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Cambridge University Press Forging a Convention for Crimes Against Humanity
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Cambridge University Press Climate Capitalism Global Warming And The Transformation Of The Global Economy
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Cambridge University Press Aggression and War Their Biological And Social Bases
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Cambridge University Press The IsraeliPalestinian Conflict
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Cambridge University Press Morality and Political Violence
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Cambridge University Press The Law of Internal Armed Conflict 19 Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law Series Number 19
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Cambridge University Press Diversity and SelfDetermination in International Law 20 Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law Series Number 20
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Cambridge University Press Democratic Accountability and the Use of Force in International Law
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Cambridge University Press Framing a Revolution
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Cambridge University Press Collective SelfDefence in International Law
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Cambridge University Press Constitutional Courts as Mediators
Book SynopsisThe book discusses the role of constitutional courts in democracies experiencing internal armed conflicts. It argues that constitutional jurisprudence can be a lighthouse helping civilian governments and the armed forces navigate through those uncertain and troubled waters.Trade Review'Combining a sophisticated approach to institutional theory with compelling case studies of the effects of constitutional courts on civil-military relations in Latin America, Julio Ríos-Figueroa achieves the uncommon - he changes the way that we think about both civil-military relations and the role of constitutional courts in the twenty-first century. It is a powerful example of how theory and empirics should be combined in studies of law and courts.' Jack Knight, Duke University, North Carolina'As soon as I finished Constitutional Courts [as Mediators], I cited it in two papers, neither of which had anything to do with Latin America or the military. Ríos-Figueroa's arguments and findings are that universal - and that important to the study of law and legal institutions. On top of it all, Ríos-Figueroa is such a terrific, accessible writer that Constitutional Courts [as Mediators] should find an audience with social scientists and members of the legal community. No doubt, both would benefit from his insights.' Lee Epstein, Washington University, St Louis'In this book, Julio Ríos-Figueroa skilfully demonstrates that when constitutional courts are independent, accessible and powerful, they can act as creative judicial mediators, helping to resolve conflicts between militaries and civilian governments by reducing the uncertainty and misunderstanding that often surrounds their relations. In doing so, courts move the parties toward win-win agreements, even in the difficult context of internal security crises. This book bridges the subfields of judicial politics and civil-military relations in a novel and persuasive way, and I highly recommend it.' David Pion-Berlin, University of California, Riverside'This book answers a crucial question: how can constitutional courts contribute to the tricky task of maintaining civilian control of the military, especially in a context in which the military is increasingly being called upon to take on domestic policing functions? The answer offered will surprise those who imagine that these courts provide final, unappealable answers on crucial questions of constitutional and human rights law, although it fits quite neatly into a growing trend to see courts as simply one of several important interlocutors in many-sided conversations on the key issues of a polity. The argument that courts can, under the proper circumstances, serve a mediating function is supported with well-done and interesting case studies, and a careful analysis of jurisprudence from Mexico, Colombia and Peru. Don't miss this fascinating and important look at two of the most consequential political actors in Latin America today: constitutional courts and the military.' Daniel Brinks, University of Texas, Austin'Julio Ríos-Figueroa has written an extremely rich and original book on constitutional courts in Latin America and beyond. His theory of 'constitutional courts as mediators' is based on three main variables - the accessibility of courts, their independence and their powers of judicial review - that, combined, offer excellent tools for understanding the working of different courts. His book represents an outstanding exercise of comparative legal and political analysis.' Roberto Gargarella, Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires'Conflict over of the scope of military authority is a fundamental problem of civil-military relations as well as a frequent source of regime instability. Drawing on insights from deliberative studies of constitutional courts, international mediation, and comparative judicial politics, Ríos-Figueroa argues that constitutional judges can powerfully improve this problem by helping the parties manage their many sources of uncertainty. Careful jurisprudence can ultimately ensure that the military is both a source of state strength and yet bound to a democratic rule of law. Doing this requires judicial institutions that ensure access, power and independence, as well as judges ready and capable of promoting dialogue and creative reform. Constitutional Courts [as Mediators] offers more than insightful academic exercise. It provides a template for positive change in a conflictual world.' Jeffrey K. Staton, Emory University, Atlanta'Ríos-Figueroa's Constitutional Courts as Mediators is, all in all, a sophisticated piece about judicial politics. It invites us to think beyond the traditional conflicts between courts and governments, bringing into the conversation a powerful - but constantly overlooked - actor in Latin American politics such as the armed forces. More important, it proves that the region is ripe for entering into the global academic dialogue by offering novel solutions to old problems.' Vicente F. Benítez-Rojas, International Journal of Constitutional LawTable of Contents1. Constitutional courts and the armed forces; 2. A theory of constitutional courts as mediators; 3. Constitutional jurisprudence on military autonomy in Colombia, 1958–2013; 4. Constitutional jurisprudence on military autonomy in Peru, 1979–2013; 5. Constitutional jurisprudence on military autonomy in Mexico, 1917–2013; 6. Judicial regulation of the use of force in Colombia, Peru, and Mexico; 7. Constitutional courts as mediators beyond Latin America; 8. Constitutional courts and democratic conflict-solving.
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Cambridge University Press Targeted Killing
Book SynopsisThis critical historical account of the emergence of the fiercely contested practice of targeted killing will be of great interest to students, graduates and researchers who take an interest in targeted killing, be it primarily from the perspective of politics, domestic or international law.Trade Review'Few issues are more controversial today than targeted killing; Gunneflo's book provides two invaluable contributions for anyone interested in the topic: a convincing theoretical lens and a sense of historical perspective.' Luca Trenta, Political Studies Review'Ultimately, Gunneflo's book offers much more than a legal history of targeted killing, even though it certainly does so and, indeed, in an elegant and nuanced manner. Rather, the book at hand invites us to reflect on the implications of grounding sovereign authority on protection, the importance for the legal architecture of political violence of the functions of the state as a machine producing legal power, and the consequences of the collapse of the distinction between law-making and law-preserving violence … the book offers crucial insights …' Ntina Tzouvala, Journal of Conflict and Security Law'By weaving relatively unknown legal debates from previous decades with illuminating theoretical insights, Gunneflo makes an important contribution to a topic that has preoccupied countless commentators: drone warfare. He offers what Michel Foucault called a history of the present. The study seeks to answer the very basic question: how did we get here?' Itamar Mann, Völkerrechtsblog'The virtues of Targeted Killing: A Legal and Political History are too many to address in such a brief note. They range from a sophisticated methodological approach to both international law in history and the history of international law; to the illuminating treatment of central conceptual international legal fault lines such as the relationship between the jus ad bellum and the jus in bello, and that of human rights law and the law of armed conflict; to the crucially original insights into how sovereign political authority is maintained and spread through the increasing legalization of targeted killing.' Ioannis Kalpouzos, Völkerrechtsblog'Markus Gunneflo's book shows how the normalization of targeted killing emerged through extensive legal work. Offering a meticulous account of history and practice, the book highlights the law and politics of protection in the dispute on killing to protect … Targeted Killing presents an urgent, excellent opportunity to understand and contest these practices and developments.' Nahed Samour, VölkerrechtsblogTable of Contents1. Targeted killing in the history of Israel, the United States and international law; 2. The emergence of targeted killing in the Israeli-Palestinian Common Entrapment of Enmity; 3. The emergence of targeted killing in an American homeland which is the planet; 4. Targeted killing and the struggle over international law's sanctioning of lethal force; 5. The law of targeted killing.
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Cambridge University Press Transnational Dynamics of Civil War
Book SynopsisThis book bridges the gap between the fields of international relations, comparative politics and conflict processes. Using the cases of Chechnya, Afghanistan, Sudan and Turkey, among others, it explores the border-crossing features of civil war, providing a significant theoretical and empirical contribution to the study of the subject.Trade Review'Jeff Checkel has assembled an excellent group of authors with on-the-ground expertise on civil wars and sensibility to standards of social-science method and research design. [This] book should enjoy a wide readership of scholars of civil war and students taking courses on international relations, transnationalism, and civil conflict.' Matthew Evangelista, Cornell University'Featuring the workings of various causal mechanisms, this volume contributes invaluably to our understanding of dynamic processes at work during civil war.' Scott Gates, Director, Centre for the Study of Civil War, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)'With more than half of all post-1945 civil wars spilling across state borders, this new volume offers a welcome introduction into the often overlooked transnational dynamics of 'local' wars. Taken as a whole, these chapters also provide compelling evidence for the importance of qualitative process-tracing that moves beyond just-so stories to the much tougher challenge of rigorously testing the mechanisms that underpin our explanations of civil war dynamics.' Jason Lyall, Yale UniversityTable of ContentsPart I. Civil War: Mobilizing across Borders: 1. Transnational dynamics of civil war Jeffrey T. Checkel; Part II. Transnationalized Civil War: 2. Copying and learning from outsiders? Assessing diffusion from transnational insurgents in the Chechen wars Kristin M. Bakke; 3. Mechanisms of diaspora mobilization and the transnationalization of civil war Fiona B. Adamson; 4. Refugee militancy in exile and upon return in Afghanistan and Rwanda Kristian Berg Harpviken and Sarah Kenyon Lischer; 5. Rebels without a cause? Transnational diffusion and the Lord's Resistance Army, 1986–2011 Hans Peter Schmitz; 6. Transnational advocacy networks, rebel groups, and demobilization of child soldiers in Sudan Stephan Hamberg; 7. Conflict diffusion via social identities: entrepreneurship and adaptation Martin Austvoll Nome and Nils B. Weidmann; Part III. Theory, Mechanisms, and the Study of Civil War: 8. Causal mechanisms and typological theories in the study of civil conflict Andrew Bennett; 9. Transnational dynamics of civil war: where do we go from here? Elisabeth Jean Wood.
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Cambridge University Press Forging a Convention for Crimes against Humanity
Book SynopsisCrimes against humanity were one of the three categories of crimes elaborated in the Nuremberg Charter. However, unlike genocide and war crimes, they were never set out in a comprehensive international convention. This book represents an effort to complete the Nuremberg legacy by filling this gap. It contains a complete text of a proposed convention on crimes against humanity in English and in French, a comprehensive history of the proposed convention, and fifteen original papers written by leading experts on international criminal law. The papers contain reflections on various aspects of crimes against humanity, including gender crimes, universal jurisdiction, the history of codification efforts, the responsibility to protect, ethnic cleansing, peace and justice dilemmas, amnesties and immunities, the jurisprudence of the ad hoc tribunals, the definition of the crime in customary international law, the ICC definition, the architecture of international criminal justice, modes of criminTrade Review'In closing, this is an outstanding and thought provoking work that will be an essential reference to academics, legal scholars, practitioners, human rights advocates and those who are engaged in the study and promotion of international criminal law. For international criminal law scholars especially, it will continue to be an essential tool for years to come.' Hilmi M. Zawati, Journal of International Criminal JusticeTable of ContentsPreface; Foreword - the crimes against humanity initiative; 1. Crimes against humanity and the responsibility to protect Gareth Evans; 2. History of efforts to codify crimes against humanity: from the charter of Nuremberg to the statute of Rome Roger S. Clark; 3. The universal repression of crimes against humanity before national jurisdictions: the need for a treaty-based obligation to prosecute Payam Akhavan; 4. Revisiting the architecture of crimes against humanity: almost a century in the making with gaps and ambiguities remaining - the need for a specialized convention M. Cherif Bassiouni; 5. The bright red thread: the politics of international criminal law - the West African experience - a case study: operation justice in Sierra Leone David Crane; 6. Gender-based crimes against humanity Valerie Oosterveld; 7. 'Chapeau elements' of crimes against humanity in the jurisprudence of the United Nations ad hoc tribunals Göran Sluiter; 8. The definition of crimes against humanity and the question of a 'policy' element Guénaël Mettraux; 9. Ethnic cleansing as euphemism, metaphor, criminology and law John Hagan and Todd J. Haugh; 10. Immunities and amnesties Diane Orentlicher; 11. Modes of participation Elies van Sliedregt; 12. Terrorism and crimes against humanity Michael P. Scharf and Michael A. Newton; 13. Crimes against humanity and the international criminal court Kai Ambos; 14. Crimes against humanity and the responsibility to protect David Scheffer; 15. Re-enforcing enforcement in a specialized convention on crimes against humanity: inter-state cooperation, mutual legal assistance, and the aut dedere aut judicare obligation Laura M. Olson; 16. Why the world needs an international convention on crimes against humanity Gregory H. Stanton; Appendice I. International convention on the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity; Appendice II. Convention internationale pour la prévention et la répression des crimes contre l'humanité; Appendice III. A comprehensive history of the international convention on the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity.
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Cambridge University Press Civil War in Syria
Book SynopsisIn 2011, hundreds of thousands of Syrians marched peacefully to demand democratic reforms. Within months, repression forced them to take arms and set up their own institutions. Two years later, the inclusive nature of the opposition had collapsed, and the PKK and radical jihadist groups rose to prominence. In just a few years, Syria turned into a full-scale civil war involving major regional and world powers. How has the war affected Syrian society? How does the fragmentation of Syria transform social and sectarian hierarchies? How does the war economy work in a country divided between the regime, the insurgency, the PKK and the Islamic State? Written by authors who have previously worked on the Iraqi, Afghan, Kurd, Libyan and Congolese armed conflicts, it includes extensive interviews and direct observations. A unique book, which combines rare field experience of the Syrian conflict with new theoretical insights on the dynamics of civil wars.Trade Review'Civil War in Syria is one of the very few fieldwork-based studies produced by Western academics on the topic. It provides unique insight into the Syrian war, including fascinating analyses of early revolutionary institutions that were subsequently destroyed by the combined efforts of loyalist forces and Jihadi groups. A genuinely scholarly endeavour, it also presents provocative theoretical arguments that will considerably enrich the growing field of comparative research on civil wars.' Thomas Pierret, University of Edinburgh'This book skillfully draws on a large number of interviews, many of them conducted inside Syria, to paint a rich and fascinating picture of life and political authority in rebel-held Syria. It documents attempt to construct some element of governance in rebel areas of Syria and the uneven struggle between militant jihadist groups with access to funding and weapons (especially Jabhat al-Nusra and ISIS) and less well-supported groups … an interesting and revealing study.' David Keen, London School of Economics and Political ScienceTable of ContentsProlegomena: for a sociological approach to civil wars; Introduction; Part I. Genesis of a Revolution: 1. The al-Assad system; 2. A revolution of anonyms; 3. The path to civil war; Part II. Revolutionary Institutions: 4. The building of military capital; 5. Administering the revolution; 6. Mobilization outside Syria; Part III. The Fragmentation of the Iinsurrection: 7. The crisis internationalizes; 8. The Kurds and the PKK; 9. The Islamization of the insurgency; 10. The caliphate; Part IV. A Society at War; 11. The variations of social capital; 12. The economy for war; 13. New identity regimes; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press The Military Commanders Necessity
Book SynopsisThe idea of military necessity lies at the centre of the law of armed conflict and yet it is less than fully understood. This book analyses which legal limits govern the commander''s assessment of military necessity, and argues that military necessity itself is not a limitation. Military necessity calls for a highly discretionary exercise: the assessment. Yet, there is little guidance as to how this discretionary process should be exercised, apart from the notions of ''a reasonable military commander''. A reasonable assessment of ''excessive'' civilian losses are presumed to be almost intuitive. Objective standards for determining excessive civilian losses are difficult to identify, particularly when that ''excessiveness'' will be understood in relative terms. The perpetual question arises: are civilian losses acceptable if the war can be won? The result is a heavy burden of assessment placed on the shoulders of the military commander.Trade Review'Johansen's contribution is an important one that adds to the repudiation of the discredited, but stubbornly irrepressible, concept of kriegsraison geht vor kriegsmanier-the assertion that 'necessity knows no law.'' Beth Van Schaack, American Journal of International LawTable of Contents1. Introduction; Part I. Concept, History and Basics: 2. Elements of military necessity; 3. Military necessity and a historical outset; 4. Assessing military necessity through a military margin of appreciation; 5. Assessing necessity and criminal responsibility; 6. Military necessity and humanitarian considerations; Part II. Distinction as Limitation Upon Military Necessity in the Law of Armed Conflict: 7. The principle of distinction: also a limitation upon military necessity; 8. Military objects; 9. Combatants as lawful targets; 10. Military necessity and the notion of 'lawful combatancy'; 11. Who are civilians and when do they lose their protection?; Part III. Effectuating Distinction – Enforcing an Ultimate Balance Between Necessities of War and Considerations of Humanity: 12. Protection of the civilian population and perceptions of military necessity; 13. Military necessity and proportionality; 14. Military necessity and the scope and nature of military advantage; 15. The commanders ultimate 'margins': assessing excessiveness and feasibility; Part IV. The Exceptive Face of Military Necessity: 16. Destruction and seizure of property when military necessity requires; 17. Military necessity and rules on special protection; Part V: Conclusions: 18. Conclusions – limitations to the commander's assessment of military necessity; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Endgames
Book SynopsisThe 2011 Arab Spring is the story of what happens when autocrats prepare their militaries to thwart coups but unexpectedly face massive popular uprisings instead. When demonstrators took to the streets in 2011, some militaries remained loyal to the autocratic regimes, some defected, whilst others splintered. The widespread consequences of this military agency ranged from facilitating transition to democracy, to reconfiguring authoritarianism, or triggering civil war. This study aims to explain the military politics of 2011. Building on interviews with Arab officers, extensive fieldwork and archival research, as well as hundreds of memoirs published by Arab officers, Hicham Bou Nassif shows how divergent combinations of coup-proofing tactics accounted for different patterns of military behaviour in 2011, both in Egypt and Syria, and across Tunisia, and Libya.Trade Review'Endgames is a brilliantly informative and compelling comparative study of the troubling role of Arab armies in politics. With profound historical depth spanning more than a century, Bou Nassif skilfully deciphers why and how Arab armies deal with popular dissent and helps both scholars and activists understand officers' political behavior.' Zeinab Abul-Magd, Oberlin College'Bou Nassif has written what is sure to be one of the defining books on the Arab uprisings of 2011. Synthesizing vast amounts of historical detail, he details how the coup-prevention tactics employed by the region's autocrats shaped military responses to protests in Tunisia, Egypt, Syria and Libya. If you want to understand what happened in the Arab Spring, this is essential reading.' Risa Brooks, Marquette University'A refreshing take on military reactions to nonviolent mass protest in the Arab world. Drawing on a historical-institutionalist perspective, the empirically rich case studies generate new insights into the complicated interaction between autocratic leaders, military elites and protest movements during episodes of civic resistance. At a moment when democracy is in decline worldwide and elected civilian leaders in the West threaten peaceful protesters with military force, the understanding of military decisions about whether to support or withhold support from political leaders gains a new significance.' Aurel Croissant, Heidelberg UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Coups, coup-proofing, and military politics in endgames; 2. Coups, coup-proofing, and regime formation in Egypt and Syria; 3. Coups, coup-proofing, and the neoliberal age in Egypt and Syria; 4. How coup-proofing structured military response to protest in Egypt and Syria; 5. How coup-proofing structured military response to protest in Tunisia and Libya.
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Cambridge University Press The Use of Force and International Law
Book SynopsisThis textbook is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate students, academics and practitioners. Fully revised and updated, this new edition provides a contemporary, comprehensive, well-structured, accessible textbook for students studying the use of force, public international law, international politics and international relations.Trade Review'The appearance of a new edition of Christian Henderson's clear work on the law on the use of force is most welcome. This second edition has been thoroughly updated, taking account of the many developments since the first edition, including the current war in Ukraine. It is a reliable and informative guide, for academic and practitioner alike, on a central question of modern international law' Sir Michael Wood, Twenty Essex, LondonTable of ContentsPart I. The Prohibition of the Threat or Use of Force: 1. The general breadth and scope of the prohibition; 2. The meaning of 'force'; Part II. The Use of Force in the Context of Collective Security: 3. The use of force under the auspices of the United Nations; 4. Issues in relation to authorisation by the United Nations Security Council; 5. United Nations Peacekeeping and the use of force; Part III. The Use of Force in Self-Defence: 6. General aspects of the right of self-defence; 7. Preventative self-defence; 8. The use of force against non-state actors; Part IV. Forcible Intervention in Situations of Civil Unrest: 9. Consent to intervention and intervention in civil wars; 10. The doctrine of humanitarian intervention; Conclusions.
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Cambridge University Press The Law of Armed Conflict
Book SynopsisThis book introduces law students and undergraduates to the law of war in an age of terrorism. Gary D. Solis, who has more than twenty years of experience teaching these subjects, leads readers from the basics of armed conflict and international humanitarian law to the finer points of battlefield law.Trade Review'… the book deserves to reach a wide audience. Anyone interested in the legal aspects of how war is fought today should have this fine book on their bookshelf. The newly revised and updated third edition of this book is a masterpiece of scholarship, if for no other reason than that it focuses on the law of war conundrums that have arisen after and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. No other text takes a comprehensive look at 'artificial intelligence' in weapons and the law involved, the lawfulness of cross-border attacks when in the pursuit of terrorists, and the controversial lawfulness of “security detention” after the end of hostilities. While principally designed as a textbook for a law of war course, its clarity and compelling use of historical and contemporary examples make The Law of Armed Conflict an invaluable reference for military historians, journalists, practitioners, and the public generally.' Fred L. Borch III, The Journal of Military HistoryTable of ContentsForeword; Preface and acknowledgments; Table of cases; Table of treaties; 1. Rules of war, laws of war; 2. Codes, conventions, declarations, and regulations; 3. Two world wars and their law of armed conflict results; 4. Protocols and politics; 5. Conflict status; 6. Individual battlefield status; 7. Law of armed conflict's core principles; 8. What is a 'war crime'? 9. Obedience to orders, the first defense; 10. Command responsibility; 11. Ruses and perfidy; 12. Rules of engagement; 13. Targeting objects; 14. Targeting combatants and others; 15. A.I., Autonomous weapons, drones, and targeted killing; 16. Torture; 17. Cyber in the law of armed conflict; 18. Attacks on cultural property; 19. The 1980 certain conventional weapons convention; 20. Gas, biological, chemical and nuclear weapons; 21. Military commissions; 22. Security detention and internment.
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The University of Michigan Press Out of Evil
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The University Press of Kentucky Peace Out of Reach
Book SynopsisPeace Out of Reach challenges policymakers to build bridges, recognize common interests, foster genuine diplomacy, and seek realistically navigable roads to lasting peace, rather than resort to propaganda, threats, and military actions.Table of ContentsJohn W. Burgess: Godfather of the Dunning School William Archibald Dunning: Flawed Colossus of American Letters James Wilford Garner and the Dream of a Two-Party South Ulrich B. Phillips: Dunningite or Phillipsian sui generis? The Steel Frame of Walter Lynwood Fleming Ransack Roulhac and Racism: Joseph Gregoire de Roulhac Hamilton and Dunning's Questions of Institution-Building and Jim Crow Paul Leland Haworth: The Progressive Yankee in the Old Chief's Court Charles W. Ramsdell The Not So Strange Career of William Watson Davis's The Civil War and Reconstruction in Florida C. Mildred Thompson: A Liberal among the Dunningites
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The University of Alabama Press Partisans Guerillas and Irregulars Historical
Book SynopsisWithin the last twenty years, the archaeology of conflict has emerged as a valuable sub-discipline within anthropology, contributing greatly to our knowledge and understanding of human conflict on a global scale. This volume presents essays that explore this growing field.Trade ReviewThis well edited volume will make a fine contribution to the relatively young discipline of historical archaeology, let alone its myriad subsets."" - David Orr, coeditor of Historical Archaeology of the Delaware Valley, 1600–1850Table of Contents List of Illustrations Preface Introduction: An Archaeology of Asymmetric Warfare by Steven D. Smith Chapter 1. Border Warfare in Revolutionary Era West Virginia by W. Stephen McBride and Kim A. McBride Chapter 2. ""Foot Jägers Forward!"": Johann Ewald, Petite Guerre, and the Archaeology of the Battle of Cooch's Bridge by Wade P. Catts Chapter 3. The Battle of Williamson's Plantation: Huck's Defeat and the Asymmetric Partisan War in the South Carolina Backcountry by Michael C. Scoggins and Steven D. Smith Chapter 4. Francis Marion's Partisan Community by Steven D. Smith Chapter 5. KOCOA Considerations in Asymmetric Warfare: Education and Environment in the Second Seminole War, 1835–1842 by Michelle Sivilich Chapter 6. The Black Jack Battle of 1856 in Kansas: Asymmetric Warfare and Archaeological Investigations by Douglas D. Scott Chapter 7. Jayhawkers, Bushwhackers, and Lay-Out Gangs: Archaeology and Asymmetric Warfare in the Trans-Mississippi Confederate Home Front during the American Civil War by Carl G. Drexler Chapter 8. ""Dirty Little Wars"" in Northern Mexico and the American Southwest by Charles M. Haecker Chapter 9. The Hatfield-McCoy Feud as Asymmetric Warfare: Archaeology at the Randall and Sally McCoy Homestead by Kim A. McBride Chapter 10. A Ukrainian Insurgent Army Company Ambush of a Soviet NKVD Battalion, 1945: A Multidisciplinary Study by Adrian Mandzy Conclusion: Reflections on the Historical Archaeology of Asymmetric Warfare by Clarence R. Geier References Cited Contributors Index
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Red China: Mao Crushes Chiang's Kuomintang, 1949
Book SynopsisWhen the world held its breath It is more than 25 years since the end of the Cold War. It began over 75 years ago, in 1944 long before the last shots of the Second World War had echoed across the wastelands of Eastern Europe with the brutal Greek Civil War. The battle lines are no longer drawn, but they linger on, unwittingly or not, in conflict zones such as Syria, Somalia and Ukraine. In an era of mass-produced AK-47s and ICBMs, one such flashpoint was China in 1949 China. 1949: two vast armies prepare for a final showdown that will decide Asia s future. One is led by Mao Tse-tung and his military strategists Zhou Enlai and Zhu De. Hardened by years of guerrilla warfare, armed and trained by the Soviets, and determined to emerge victorious, the People s Liberation Army is poised to strike from its Manchurian stronghold. Opposing them are the teetering divisions of the Kuomintang, the KMT. For two decades Chiang Kai-shek s regime had sought to fashion China into a modern state. But years spent battling warlords, and enduring Japan s brutal conquest of their homeland, has left the KMT weak, corrupt, and divided. Millions of Chinese perished during the crucible of the Sino-Japanese War and the long, gruelling years of the Second World War. But the Soviet victory against the Japanese Kwantung Army in 1945 allowed Mao s Communists to re-arm and prepare for the coming civil war. Within a few short years, the KMT were on the defensive while the Communists possessed the most formidable army in East Asia. The stage was set for China s rebirth as a communist dictatorship ruled by a megalomaniac who would become the biggest mass-murderer in history.Trade Review"For anyone who is looking to know the broad sweep of this moment in history, or is looking to start delving deeper into it, this book is a must. It is the perfect jumping off place for more reading."--A Wargamers Needful Things
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Por nuestras libertades Antes de que sea demasiado tarde For Our Freedoms B efore Its Too Late
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