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  • National Security Culturesby Emil J. Kirchner; James Sperling

    Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 53.95

    This edited collection examines changes in national security culture in the wake of international events that have threatened regional or global order, and analyses the effects of these divergent responses on international security. Tracing the links between national security cultures and preferred forms of security governance the work provides... more...

  • Talking to Terroristsby Carolin Goerzig

    Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 39.95

    This book examines the doctrine of giving no concessions to terrorists, and uses empirical research to establish whether there is any link between negotiating with such groups and the spread of violence. The logic of the no-concessions doctrine is based on the argument that other terrorist groups multiply when they realize that terrorism succeeds... more...

  • Beautiful Soulsby Eyal Press

    Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2012; US$ 14.99

    On the Swiss border with Austria in 1938, a police captain refuses to enforce a law barring Jewish refugees from entering his country. In the Balkans half a century later, a Serb from the war-blasted city of Vukovar defies his superiors in order to save the lives of Croats. At the height of the Second Intifada, a member of Israel?s most elite military... more...

  • Righteous Victimsby Benny Morris

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 22.00

    Righteous Victims , by the noted historian Benny Morris, is a comprehensive and objective history of the long battle between Arabs and Jews for possession of a land they both call home. It appears at a most timely juncture, as the bloody and protracted struggle seems at last to be headed for resolution. With great clarity of vision, Professor Morris... more...

  • Disarmament Diplomacy and Human Securityby Denise Garcia

    Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 42.95

    This book assesses how progress in disarmament diplomacy in the last decade has improved human security. In doing so, the book looks at three cases of the development of international norms in this arena. First, it traces how new international normative understandings have shaped the evolution of and support for an Arms Trade Treaty (the supply... more...

  • International Intelligence Cooperation and Accountabilityby Hans Born; Ian Leigh; Aidan Wills

    Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 44.95

    This book examines how international intelligence cooperation has come to prominence post-9/11 and introduces the main accountability, legal and human rights challenges that it poses. Since the end of the Cold War, the threats that intelligence services are tasked with confronting have become increasingly transnational in nature ? organised crime,... more...

  • The South African Intelligence Servicesby Kevin A. O'Brien

    Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 42.95

    This book is the first full history of South African intelligence and provides a detailed examination of the various stages in the evolution of South Africa?s intelligence organizations and structures. Covering the apartheid period of 1948-90, the transition from apartheid to democracy of 1990-94, and the post-apartheid period of new intelligence... more...

  • Violence and Post-war Reconstructionby Christina Steenkamp

    I.B.Tauris 2009; US$ 86.00

    The uncomfortable truth about peace accords is that often they do not bring about a real and lasting peace: while the conflict is officially over, civilians still live with the daily threat of violence. It is generally assumed that this does not pose a threat to the peace process yet the author shows how, in reality, violence that occurs at this time... more...

  • New Perspectives on Liberal Peacebuildingby Edward Newman; Roland Paris; Oliver P. Richmond

    United Nations University Press 2009; US$ 38.00

    Peacebuilding in conflict-prone or post-conflict countries — such as East Timor, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Sierra Leone — aims to prevent the re-emergence or escalation of violent conflict and establish a durable peace. This volume explores and critiques the ‘liberal’ premise of contemporary peacebuilding: the promotion of democracy,... more...

  • Ending Wars, Consolidating Peaceby Mats Berdal; Achim Wennmann

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 19.95

    The transition from war to peace is fraught with tension and the risk of a return to bloodshed. With so much at stake, it is crucial that the international community and local stakeholders make sense of the complex mosaic of challenges, to support a lasting, inclusive and prosperous peace. Recent missions, such as in Afghanistan, Somalia, or Sudan,... more...