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  • Geographic Health Data

    Fundamental Techniques for Analysis

    by Daniel Goldberg, Kevin Henry, Chetan Tiwari, Nathaniel Bell, Andrew Curtis, Jin Chen, Tarek Rashed, Christopher Saarnak, Jarvis Chen ...
    Focussing on proven techniques for most real-world data sets, this book presents an overview of the analysis of health data involving a geographic component, in a way that is accessible to any health scientist or student comfortable with large data sets and basic statistics, but not necessarily with any specialized training in geographic information systems (GIS). Providing clear, straightforward ... Read more

    $156.09 USD

  • Violent Extremism Online

    New Perspectives on Terrorism and the Internet

    Edited by Anne Aly, Stuart Macdonald, Lee Jarvis, Thomas Chen ...
    Series series Media, War and Security
    This book explores the interface between terrorism and the internet and presents contemporary approaches to understanding violent extremism online.The volume focuses on four issues in particular: terrorist propaganda on the internet; radicalisation and the internet; counter campaigns and approaches to disrupting internet radicalisation; and approaches to researching and understanding the role of ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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  • Beyond Fundamentalism

    Confronting Religious Extremism in the Age of Globalization

    by Reza Aslan ...
    “A very persuasive argument for the best way to counter jihadism” (The Washington Post) from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Zealot and host of Believer“[A] thoughtful analysis of America’s War on Terror.”—The New YorkerThe wars in the Middle East have become religious wars in which God is believed to be directly engaged on behalf of one side against the other. The hijackers who attac. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Clooney's War

    South Sudan, humanitarian failure and celebrity

    by Alex Perry ...
    In this book Alex Perry explores how humanitarian activities across the world, including those of celebrities like George Clooney and others brought pressure to bear that resulted in the creation of South Sudan as a separate state. This at a time when senior diplomats believed the chances of the new nation surviving and thriving were slim. Predictably, it seems an outcome that should have solved ... Read more

    $2.27 USD

  • Interrogation in War and Conflict

    A Comparative and Interdisciplinary Analysis

    Edited by Christopher Andrew, Simona Tobia ...
    Series series Studies in Intelligence
    This edited volume offers a comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of interrogation and questioning in war and conflict in the twentieth century.Despite the current public interest and its military importance, interrogation and questioning in conflict is still a largely under-researched theme. This volume’s methodological thrust is to select historical case studies ranging in time from the ... Read more

    $59.99 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

  • Terror Threat

    International and Homegrown Terrorists and Their Threat to Canada

    by Dwight Hamilton, Kostas Rimsa ...
    The discovery of a suspected homegrown Islamic terrorist cell in our own backyard last year shocked most Canadians. The question arose: Is this country next on Al Qaeda’s hit list? But although terrorism in Canada did not begin with Al Qaeda, its fundamental dynamics are as unfamiliar to most of the public as the minutiae of quantum physics.How could such shocking developments happen in a nation ... Read more

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  • 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

  • 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

    $72.99 USD

  • International Peacebuilding and Local Resistance

    Hybrid Forms of Peace

    by Palgrave Macmillan ...
    Using the case studies of Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, Lebanon and Northern Ireland this book dissects internationally-supported peace interventions. Looking at issues of security, statebuilding, civil society and economic and constitutional reform, it proposes using the concept of hybridity to understand the dynamics of societies in transition. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Countering Terrorism and WMD

    Creating a Global Counter-Terrorism Network

    Edited by Peter Katona, Michael D. Intriligator, John P. Sullivan ...
    Series series Political Violence
    This volume shows us that in order to deal with today’s Fourth Generation asymmetric warfare by terrorist groups using conventional arms and weapons of mass destruction, we need a new ‘global networked’ approach.The contributors examine the various attempts that have been made to counter the latest wave of terrorism, including the US strikes against Afghanistan and Iraq, President George W. Bush's ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in Africa

    Fighting Insurgency from Al Shabaab, Ansar Dine and Boko Haram

    by H. Solomon ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Traditional counter-terrorism approaches, with their emphasis on the military, are failing. This is seen in the fact that there is an average of three terrorist attacks per day in Africa. This study calls for more holistic solutions, with an emphasis on development and better governance to curb the scourge of terrorism. ... Read more

    $116.09 USD