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  • The Dutch National Research Agenda in Perspective

    A Reflection on Research and Science Policy in Practice

    The Dutch National Research Agenda is a set of national priorities that are set by scientists working in conjunction with corporations, civil society organisations, and interested citizens. The agenda consolidates the questions that scientific research will be focused on in the coming year. This book covers the current status of the Dutch National Research Agenda and considers what changes and ... Read more

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  • Securing Europe after Napoleon

    1815 and the New European Security Culture

    After the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, the leaders of Europe at the Congress of Vienna aimed to establish a new balance of power. The settlement established in 1815 ushered in the emergence of a genuinely European security culture. In this volume, leading historians offer new insights into the military cooperation, ambassadorial conferences, transnational police networks, and ... Read more

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  • Securing Empire

    Imperial Cooperation and Competition in the Nineteenth Century

    This volume explores how the quest for security reshaped the world over the course of the 19th century, altering the structures, hierarchies and dynamics of international relations during a pivotal moment in world history.Taking a unique approach to imperial and international history, the essays in this volume show how security propelled imperial expansion, supported institutions of cooperation, ... Read more

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  • Strategic Narratives, Public Opinion and War

    Winning domestic support for the Afghan War

    Series series Contemporary Security Studies
    This volume explores the way governments endeavoured to build and maintain public support for the war in Afghanistan, combining new insights on the effects of strategic narratives with an exhaustive series of case studies.In contemporary wars, with public opinion impacting heavily on outcomes, strategic narratives provide a grid for interpreting the why, what and how of the conflict. This book ... Read more

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  • Soldiers in Peacemaking

    The Role of the Military at the End of War, 1800-present

    Series series New Approaches to International History
    What is the role of a soldier at the end of war, when either victory or defeat is inevitable? This book delves into that question, exploring how the military and soldiers on the ground have contributed to the transition to peace. With case studies from 1800 to the present day, Soldiers in Peace-making offers a historical overview of the part military men and women have played in the aftermath of ... Read more

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  • Fighting Terror after Napoleon

    How Europe Became Secure after 1815

    After twenty-six years of unprecedented revolutionary upheavals and endless fighting, the victorious powers craved stability after Napoleon's defeat in 1815. With the threat of war and revolutionary terror still looming large, the coalition launched an unprecedented experiment to re-establish European security. With over one million troops remaining in France, they established the Allied Council ... Read more

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  • Evaluating Counterterrorism Performance

    A Comparative Study

    Series series Contemporary Terrorism Studies
    This book offers a new model for measuring the success and impact of counterterrorism strategies, using four comparative historical case studies.The effectiveness of counterterrorism measures is hard to assess, especially since the social impact of terrorist attacks is a fundamental and complex issue. This book focuses on the impact of counterterrorist measures by introducing the concept of the ... Read more

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  • The Radical Redemption Model

    Terrorist Beliefs and Narratives

    Series series Extreme Belief and Behavior Series
    What do convicted terrorists really believe when they say they committed their acts in the name of a higher authority? Combining oral history, social psychology, and historical research, Beatrice de Graaf explores the belief systems that underlie acts of religious terrorism. From interviews with terrorist detainees from the Netherlands, Syria, Pakistan, and Indonesia—mostly jihadists and some ... Read more

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  • Reintegrating Jihadist Extremist Detainees

    Helping Extremist Offenders Back into Society

    Series series Contemporary Terrorism Studies
    This book seeks to understand the processes of reintegration of former Jihadist detainees, as well as the role that the police and other frontline professionals play in this process.Over the past few decades the number of people who have been detained under the suspicion of terrorist activities has grown significantly. This has resulted in an increased scholarly interest in the topic of prisons ... Read more

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  • The Global Age of Revolutions

    A History from 1650 to Today

    Series series The Revolutionary Age
    Redrawing the map and resetting the clock of the Age of RevolutionsIn 2015, Bryan Banks and Cindy Ermus launched Age of Revolutions, a website offering critical reconsideration of the foundational concept of revolution and centered on three key questions: What was the Age of Revolutions? Where was the Age of Revolutions? And are we still living in an Age of Revolutions? This collection represents ... Read more

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