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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “celeste ward gventer”
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  • The New Counter-insurgency Era in Critical Perspective

    by Celeste Ward Gventer, M.L.R Smith ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The notion of counter-insurgency has become a dominant paradigm in American and British thinking about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This volume brings together international academics and practitioners to evaluate the broader theoretical and historical factors that underpin COIN, providing a critical reappraisal of counter-insurgency thinking. ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

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  • The Control Factor

    Our Struggle to See the True Threat

    by Bill Siegel ...
    For those who believe America is worth defending, The Control Factor explores the psychological maneuvers, fantasies, and entanglements we engage in to avoid clearly seeing the Islamic threat that confronts us. The prerequisite for developing necessary strategies to ensure our survival is taking responsibility for our perceptions and actions. ... Read more

    $28.19 USD

  • Inside South Africa’s Foreign Policy

    Diplomacy in Africa from Smuts to Mbeki

    by John Siko ...
    South Africa is still the major-player in African diplomacy, its military resources far outstripping those of other nations on the continent. It also has traditionally taken the lead role in Africa's united negotiations with other power blocs. Yet the recent consensus has been that South Africa's diplomacy over the last decades has been a disappointing failure - from appearing to back the ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

  • The IRA and Armed Struggle

    by Rogelio Alonso ...
    Series series Political Violence
    The IRA is one of the oldest terrorist organizations in the world and conducted a ferociously violent campaign for almost thirty years. Now deeply enmeshed in the Northern Ireland peace process, Rogelio Alonso asks why one of the bloodiest terrorist movements of our time decide to swap weapons for the ballot box?Based on over seventy interviews conducted with former and existing members of the IRA ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Improvised Explosive Devices

    The Paradigmatic Weapon of New Wars

    by James Revill ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book begins with an account of the evolution of improvised explosive devices using a number of micro case studies to explore how and why actors have initiated IED campaigns; how new and old technologies and expertise have been exploited and how ethical barriers to IED development and deployment have been dealt with. It proceeds to bring the evidence from the case studies together to identify ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Ending ETA's Armed Campaign

    How and Why the Basque Armed Group Abandoned Violence

    by Imanol Murua ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies
    This book explains how and why the Basque separatist armed group ETA decided to end its armed campaign against the Spanish state.The ETA’s armed campaign for Basque independence lasted fifty years and led to more than 800 casualties. This book analyzes the factors that led to ETA ending its campaign of violence in 2011, despite having yet to achieve its political objectives. It explains how the ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • The Fog of Peace

    The Human Face of Conflict Resolution

    by Gabrielle Rifkind, Giandomenico Picco ...
    Institutions do not decide whom to destroy or to kill, whether to make peace or war; those decisions are the responsibility of individuals. This book argues that the most important aspect of conflict resolution is for antagonists to understand their opponents, their ambitions, their pains. Gabrielle Rifkind and Giandomenico Pico present two very different experiences of international relations – ... Read more

    $60.79 USD

  • Unconventional Warfare in South Asia

    Shadow Warriors and Counterinsurgency

    by Scott Gates, Kaushik Roy ...
    India is the world's tenth largest economy and possesses the world's fourth largest military. The subcontinent houses about one-fifth of the world's population and its inhabitants are divided into various tribes, clans and ethnic groups following four great religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam. Framing the debate using case studies from across the region as well as China, ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Violence at Sea

    Piracy in the Age of Global Terrorism

    by Peter Lehr ...
    Violence at Sea is an overview of maritime piracy, examining threats that piracy poses to global security and commerce, as well as measures and policies to mitigate the threat. The essays analyze piracy activities in key shipping lanes (including the African coast, the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, and the Straits of Malacca-South China Sea); piratical groups and their capabilities; case studies ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Failed States and the Origins of Violence

    A Comparative Analysis of State Failure as a Root Cause of Terrorism and Political Violence

    by Tiffiany Howard ...
    What makes a terrorist? Is an individual inherently predisposed to be attracted to political violence or does exposure to a certain environment desensitize them in such a way that violence represents a viable mode for addressing political grievances? Identifying state failure as the impetus for political violence this book addresses these questions and focuses on why existing extremist groups find ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • An International History of Terrorism

    Western and Non-Western Experiences

    Edited by Jussi M. Hanhimäki, Bernhard Blumenau ...
    Series series Political Violence
    The aim of this book is to provide readers with the tools to understand the historical evolution of terrorism and counterterrorism over the past 150 years.In order to appreciate the contemporary challenges posed by terrorism it is necessary to look at its evolution, at the different phases it has gone through, and the transformations it has experienced. The same applies to the solutions that ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Preventing Political Violence Against Civilians

    Nationalist Militant Conflict in Northern Ireland, Israel And Palestine

    by Palgrave Macmillan ...
    The increased targeting of civilians by militants raises serious and profound questions for policy-makers. Examining conflict in Northern Ireland, Israel and Palestine, this book focuses on ethno-nationalist militant groups and formulates a model to constrain violence against civilians. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD