Current Events : Warfare & Terrorism

The end of the Cold War, the Revolution in Military Affairs, 9/11 and the War on Terror have radically altered the nature of conflict and security in the Twenty-first Century. This book considers how developments in technology are effecting the prosecution of war and what the changing nature of warfare means for human rights and civil society. more...

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Sudan‘s westernmost region, Darfur, sprang into notoriety early in 2004 when a war of hideous proportions unleashed what the United Nations called ‘the world‘s worst humanitarian crisis‘. Since then, the conflict has been simplified to pictures of sprawling refugee camps and lurid accounts of ‘Arabs‘ murdering ‘Africans.‘ Behind these images lies a complex story of a remote region of Africa. This book details the history of Darfur, its conflicts, and the designs on the region by the governments in Khartoum and Tripoli. It investigates the identity of the infamous ‘Janjawiid‘ militia and the nature of the insurrection, charts the unfolding crisis and the international response, and concludes by asking what the future holds in store. more...

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This collection, the newest volume in the War and Society series, questions the foundations of classical social theory while investigating local and international conflict through the critical and cross-cultural lens of social theory, history, and more...

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Consisting of eight parts, this book includes the changing nature of the defence of national territory role; expeditionary warfare; peacekeeping and humanitarian intervention; defence diplomacy; domestic military assistance; and internal security. The authors come from a range of different groups involved in defence transformation processes. more...

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Once again, Britain faced the real (or perhaps imagined) possibility of invasion, this time from the newly-expanded fleet of Kaiser Wilhelm. The War Office and other government entities responded in ways that would now be considered rather odd, including developing a voluntary force, which eventually comprised 270,000 men by the beginning of the Gr more...

Price: $90.50