce disarmament, combat famine, disease and poverty, and solve the world's environmental...
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Civil Resistance Tactics in the 21st-Century belongs on the virtual bookshelf of anyone who is studying or practicing nonviolent action.
• Scholars: Explore updated categories and tactics that respect and expand on Gene Sharp's landmark work.
• Teachers & Trainers: Give your participants a brief overview of the whole range of nonviolent tactics used around the world, when and how those tactics work, and how nonviolent tactics differ from, or combine...
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A vivid, original, and intimate hour-by-hour account of Armistice Day 1918, to mark its centenary this year. November 11, 2018, marks the centenary of the armistice signed between the Allies and Germany ending World War I. While the events of the war and its legacy are much discussed, this is the first book to focus solely on the day itself, examining how the people of Britain, and the wider world, reacted to the news of peace. In this rich portrait...
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Historians, veterans, museums, and public education campaigns have all documented and commemorated the experience of Canadians in times of war. But Canada also has a long, rich, and important historical tradition of resistance to both war and militarization. This collection brings together the work of sixteen scholars on the history of war resistance. Together they explore resistance to specific wars (including the South African War, the First and...
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"Winner of the 2017 ISA Annual Best Book Award, International Studies Association" "One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2015" Dale C. Copeland is an associate professor in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia. He is the author of The Origins of Major War.
Does growing economic interdependence among great powers increase or decrease the chance of conflict and war? Liberals argue that the benefits of trade give states...
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Humanity has been passing through stages of collective growth towards integration and unity. Our current collective crises-climate change, financial upheavals, proliferation of nuclear weapons, gross human rights atrocities, mismanagement of critical natural resources-manifest our passage through a turbulent adolescence. This book analyzes why and how humanity can take the next step towards maturity by establishing collective decision-making institutions...
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In this important short book, Karl Sabbagh, a British-Palestinian writer, proposes a solution to the 100-year-old Palestine-Israel conflict. It is often said that this conflict, a running sore in international politics, is 'too complicated' for most people to understand. Sabbagh shows the opposite – that the conflict and its solution are surprisingly simple to understand and to carry out. What this book offers is a vision of a single state between...
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When They Speak Israel is a guide for better understanding one's own and others' association with Israel. It is a guide written primarily, for people, who oppose racism and stand for human rights, yet want, to build relationships and conversations with others, who may have different views. When They Speak Israel responds to talking points that we hear in the press and from politicians about Israel, Palestine, and everyone in between. The guide offers...
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Depuis la mise en place d'une Politique de sécurité et de défense commune, au début des années 2000, l'Union européenne est devenue un acteur important du maintien de la paix dans le monde, s'aventurant ainsi dans un domaine longtemps resté la chasse gardée des États-nations de l'Europe. Le système décisionnel de cette politique reste très contrlé et laisse peu de place à ce que les chercheurs nomment l'européanisation — soit l'influence...
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"Peace on Our Terms follows dozens of remarkable women from Europe, the Middle East, North America, and Asia as they crossed oceans and continents; commanded meeting halls in Paris, Zurich, and Washington; and marched in the streets of Cairo and Beijing. Mona L. Siegel's sweeping global account of international organizing highlights how Egyptian and Chinese nationalists, Western and Japanese labor feminists, white Western suffragists, and African...
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Ce pamphlet a pour but de lever toutes équivoques entre l'autonomie et l'autochtonie
L'autochtonie est propice, dans sa définition comme du point de vue de sa finalité, à des dérives de type ethnique, xénophobe ou raciste. L'auteur cherche en effet à clarifier sa vision autonomiste ou fédéraliste pour le Sénégal, en tant qu'une formidable alternative à la logique de l'indépendance pure et simple de la Casamance, en proie à une rébellion...
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Avant nous, le XXe siècle : les atrocités des guerres mondiales et les génocides. Et devant nous ?
Paul Leplat est un ancien Résistant et combattant volontaire de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Il porte sur le monde un regard pénétrant et sage. Aujourd'hui, il nous apporte, entre autres, ce message :
Les garants de la paix et du progrès sont l'équité et la liberté (à condition d'en faire bon usage). Or, voici de retour le sinistre cortège...
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Essays analyzing the role of those who damage or work to damage peace negotiations, specifically in connection to the Israeli-Arab conflict.
For as long as people have been working to bring peace to areas suffering long-standing, violent conflict, there have also been those working to spoil this peace. These "spoilers" work to disrupt the peace process, and often this disruption takes the form of violence on a catastrophic level. Galia Golan and...
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