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Making War and Building Peace
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 42.00Making War and Building Peace examines how well United Nations peacekeeping missions work after civil war. Statistically analyzing all civil wars since 1945, the book compares peace processes that had UN involvement to those that didn't. Michael Doyle and Nicholas Sambanis argue that each mission must be designed to fit the conflict, with the right... more...
Diplomatic Incidents
John Murray 2010; US$ 22.64The hilarious memoirs of an undiplomatic wife. This is Cherry Denman's witty take on her life trailing husband Charlie round some of the most godforsaken outposts of the world. Illustrated by brilliantly funny cartoons of diplomatic life, this is a collection of clever and very funny tales of global misunderstanding. more...
Stability without Statehood
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00This book reinterprets the EU using classical and early modern republican political theory. Bypassing the nation-state, it presents a new theory of the creation, change and demise of organizations in world politics. It also argues that the state is a problematic solution to 'state-failure' and explores alternative republican commonwealths. more...
American Foreign Policy in Regions of Conflict
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 30.00A comprehensive look at American foreign policy in regions of conflict throughout the world. more...
Torn between America and China
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) 2010; US$ 53.90How can a developing, democratic and predominantly Muslim country like Indonesia manage its foreign relations, while facing a myriad of security concerns and dilemmas in the increasingly complex post-Cold War international politics, without compromising its national interests and sacrificing its independence? Approaching this problem from the vantage... more...
The European Union Explained, Second Edition
Indiana University Press 2011; US$ 17.95This brief and accessible introduction to the European Union is ideal for scholars and professionals in government, business, the media, or the nonprofit sector who need a concise overview of the structure, history, and policies of the EU. This new edition also provides useful background reading for... more...
Diplomacy
OUP Oxford 2010; US$ 9.99Like making war, diplomacy has been around a very long time, at least since the Bronze Age. It was primitive by today's standards, there were few rules, but it was a recognizable form of diplomacy. Since then, diplomacy has evolved greatly, coming to mean different things, to different persons, at different times, ranging from the elegant to the... more...
Full Spectrum Diplomacy and Grand Strategy
Lexington Books 2011; US$ 30.99Full Spectrum Diplomacy and Grand Strategy: Reforming the Structure and Culture of U.S. Foreign Policy, by John Lenczowski offers a solution to one of the greatest weaknesses in U.S. foreign policy that has exacerbated the unprecedented anti-Americanism of recent years?the U.S. Government's inability to conduct the "full spectrum" of diplomatic... more...
Diplomatic Incidents
John Murray 2010; Not AvailableThe hilarious memoirs of an undiplomatic wife. This is Cherry Denman's witty take on her life trailing husband Charlie round some of the most godforsaken outposts of the world. Illustrated by brilliantly funny cartoons of diplomatic life, this is a collection of clever and very funny tales of global misunderstanding. more...
Parting Shots
Penguin Books Ltd 2010; Not AvailableWhen leaving a foreign posting, Britain's ambassadors were encouraged to write a valedictory despatch until the practice was abolished in 2006. Unlike the usual style of the diplomatic bag, these last reports from foreign posts were unbuttoned, indiscreet and often very funny. There was much settling of scores, some poking fun of foreigners, a degree... more...









