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Peace

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  • Peaceby David Cortright

    Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 24.00

    A definitive history of peace advocacy and an analysis of its religious and intellectual roots. more...

  • The Propaganda of Peaceby Greg McLaughlin; Stephen Baker

    Intellect 2010; US$ 20.00

    When political opponents Ian Paisley and Martin McGuiness were confirmed as First Minister and Deputy First Minister of a new Northern Ireland executive in May 2007, a chapter was closed on Northern Ireland’s troubled past. A dramatic realignment of politics had brought these irreconcilable enemies together—and the media played a significant role in persuading the public to accept this startling change. The Propaganda of Peace places their role in a wider cultural context and examines a broad range of factual and fictional representations, from journalism and public museum exhibitions to film, television drama and situation comedy. The authors propose a radically different theoretical and methodological approach to the media’s... more...

  • Righteous Victimsby Benny Morris

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 16.99

    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 finds the roots of this conflict in the deep religious, ethnic, and political differences between the Zionist immigrants and the native Arab population of Palestine. He describes the gradual influx of Jewish settlers, which was eventually fiercely resisted by the Arabs during the decades of  British Mandatory government following World War I. The establishment of the State of Israel... more...

  • Democracy and Peace Makingby Philip Towle

    Routledge 2000; US$ 138.00

    A study of the changing objectives and role of postwar peace-making over the last two centuries. more...

  • Peace Maintenanceby Jarat Chopra

    Routledge 1998; US$ 170.00

    This book is invaluable in identifying the necessary ingredients for long term, legitimate and effective peace-maintenance at a time when it is needed most. more...

  • Conflict and Reconciliation in the Contemporary Worldby David J. Whittaker

    Routledge 1999; US$ 29.95

    Conflict and Reconciliation examines the interdependent processes of conflict origins, resolutions and reconciliation, in the light of eight case studies including Yugoslavia, Israel, Northern Ireland and South Africa. more...

  • Justice Fragmentedby George C. Pavlich

    Routledge 1996; US$ 190.00

    Exploring real life experiences of community mediation practices in Canada, the author develops some of Foucault's central ideas on govermentality. more...

  • Role and Control of Weapons in the 1990sby Frank Barnaby

    Routledge 1992; US$ 125.00

    Considers the way forward for defence issues as the twentieth century draws to a close. Barnaby examines a variety of security issues to argue that control over weapons of mass destruction must be dramatically increased. more...

  • Japan's Economic Power and Securityby Christopher W. Hughes

    RoutledgeCurzon 1999; US$ 195.00

    The first study to investigate, in depth, Japan's reaction to the recent diplomatic, military and economic security crisis generated by North Korea. more...

  • Perception, Politics and Security in South Asiaby P. R. Chari; Pervias Iqbal Cheema; Stephen Philip Cohen

    RoutledgeCurzon 2003; US$ 39.95

    This book provides a detailed examination of the compound crisis between India and Pakistan that brought the region to the brink of a nuclear war in 1990 and places the crisis in the context of concurrent international events. more...