Peace studies and conflict resolution Books

Book SynopsisIn response to the challenges of bringing the tenacious Israeli-Palestinian conflict to an end, many have offered grand historical perspectives, vague formulas, or visionary new proposals. Klieman goes beyond abstract reflections to offer a clear and practical assessment of which issues will be important, and why.Trade ReviewKlieman's book should be of interest to any student of Israeli-Palestinian relations. -- Ann-sofi Jakobsson Hatay, Uppsala University, Department of Peace and Conflict Research The Ethnic Conflict Research Digest By carefully reviewing maps and basic territorial and geographic factors, Klieman higlights the difficulties in resolving borders, sharing Jerusalem, dividing water resources, and living with the demographic and economic realities of the partition. -- Gerald Steinberg, Bar-Ilan University Studies in Contemporary JewryTable of ContentsOne: Palestine, Peacemaking, and Partition 1. Just Stability, or a Just Peace? 2. First Choice or Last Resort? 3. Partition and Palestine Two: Facts on the Ground 4. The Confines of Palestine 5. Borders and Security 6. Fair Share: The Economics of Partition 7. Jerusalem Three: Mapping Palestine 8. The Elusive Middle Ground 9. Safe Passages 10. Toward a Negotiated Territorial Compromise

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is an excellent book and an important piece of scholarship. Frederic M. Wehrey has written a compelling, thoughtful, and original analysis of the new politics of sectarianism in the Persian Gulf since 2003. He is well positioned to write such a book, having traveled extensively in the region and spent considerable time with the most important political figures in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain. His tone is commanding, the research is impressive, and the result is timely and vital. Wehrey's book is the best study I have seen yet of these pressing matters. -- Toby Jones, Rutgers University Wehrey has written a finely grained, insightful, and carefully researched contemporary study of Sectarian Politics in the Gulf. He offers insights on the broader Arab world and reveals that sectarian identity is no artificial construct but a culturally embedded and historically honed aspect of self. Yet he also demonstrates that sectarianism has been wielded cynically by both powerful rulers (Saudi Arabia) and insecure, easily manipulated monarchs (as in Bahrain) to foment division and divert legitimate accusations of injustice, discrimination, and opprobrious violations of basic human rights. This is the best book on the topic and a must read for policy makers. -- Augustus Richard Norton, Boston University Frederic M. Wehrey has produced a detailed, reliable and readable account of how regional and domestic factors combined to produce the "sectarianization" of politics in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait since the Iraq War of 2003. He skillfully demonstrates the ways different government policies in the three countries toward both Sunni and Shia groups produced different political outcomes in each. A great strength of the book is his careful analysis of factional politics within Shia and Sunni political currents in each country. -- F. Gregory Gause, III, University of Vermont Sectarian Politics in the Gulf represents the most up-to-date and insightful study on the politics of sectarianism in three key Gulf countries: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain. Far from being an intrinsic or innate feature of these societies, Prof. Wehrey shows in careful detail how sectarianism is invoked, produced and instrumentalized, and for very specific goals by governments, clerics as well as members of the Shii opposition. The book's argument situates sectarianism within local and regional political dynamics and contexts, and through this underscores that as a political phenomenon sectarianism cannot be apprehended by historically-rooted religious hatred. Based on a careful reading of primary sources and extensive fieldwork in the region, including in-depth interviews with many of the key activists, this book provides the most comprehensive and readable account of religious politics in the Gulf today. -- Bernard Haykel, Princeton University Offering coherent and lucid analysis of what has become a main feature of Gulf politics since the Arab Spring, this book is a must read for anybody interested in Gulf political dynamics and sectarianism in the Middle East. -- Laurence Louer, author of Transnational Shia Politics in the Gulf and Shiism and Politics in the Middle East One of FP's Best Books on the Middle East for 2013...Wehrey's new book offers a theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich overview of the politics of Sunni-Shiite relations across the Gulf. His extensive research on the ground across the Gulf comes through powerfully, as does his balanced analytical sensibility. It should be required reading for anyone interested in Sunni-Shiite relations or in the regional politics of the Gulf. -- Marc Lynch Foreign Policy A model of meticulous scholarship and comprehensive research... An essential academic library acquisition for Middle Eastern Studies reference collections. MidWest Book Review The book is chock-full of insights and a deeply nuanced understanding of regional Shiite-Sunni tensions and is a fine addition to other recent treatments of the subject. Middle East Quarterly In this magisterial account, Fred Wehrey goes a long way in demystifying and dissecting the issue of sectarianism in the Gulf... [His] account is particularly refreshing for bringing scholarly gravitas to a subject that is all too often discussed in glib and superficial terms. Sectarian Politics in the Gulf is a must read that offers a fresh and innovative contribution to the literature in international relations and comparative government. It is extremely well written and laid out. The book belongs on the syllabus of any class dealing with Gulf security and on the desk of policy planners and decision makers around the world. International Journal of Middle East StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction List of Abbreviations Part I. The Roots of Sectarianism 1. Governance 2. The Long Shadow of the Iranian Revolution Part II. Bahrain 3. Debating Participation: The Bahraini Shia and Regional Influences 4. Sectarian Balancing: The Bahraini Sunnis and a Polarized Parliament 5. Into the Abyss: The Pearl Roundabout Uprising and Its Aftermath Part III. Saudi Arabia 6. Loyalties Under Fire: The Saudi Shia in the Shadow of Iraq 7. Under Siege: The Salafi and Regime Countermobilization 8. Waving Uthman's Shirt: Saudi Arabia's Sectarian Spring Part IV. Kuwait 9. Renegotiating a Ruling Bargain: The Kuwaiti Shia 10. Tilting Toward Repression: The Sunni Opposition and the Kuwaiti Regime 11. A Balancing Act Goes Awry: Sectarianism and Kuwait's Mass Protests Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisPaul B. Stares proposes an innovative and timely strategy to resolve America’s foreign-policy predicament based on forging “preventive partnerships” and becoming less shortsighted and reactive. Preventive Engagement provides a detailed and comprehensive blueprint for the United States to shape the future and reduce the potential dangers ahead.Trade ReviewPaul Stares offers a timely, much-needed antidote to a more turbulent world: a comprehensive strategy, drawing on all aspects of American power, to prevent conflict and advance U.S. interests without draining our human or financial resources. Far from disengaging America from the world, Stares rightly advocates greater but smarter engagement. His book is a compelling argument that strength and wisdom must be flip sides of the same foreign policy coin. -- Tony Blinken, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of StateAn erudite, elegant, extremely well-informed, and very thoughtful explanation of current American grand strategy, this book provides specific, finite, and feasible recommendations for improving the U.S. government's ability to anticipate and manage the latent risks of war. -- Michael O'Hanlon, senior fellow, Brookings InstitutionThe liberal international order as we know it is in retreat. The rise of Russia and China, combined with America’s pullback and the uneven progress of globalization, have all shaken the foundations of our global political system—but as Paul Stares rightly points out, that doesn’t mean all is lost. If Americans and/or members of the Trump administration still harbor hope of keeping any semblance of U.S. primacy intact, Stares's book is a good place to start. -- Ian Bremmer, president and founder, Eurasia GroupNational security officials often prepare to fight the last war. In Preventive Engagement, Paul Stares argues for doing more to prevent the next one. In an era when the United States is overcommitted and tensions are multiplying, learning to anticipate and head off trouble makes eminent good sense. Readers may not agree with all of Stares’ recommendations, but his systematic, lucid, and forward-looking perspective is a valuable contribution to the broader debate on America’s role in the world. -- Stephen Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Harvard UniversityStares offers an optimistic—yet realistic and pragmatic—plan for using all elements of national power to better anticipate and mitigate global problems before they become unmanageable. -- Peter Feaver, Duke UniversityPreventive Engagement is a tonic for these times of potentially profound changes and rising anxiety about the durability of the current international order. Paul B. Stares offers a convincing, very practical long-term strategy for preventing and mitigating the kind of global conflict that could otherwise engulf the United States and its allies, with an emphasis on reducing costly military action. Stares seeks to make prevention as much a cornerstone of foreign policy as it is of medicine. -- Nancy Lindborg, president, U.S. Institute of PeaceGiven the ongoing turbulence in global politics, this timely, clearly written book is recommended for national security scholars and policy makers. * Choice *A welcome and persuasive case for a more nuanced and far-sighted foreign policy vision. * Proceedings, a journal of the U.S. Naval Institute *Table of ContentsPreface1. America’s PredicamentI. The Building Blocks of Preventive Engagement2. Thinking Ahead: From Warning to Anticipation3. Acting Ahead: From Reaction to PreventionII. A U.S. Strategy for Preventive Engagement4. Risk Reduction: The Long Game5. Crisis Prevention: The Midterm Game6. Conflict Mitigation: The Short Game7. Partners in Prevention8. Reorienting the United StatesAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisIn this landmark work of international relations theory, first published in 1959, the eminent realist scholar Kenneth N. Waltz offers a foundational analysis of the nature of conflict between states.Table of ContentsForeword to the 2018 Anniversary Edition, by Stephen M. WaltPreface to the 2001 EditionPreface to the 1959 Edition1. Introduction2. The First Image: International Conflict and Human Behavior3. Some Implications of the First Image: The Behavioral Sciences and the Reduction of Interstate Violence4. The Second Image: International Conflict and the Internal Structure of States5. Some Implications of the Second Image: International Socialism and the Coming of the First World War6. The Third Image: International Conflict and International Anarchy7. Some Implications of the Third Image: Examples from Economics, Politics, and History8. ConclusionBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Women's Political Activism in Palestine is remarkable for its attention to detail that is skillfully pitched to appeal both to readers with interests in women's activism more generally and to those with a deeper regional knowledge specific to Palestine. . . . A thought-provoking text that sits among the finest social scientific works on contemporary Palestine in recent years." --LSE Review of Books"This highly engaging book poses new questions about Palestinian women's activism in Occupied Palestine, in light of the failure of the Oslo process, ongoing and intensifying Israeli colonization, dispossession and violent repression, and the absence of an effective and legitimate Palestinian national leadership." --Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies"The author has succeeded in achieving the aim of analysing and generating a better understanding of micro-level politics as represented in Palestinian women's everyday practices." --Women's Studies International Forum"A narrative that is rich with fresh insights and enlightening anecdotes, and affords a cluster of new solutions to old problems." --South Asia Magazine"Sophie Richter-Devroe's research offers a rich description and analysis of women's political activism in Palestine. . . . The focus on women's multiple forms of political engagement in the post Al-Aqsa intifada fills a gap in our knowledge about the contemporary landscape of women's politics in Palestine." --Journal of Women, Politics & Policy"Richter-Devroe's book navigates many complex trajectories and dispels the notion of understanding the Palestinian anti-colonial struggle from a Western liberal viewpoint." --Middle East Monitor"This highly engaging book poses new questions about Palestinian women's activism in Occupied Palestine, in light of the failure of the Oslo process, ongoing and intensifying Israeli colonization, dispossession and violent repression, and the absence of an effective and legitimate Palestinian national leadership." --Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies"This brilliant book challenges successfully common theoretical approaches to the ongoing struggle in Palestine. Richter-Devroe takes the analysis of women's resistance in Palestine into new intriguing and fascinating areas of inquiry. This book successfully combines a very thorough theoretical examination with a very humane narration of life in Palestine under the Israeli colonization. A must-read for students, scholars, and anyone looking to shed new light on the evergreen topic of Palestinian resistance."--Ilan Pappé, author of The Forgotten Palestinians: A History of the Palestinians in Israel "Richter Devroe offers a rich and nuanced account of women’s ways of doing politics in contemporary occupied Palestine. It is an essential reading for all those seeking to understand how resistance is entrenched into mundane and ordinary practices in everyday life."--Ruba Salih, author of Gender in Transnationalism: Home, Longing, and Belonging among Moroccan Migrant Women

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Book SynopsisPresents a range of debates and perspectives on the history and politics of conflict, highlighting the complex internal and external sources of both persistent tension and creative peace-buildingTrade ReviewThe African Great Lakes Region has been overwhelmingly shaped by war. An international group of scholars examines the region's conflicts and efforts to re-establish peace, observing that no single approach will suffice by itself.Dec. 2014 - Jan.2015 * Survival *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Conflict and Peacebuilding in the African Great Lakes Region Kenneth Omeje and Tricia Redeker HepnerPart I. The Great Lakes Region: Challenges of the Past and Present1. Understanding the Diversity and Complexity of Conflict in the African Great Lakes Region Kenneth Omeje2. The History and Politics of Regionalism and Integration in East AfricaHannington Ochwada3. Multipolar Politics and Regional Integration in East Africa: Opportunities and Challenges for Non-State Actors Doreen AlusaPart II. Case Studies of Conflict and Peacebuilding in the Great Lakes4. Historical Dynamics of Northern Uganda Conflict: A Longitudinal Struggle for Nation-Building Elias Omondi Opongo5. Kofi Annan's Conflict Resolution Model and Peacebuilding in KenyaAlfred Anangwe6. Justice versus Reconciliation: The Dilemmas of Transitional Justice in KenyaOzonnia Ojielo7. Climate Change and Peacebuilding among Pastoralist Communities in Northeastern Uganda and Western Kenya Julaina A. Obika and Harriet K. BibangambahPart III. Social and Cultural Dimensions of Conflict and Peacebuilding in the Great Lakes 8. Media Sustainability in a Post-Conflict Environment: Radio Broadcasting in the DRC, Burundi and Rwanda Marie-Soleil Frère9. Youth in Transition: The Arts and Cultural Resonance in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda Lindsay M. McClain and Tricia Redeker Hepner10. Gender Issues in Reintegration: A Feminist and Rights-Based Analysis of the Experiences of Formerly Abducted Child Mothers in Northern Uganda Eric Awich Ochen11. "The Ambivalence of the Sacred": Christianity, Genocide and Reconciliation in Rwanda Janine Natalya ClarkList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisBeyond Versailles considers how, in the wake of the Paris Peace Treaties, national and regional leaders sought to remake their states in accordance with international agreements while still responding to local preferences and needs.Trade Review"This is an excellent collected volume, well-conceived and very well written. . . . This is not at all a top-down history of the diffusion of ideas about national self-determination. Rather, it is an examination of the ways in which these ideas were taken up, re-fashioned, and reasserted at many levels to serve local and regional agendas, while at the same time influencing international debates about the meanings and possible implementations of self-determination."—Pieter M. Judson, author of The Habsburg Empire: A New History"This is an insightful investigation of the enduring impact and relevance of ideas and structures given prominence by the negotiations and settlements at the end of the First World War, raising important questions about the intellectual frameworks and mindsets of the inter-war period."—Alan Sharp, author of The Versailles Settlement: Peacemaking After the First World War, 1919-1923"Beyond Versailles powerfully demonstrates the value of doing gritty history and connecting the principles and practices of distant diplomats with their on-the-ground meaning. The essays would deepen and enhance a graduate syllabus about the interwar period, the rise of nation-states, and World War I."—Mary Bridges - Yale University, H NET"The essays in this excellent volume give us a clear demonstration of that principle at work in the world that the Big Four (the United States, France, Great Britain, and Italy) vainly tried to create in Paris in 1919. The book also underscores the need for us to look backward to this age of strategic narcissism if we hope to understand our own."—Michael S. Neiberg - US Army War College, Austrian History Yearbook

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Book SynopsisBeyond Versailles considers how, in the wake of the Paris Peace Treaties, national and regional leaders sought to remake their states in accordance with international agreements while still responding to local preferences and needs.Trade Review"This is an excellent collected volume, well-conceived and very well written. . . . This is not at all a top-down history of the diffusion of ideas about national self-determination. Rather, it is an examination of the ways in which these ideas were taken up, re-fashioned, and reasserted at many levels to serve local and regional agendas, while at the same time influencing international debates about the meanings and possible implementations of self-determination."—Pieter M. Judson, author of The Habsburg Empire: A New History"This is an insightful investigation of the enduring impact and relevance of ideas and structures given prominence by the negotiations and settlements at the end of the First World War, raising important questions about the intellectual frameworks and mindsets of the inter-war period."—Alan Sharp, author of The Versailles Settlement: Peacemaking After the First World War, 1919-1923"Beyond Versailles powerfully demonstrates the value of doing gritty history and connecting the principles and practices of distant diplomats with their on-the-ground meaning. The essays would deepen and enhance a graduate syllabus about the interwar period, the rise of nation-states, and World War I."—Mary Bridges - Yale University, H NET"The essays in this excellent volume give us a clear demonstration of that principle at work in the world that the Big Four (the United States, France, Great Britain, and Italy) vainly tried to create in Paris in 1919. The book also underscores the need for us to look backward to this age of strategic narcissism if we hope to understand our own."—Michael S. Neiberg - US Army War College, Austrian History Yearbook

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Book SynopsisThe contributors reflect on the concept of peace from a variety of viewpoints. This volume intends not only to celebrate peace but to contribute to an understanding of it through philosophical, theological and literary explorations.Trade Review"The twelve essayists (Gilligan, Yoder, Bok, Toulmin, Rendtorff, Moltmann, Minear, Larson, Smart, Parekh, Berrigan, and Levertov) present a thought-provoking and stimulating range of views on the issue of peace. The essays are grouped in four themes: just war, perpetual peace, and the nation-state; Christian conceptions of peace; Hindu and Buddhist views of peace; and peacemaking in terms of prophecy and poetry." —Journal of Ecumenical StudiesTable of ContentsJust war, perpetual peace and the nation-state, John J.Gilligan, et al; Christian conceptions of peace, Trutz Rendtorff, et al; Hindu and Buddhist views of peace, Gerald J.Larson, et al; making peace - prophecy, protest and poetry, Daniel Berrigan S.J. and Denise Levertov.

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Book SynopsisIn Offering Hospitality: Questioning Christian Approaches to War, Caron E. Gentry reflects on the predominant strands of American political theologyChristian realism, pacifism, and the just war traditionand argues that Christian political theologies on war remain, for the most part, inward-looking and resistant to criticism from opposing viewpoints.In light of the new problems that require choices about the use of forcegenocide, terrorism, and failed states, to name just a fewa rethinking of the conventional arguments about just war and pacifism is timely and important. Gentry's insightful perspective marries contemporary feminist and critical thought to prevailing theories, such as Christian realism represented in the work of Reinhold Niebuhr and the pacifist tradition of Stanley Hauerwas. She draws out the connection between hospitality in postmodern literature and hospitality as derived from the Christian conception of agape, and relates the literature on hosTrade Review"This is a bold and brave book that tackles weighty matters pertaining to violence and community with a deft touch. Caron Gentry’s perspective, which marries contemporary feminist and critical thought to Christian realist, just war, and pacifist concerns, is fresh and insightful. She succeeds wonderfully in carving out a space that relates the literature on hospitality to the contemporary ethics of war. This book will be of major interest to scholars working in theology, international relations, political theory, and religious ethics." —Cian O'Driscoll, University of Glasgow"Caron Gentry offers a daring constructive moral proposal here calling for a reconstruction of the just war ethic’s criterion of last resort as a platform for embodying a deep form of Christian hospitality in international affairs. Along the way she analyzes the work of Reinhold Niebuhr, Stanley Hauerwas, and Jean Bethke Elshtain. A must read for students of political theology, international relations, and feminist theory." —Shaun Casey, Wesley Theological Seminary"Gentry challenges modern just-war theologians to move beyond abstract notions of the state to embrace both the new realities of global warfare and the eternal reality of agape love. . . . Gentry's book contributes an informed feminist and postmodern critique to the just-war conversation. She does a fine job of outlining gaps in current just-war theorizing and begins to scratch the surface of envisioning new answers." —Publishers Weekly“This is a work that adds another voice to the chorus calling for Christians not just to avoid war or practice it with restraint, but to build peace. May the numbers increase.” —America Magazine“Caron [E. Gentry] brings a lens of feminism and a theology of the marginalized to bear against popular political theologies that rely on a state-centric view of the world. A dense and interesting read.” —Prism“Gentry . . . presents an alternative approach to building and sustaining international political life through the Christian ethic of hospitality. . . . She argues that a Christian approach of hospitality offers a morally preferable approach to coping with failed states and international political conflicts because it can bypass hegemonic power and is better able to incorporate the needs and wants of the weak, the vulnerable, and the poor.” —Choice“By applying the concept of ‘hospitality’ in both the Christian notion of agape and in post-modern thought, [Gentry] seeks to transform each of these approaches to war in order to pave the way for a ‘better peace’ . . . Offering Hospitality is a provocative and compelling book that makes a vital contribution to Christian thinking about war.” —Political Studies Review“Gentry brings together theory, data, and practice in a stark analysis of conflict and puts forth a robust Christian approach to war. . . Though Gentry writes with an American Christian audience in mind, the principles embodied in this work find support in a plurality of religious and political traditions and extend beyond the purview of American politics, even to include a variety of inter-communal as well as inter-personal relationships. This work contributes a fresh and overdue perspective to the conversation.” —Journal for Peace and Justice Studies

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Book SynopsisConfronting the past has become an established norm for countries undergoing transitions from violence to peace, from authoritarianism to democracy, or both. This book draws from two bodies of literaturepeace building and transitional justiceto examine whether truth-telling mechanisms can contribute to sustainable peace and, if so, how and under what conditions. The authors approach these questions by examining whether truth telling contributes to the following elements, all of which are deemed to be constitutive of sustainable peace: reconciliation, human rights, gender equity, restorative justice, the rule of law, the mitigation of violence, and the healing of trauma.While the transitional-justice literature appears to have grasped the importance of truth telling for securing sustainable peace, few studies have undertaken empirical analysis and evaluations of the long-term impact of such mechanisms. Contributors to this interdisciplinary volumefrom the fields of political sTrade Review“The volume's objective, as editor Tristan Anne Borer states in her introduction, is to examine 'whether truth-telling mechanisms can contribute to sustainable peace, and, if so, how and under what conditions.' It is a welcome aim. Neither the post-conflict peace-building literature nor the transitional justice literature has rigorously and systematically examined that relationship. . . . Borer's introduction stands out as one of the better chapters, providing a solid overview of the literature, and a lucid discussion of key conceptual and definitional issues.” —Political Science Quarterly"Truth telling is always important but never more so than when a country undergoes a transition. Getting to the truth challenges myths, half-truths, denials, and lies. When the silence is broken, it offers the opportunity for new beginnings. Telling the Truths is a major step in this direction." —Alex Boraine, Founding President and Chairperson of the Board, International Center for Transitional Justice, Cape Town, South Africa"This interesting, well-written book is timely and important for scholars of democratic transitions and conflict resolution as well as those working in the areas of international law and organization." —Jackie Smith, Sociology and Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame“This collection demonstrates that scholarship of transitional justice and truth-telling structures is reaching a new stage of maturity. This interdisciplinary group of scholars and practitioners confront and problematize a number of aspirational assumptions found in the discourse between both scholars and policy-makers about the utility of truth commissions. The authors explicitly question the value of truth telling for countries emerging from protracted conflicts, call for modest expectations of any single attempt to hasten reconciliation, and present nuanced interpretations of the complexities of truth telling and peace building. . . . [They] discuss cases and raise questions and hypotheses that can inspire a new research agenda on the relationship between truth and peace.” —Human Rights and Human Welfare"This is a specialized volume that furthers the development of the interdisciplinary field of peace studies, and belongs in most university libraries. . . In an insightful introductory chapter, she lays out the research challenges in looking at truth telling as a peace-building activity, and then examines empirical evidence in case studies across the globe. . . With contributors from around the world and from several disciplines, the volume seeks to weigh truth telling as part of the restorative justice process and to document that peace building involves long-term processes." —Choice

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Book SynopsisThis is the first book to focus on the effects of violence in internal conflicts after peace agreements have been signed. Since the mid-1990s many peace processes, including those in Israel-Palestine, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Northern Ireland, have reverted to violence while seeking to implement formal peace agreements. In all these cases the persistence and forms of violence have been among the main determinants of the success or failure of the peace process. Violence and Reconstruction adopts a four-part analysis, examining in turn violence emanating from the state, from militants, from destabilized societies, and from the challenge of implementing a range of policies including demobilization, disarmament, and policing. Leading scholars explore in detail each of these aspects of postwar violence. Their findings draw attention to the increased willingness of the state to turn to militias to carry on violence by proxy; to the importance of distinguishing between the aims aTrade Review"Darby has edited a thoughtful book whose eight chapters form a coherent whole. It concerns violence which takes place after the implementation of a peace accord has started. . . . an erudite, coherent, crafted, thoughtful, and informative volume."—Journal of Peace Research"This well-organized and effective book could not be timelier. It sets out, and achieves, an ambitious program for itself." —Andrew Williams, University of Kent"This volume makes an original contribution to the field and will be read with great interest by scholars, graduate students, and the policy community. The contributors present an important set of arguments that engage the scholarly and policy-oriented debates about peace implementation and peacebuilding by teasing out the complex and sometimes counterintuitive relationships between violence and peace." —Terrence Lyons, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University

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Book SynopsisIn contemporary armed conflicts, youth are often on the frontlines of combat and, after peace accords are signed, they are both potential threats to peace and significant peace-building resources. Troublemakers or Peacemakers? breaks new ground by exploring youth actions, perceptions, and needs as central components of the challenge of post-war peace building. The contributors develop theory and policy recommendations based on field research in Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Guatemala, Colombia, Angola, Northern Ireland, Bosnia, and Israel-Palestine.Trade Review“This is an excellent compendium of research on largely micro-efforts at peace building aimed at youth, set in the context of country conflicts that remained violent and unjust after the conclusion of peace accords. The articles provide the context of conflicts in Guatemala, Colombia, Rwanda, Angola, Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Palestine, and Israel. A few provocative thematic essays summarize the state of the literature on peace building, introducing the book's important and under-studied focus on youth, and arguing that youth can make or break sustainable peace efforts.” —Political Science Quarterly"Troublemakers or Peacemakers? comes at just the right time. While the international community now acknowledges the important role that youth play in ending or perpetuating organized violence, neither the United Nations nor country governments know what to do about it. Professor McEvoy-Levy’s project provides cutting-edge perspectives on youth and conflict concerns, and practical insights into programmatic responses that have worked in fragile and failed states around the world. It is a must read for policymakers, scholars, and practitioners."—Neil Boothby, Director, Program on Forced Migration and Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University"This volume focuses on young people whose daily interactions and behaviors often shape the outcome of formal peace settlements in their society. It presents a theoretical context to examine youths' worldviews in a wide range of civil conflicts, asking when and how long-held hostile images of, and interactions between, opponents are reinforced and when and how they are transformed. The authors addressing this understudied question suggest important ways that youth in post-conflict societies make sense of their world and identify specific conditions under which they move from being combatants to peacemakers."—Marc Howard Ross, William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor, Bryn Mawr College"This book makes an original contribution to the field of peace and conflict studies. It brings together valuable information in an extremely readable and integrated book."—Julia Chaitin, Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Nova Southeastern University

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Book SynopsisThroughout South and Southeast Asia, groups battle over definitions of identityin direction and characterfor their state, a struggle complicated by the legacy of colonialism. The contributors to this volume explore the intricate, dynamic relationships that pertain between women''s agency and the state-making institutions and armed forces of Kashmir, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Burma (Myanmar). They also address the complex roles of Islam, Hinduism, and Theravada Buddhism in these postcolonial dynamics.In particular, the contributors examine religion as a way of understanding how women's agency is constituted, created, and constrained during times of conflict with the state and other armed actors, such as guerilla groups and paramilitaries. These essays at the intersection of gender, religion, and peace studies will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and students who study conflict and hope for peace in South and Southeast Asia.Contributors: Monique SkidmoTrade Review“Focuses on women in Bangladesh, Burma, Sri Lanka, and the Indian region of Kashmir.” —The Chronicle of Higher Education“The contributors to Women and the Contested State make an original contribution to the field in addressing the link between the sensitive subjects of religion and violence, and of this link as it relates to the question of women's agency in particular Asian nation-states. The issues addressed in this volume will be of interest to scholars in women's or feminist studies, theorists of nationalism, and analysts of political change that is linked to violence and religion." —Sonita Sarker, Macalester College“This is a timely and significant book that will add both to the literature and to the reading public’s larger understanding of contemporary events. It tackles core issues of humanity and ethics with honest and sophisticated scholarship. Women and the Contested State will speak to readers across the social sciences and South/SouthEast Asia studies, as well as providing cutting edge resources to NGOs, journalists, and development specialists.” —Carolyn Nordstrom, University of Notre Dame

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Book SynopsisThroughout South and Southeast Asia, groups battle over definitions of identityin direction and characterfor their state, a struggle complicated by the legacy of colonialism. The contributors to this volume explore the intricate, dynamic relationships that pertain between women''s agency and the state-making institutions and armed forces of Kashmir, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Burma (Myanmar). They also address the complex roles of Islam, Hinduism, and Theravada Buddhism in these postcolonial dynamics.In particular, the contributors examine religion as a way of understanding how women's agency is constituted, created, and constrained during times of conflict with the state and other armed actors, such as guerilla groups and paramilitaries. These essays at the intersection of gender, religion, and peace studies will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and students who study conflict and hope for peace in South and Southeast Asia.Contributors: Monique SkidmoTrade Review“Focuses on women in Bangladesh, Burma, Sri Lanka, and the Indian region of Kashmir.” —The Chronicle of Higher Education“The contributors to Women and the Contested State make an original contribution to the field in addressing the link between the sensitive subjects of religion and violence, and of this link as it relates to the question of women's agency in particular Asian nation-states. The issues addressed in this volume will be of interest to scholars in women's or feminist studies, theorists of nationalism, and analysts of political change that is linked to violence and religion." —Sonita Sarker, Macalester College“This is a timely and significant book that will add both to the literature and to the reading public’s larger understanding of contemporary events. It tackles core issues of humanity and ethics with honest and sophisticated scholarship. Women and the Contested State will speak to readers across the social sciences and South/SouthEast Asia studies, as well as providing cutting edge resources to NGOs, journalists, and development specialists.” —Carolyn Nordstrom, University of Notre Dame

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Marda Dunsky is not only courageous in confronting Palestinian reality but also provides essential context and necessary access to Palestinian voices, which are generally unheard or ignored by Western academic and nonacademic audiences. Overall, she succeeds in amplifying Palestinian voices in their own words, highlighting their humanity and creative agency outside of narrow stereotypes. The voices she brings forth in Stories from Palestine need to be heard and contextualized, and time is of the essence." —Deema K. Shehabi, author of Thirteen Departures from the Moon"Marda Dunsky brings a unique combination of a journalist’s storytelling ability, a scholar’s discipline and depth of knowledge, and long first-hand experience in the Middle East to her stories about Palestinian life in the West Bank, east Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. Besides providing us with a compelling narrative, Dunsky provides the reader context for understanding a conflict most Americans know only in caricatured terms." —Craig LaMay, author of Exporting Press Freedom"Palestinians rarely feature as ordinary people in most portrayals of them, which are marred by sensationalism and superficiality. In a welcome departure, Stories from Palestine illustrates the reality of Palestinian lives by showing their human potential, their strivings, and their successes. Meticulously reported, this uplifting but gritty book illuminates human aspects of their existence that must be understood if there is to be any hope of justice, equality, and reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis." —Rashid Khalidi, author of Brokers of Deceit"Palestinians are geniuses at making a way out of no way, of defying a 50-year occupation with courage and creativity. . . . Dunsky is unsparing in describing the human rights violations Palestinians endure, but her interview subjects want to be seen not as victims but as vibrant people with much to contribute." —Booklist"The main thread running through all the narratives in Stories from Palestine is resilience under occupation and authoritarian self-rule: Resistance to archaic social traditions, family despotism, male domination, and most significantly, Israeli occupation. . . . The narratives . . . do not yield a quaint painting of a distant landscape. Instead, as the author explains, they are a mirror reflecting not only what can be empirically experienced but also what can be critically known." —Fathom“Stories from Palestine foregoes the usual framing of Palestinians as either victims or perpetrators of violence. Instead Marda Dunsky profiles a number of quite remarkable people who have resisted the pull of despair, said no to the appeal of hatred and violence, and summoned the will and perseverance to act as creative agents of change.” —The Friend: The Quaker Magazine"Marda Dunsky has written a compelling book about Palestinians that intertwines narratives of ordinary people, Israeli-Palestinian history, and her own scholarly artistry as a writer. Through the eyes of women and men she charts a complete landscape that will be the future State of Palestine." —H-Nationalism, H-Net Reviews"A reporter and journalist, Dunsky portrays what life and work is like for several of the 5 million Palestinians living under occupation in Gaza, Jerusalem, and the West Bank. . . . [T]he author’s ethnographic account offers narratives of the everyday struggles, accomplishments, hopes, and strengths of her subjects as an alternative to the characterization of Palestinians as violent resisters or brutalized victims." —ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Story Behind Five Stories 1. Made in Palestine 2. Lessons in Liberation 3. Beautiful Resistance 4. Day by Day in Jerusalem 5. In Gaza, They Are Not Numbers 6. Imperatives of Narrative

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Marda Dunsky is not only courageous in confronting Palestinian reality but also provides essential context and necessary access to Palestinian voices, which are generally unheard or ignored by Western academic and nonacademic audiences. Overall, she succeeds in amplifying Palestinian voices in their own words, highlighting their humanity and creative agency outside of narrow stereotypes. The voices she brings forth in Stories from Palestine need to be heard and contextualized, and time is of the essence." —Deema K. Shehabi, author of Thirteen Departures from the Moon"Marda Dunsky brings a unique combination of a journalist’s storytelling ability, a scholar’s discipline and depth of knowledge, and long first-hand experience in the Middle East to her stories about Palestinian life in the West Bank, east Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. Besides providing us with a compelling narrative, Dunsky provides the reader context for understanding a conflict most Americans know only in caricatured terms." —Craig LaMay, author of Exporting Press Freedom"Palestinians rarely feature as ordinary people in most portrayals of them, which are marred by sensationalism and superficiality. In a welcome departure, Stories from Palestine illustrates the reality of Palestinian lives by showing their human potential, their strivings, and their successes. Meticulously reported, this uplifting but gritty book illuminates human aspects of their existence that must be understood if there is to be any hope of justice, equality, and reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis." —Rashid Khalidi, author of Brokers of Deceit"Palestinians are geniuses at making a way out of no way, of defying a 50-year occupation with courage and creativity. . . . Dunsky is unsparing in describing the human rights violations Palestinians endure, but her interview subjects want to be seen not as victims but as vibrant people with much to contribute." —Booklist"The main thread running through all the narratives in Stories from Palestine is resilience under occupation and authoritarian self-rule: Resistance to archaic social traditions, family despotism, male domination, and most significantly, Israeli occupation. . . . The narratives . . . do not yield a quaint painting of a distant landscape. Instead, as the author explains, they are a mirror reflecting not only what can be empirically experienced but also what can be critically known." —Fathom“Stories from Palestine foregoes the usual framing of Palestinians as either victims or perpetrators of violence. Instead Marda Dunsky profiles a number of quite remarkable people who have resisted the pull of despair, said no to the appeal of hatred and violence, and summoned the will and perseverance to act as creative agents of change.” —The Friend: The Quaker Magazine"Marda Dunsky has written a compelling book about Palestinians that intertwines narratives of ordinary people, Israeli-Palestinian history, and her own scholarly artistry as a writer. Through the eyes of women and men she charts a complete landscape that will be the future State of Palestine." —H-Nationalism, H-Net Reviews"A reporter and journalist, Dunsky portrays what life and work is like for several of the 5 million Palestinians living under occupation in Gaza, Jerusalem, and the West Bank. . . . [T]he author’s ethnographic account offers narratives of the everyday struggles, accomplishments, hopes, and strengths of her subjects as an alternative to the characterization of Palestinians as violent resisters or brutalized victims." —ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Story Behind Five Stories 1. Made in Palestine 2. Lessons in Liberation 3. Beautiful Resistance 4. Day by Day in Jerusalem 5. In Gaza, They Are Not Numbers 6. Imperatives of Narrative

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“The stories found within Defiance in Exile are an altogether human story of our species’ ability to enact unimaginable harm and suffering, while simultaneously illuminating the human capacity for hope and empathy. Athamneh and Masud are masterful storytellers, and they narrate the lives of the individuals they encounter with an emotional richness that brings the reader into the experiences without any hint of voyeurism.” —Hillary J. Haldane, co-editor of Applying Anthropology to Gender-Based Violence“Defiance in Exile provides compelling first-person testimony of Syrian women’s experiences in the al-Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. The accounts are vivid and well-presented, and we need to hear such voices to counteract the often hostile rhetoric about Syrian refugees that one hears in North Atlantic countries.” —Kim Shively, author of Islam in Modern Turkey"If there is a 'must read' book inspired by what has happened to Syria and Syrians over the past decade, this is it. In telling the gripping stories of Syrian refugee women dealing with dispossession while leading their families and affirming themselves, Defiance in Exile speaks with penetrating insight and jarring directness to each one of us. No one will come away from reading this book unmoved or unchanged." —Ambassador Frederic C. Hof, diplomat-in-residence at Bard College and former US special envoy to Syria"This hortatory collection of Syrian women refugees’ stories, this j'accuse against the evil Asad regime and a willfully oblivious world, is a call to awareness and action. Can you read these stories of loss, madness, despair, claustrophobia, and resilience without screaming that something must be done?" —Miriam Cooke, author of Dancing in Damascus"Defiance in Exile is a powerful testimony of hope despite war, unimaginable heartbreak, and economic hardship. It is a book that delivers on its promise to truly reveal what it is like to be in a refugee camp. And it closes with a profoundly moving message of the need to care for and be in solidarity with the oppressed." —Dawn Chatty, author of Syria: The Making and Unmaking of a Refuge State"If you want to be aware of the desperate life of Syrian refugees living in camps outside their lost home country, this book is a must. Defiance in Exile reflects an urgent call to do something about the Syrian refugee crisis." —Nikolaos van Dam, former ambassador of the Netherlands and special envoy for Syria and author of Destroying a Nation"This slim volume by Athamneh and Masud movingly portrays the tragic condition of the millions of Syrians uprooted from their country because of the ongoing civil war that began in 2011. In particular, the authors focus on the impact on women living in the Zaatari refugee camp, located in the Jordanian desert." —ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction: A Mission Is Born 1. A Chance To listen 2. How It All Started 3. Reaching The Camp 4. Memories And Tribulations 5. Saving The Children 6. Rising Amid The Pain Conclusion

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Book SynopsisFuture Peace urges extreme caution in the adoption of new weapons technology and is an impassioned plea for peace from an individual who spent decades preparing for war.Today's militaries are increasingly reliant on highly networked autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, and advanced weapons that were previously the domain of science fiction writers. In a world where these complex technologies clash with escalating international tensions, what can we do to decrease the chances of war? In Future Peace, the eagerly awaited sequel to Future War, Robert H. Latiff questions our overreliance on technology and examines the pressure-cooker scenario created by the growing animosity between the United States and its adversaries, our globally deployed and thinly stretched military, the capacity for advanced technology to catalyze violence, and the American public's lack of familiarity with these topics.Future Peace describes the many provoTrade Review“General Latiff writes with insight about the public belief that new weapons technology will allow us to prevail in any future conflict and how this belief inevitably leads to an increase in the likelihood of war. Future Peace is a book that should be read by US security officials and all members of Congress.” —William J. Perry, United States Secretary of Defense (1994–1997)“Complacency rather than war weariness may well be the principal product of our recent ‘forever wars.’ Robert Latiff’s excellent Future Peace offers an antidote to that complacency, calling attention to the multifaceted dangers inherent in rapid advances in military technology. Americans ignore his timely warning at their peril.” —Andrew Bacevich, author of After the Apocalypse“This is a learned, deep, yet broadly accessible overview of one of the most important national security and public policy topics of the twenty-first century. Major General Robert Latiff, USAF, is one of the world’s leading thinkers about the interrelationship between war, technology, and ethics.” —Michael C. Desch, author of Cult of the Irrelevant"This book draws attention to the increasing reliance on technology and advanced weaponry in warfare, which can circumvent human decision making and expedite war before diplomacy and the human element has time to prevent it." —Veterans Today"Militaries globally are becoming more dangerously automated, with many decisions being turned over to machines. In this much-anticipated follow-up to his 2017 book, Future War, Latiff . . . warns that we aren’t paying enough attention to the growing influence that artificial intelligence and autonomous weapons systems are having on the strategy and conduct of war." —Notre Dame Magazine"Latiff suggests that national militaries build machines they do not and cannot entirely understand and whose behavior they may not be able to predict within the complex interactions comprising modern warfare. . . . Anyone interested in national and international security should read this book, from citizen scholars to politicians to specialists in military affairs." —Choice"Latiff’s book comes as a warning to practice caution when adopting new weapons technology, and aids in understanding human and technical behaviors to attenuate its harms and decrease the chances of war. Not only does technology make war easier and speedier, hence enabling the rush to war, but hinders human reasoning." —Politics TodayTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. A Giant Armed Nervous System 2. Urges to Violence 3. Stumbling into War 4. Avoiding War Conclusion

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“This book is a superb resource that documents the many Christian roots of the just war tradition’s thought and practice. It is much needed now to remind us of how God’s people have sought best to meet each age’s spiritual and temporal challenges. Just War and Christian Traditions deserves a central place of reference and influence in debates on this topic.” —Mark A. Jumper, co-editor of The Holy Spirit and the Reformation Legacy“Eric Patterson and J. Daryl Charles have produced a substantive and highly accessible book for anyone interested in the ethics of warfare. Highly recommended.“ —Bruce Riley Ashford, author of One Nation Under God“It is a special tragedy that the tradition of Just War, so earnestly needed as bellicose powers rise and global order strains, is too often forgotten or dismissed. Thanks to the scholars in these pages, a contemporary, accessible, and tradition-anchored anthology is now available to Christians on both why and how Just War matters. It is a magnificent and long overdue effort.” —Robert J. Joustra, author of The Religious Problem with Religious Freedom"So much more than merely a reminder of the development of just war thinking throughout the years, this splendid book offers wise, insightful, and truly useful guidance for readers as they seek to navigate the challenges of our complex twenty-first century. It is a privilege to recommend this remarkable volume." —David S. Dockery, co-editor of Christian Worldview Handbook"Just War and Christian Traditions is a rich, multi-layered compendium of essays from a wide array of Christian thinkers. This is a treasure trove of just war history, thought and application. Patterson and Charles should be commended for writing such a timely and necessary book." —David C. Iglesias, director of the Center for Faith, Politics & Economics“This collection reminds us that the just war framework is not a new way of thinking but one grounded in scripture, natural law, and the wide Christian intellectual tradition.” —Marc LiVecche, author of The Good Kill“This wonderful, balanced collection explores the development of just war thinking in eight major religious traditions/denominations. It should be read by anyone interested in how Christians have approached, or should approach, matters of war and peace.” —Mark David Hall, author of Great Christian Jurists in American History"A valuable and helpful resource that fills a particular gap in existing just war literature. The collection's essays are thoughtful, accessible, and rich with theological and historical insights." —Reading ReligionTable of ContentsContributors Foreword: The Honorable John Ashcroft 1. Christian Approaches to Just War, Peace, & Security, Eric Patterson and J. Daryl Charles 2. Catholic Just War Thinking, Joseph Capizzi 3. The Orthodox Church on Just War, Darrel Cole 4. Luther’s Political Thought and Its Contribution to the Just War Tradition, H. David Baer 5. John Calvin and the Reformed View of War, Resistance, and Political Duty, Keith Pavlischek 6. Anglican Thought on Just War, Daniel Strand and Nigel Biggar 7. Methodism and War: Mark Tooley 8. Praying for Peace but Preparing for War: Baptists and the Just War Tradition, Timothy Demy 9. Anabaptists and the Sword, J. Daryl Charles

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Book SynopsisThis much-needed anthology contains historically informed insights and analysis about Christian just war thinking and its application to contemporary conflicts.Recent Christian reflection on war has largely ignored questions of whether and how war can be just. The contributors to Just War and Christian Traditions provide a clear overview of the history and parameters of just war thinking and a much-needed and original evaluation of how Christian traditions and denominations may employ this thinking today.The introduction examines the historical development of Christian just war thinking, differences between just war thinking and the alternatives of pacifism and holy war, distinctions among Christian thinkers on issues such as the role of the state and lesser evil politics, and shared Christian theological commitments with public policy ramifications (for example, the priority of peace). The chapters that follow outlinefrom Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran, ReTrade Review“This book is a superb resource that documents the many Christian roots of the just war tradition’s thought and practice. It is much needed now to remind us of how God’s people have sought best to meet each age’s spiritual and temporal challenges. Just War and Christian Traditions deserves a central place of reference and influence in debates on this topic.” —Mark A. Jumper, co-editor of The Holy Spirit and the Reformation Legacy“Eric Patterson and J. Daryl Charles have produced a substantive and highly accessible book for anyone interested in the ethics of warfare. Highly recommended.“ —Bruce Riley Ashford, author of One Nation Under God“It is a special tragedy that the tradition of Just War, so earnestly needed as bellicose powers rise and global order strains, is too often forgotten or dismissed. Thanks to the scholars in these pages, a contemporary, accessible, and tradition-anchored anthology is now available to Christians on both why and how Just War matters. It is a magnificent and long overdue effort.” —Robert J. Joustra, author of The Religious Problem with Religious Freedom"So much more than merely a reminder of the development of just war thinking throughout the years, this splendid book offers wise, insightful, and truly useful guidance for readers as they seek to navigate the challenges of our complex twenty-first century. It is a privilege to recommend this remarkable volume." —David S. Dockery, co-editor of Christian Worldview Handbook"Just War and Christian Traditions is a rich, multi-layered compendium of essays from a wide array of Christian thinkers. This is a treasure trove of just war history, thought and application. Patterson and Charles should be commended for writing such a timely and necessary book." —David C. Iglesias, director of the Center for Faith, Politics & Economics“This collection reminds us that the just war framework is not a new way of thinking but one grounded in scripture, natural law, and the wide Christian intellectual tradition.” —Marc LiVecche, author of The Good Kill“This wonderful, balanced collection explores the development of just war thinking in eight major religious traditions/denominations. It should be read by anyone interested in how Christians have approached, or should approach, matters of war and peace.” —Mark David Hall, author of Great Christian Jurists in American History"A valuable and helpful resource that fills a particular gap in existing just war literature. The collection's essays are thoughtful, accessible, and rich with theological and historical insights." —Reading ReligionTable of ContentsContributors Foreword: The Honorable John Ashcroft 1. Christian Approaches to Just War, Peace, & Security, Eric Patterson and J. Daryl Charles 2. Catholic Just War Thinking, Joseph Capizzi 3. The Orthodox Church on Just War, Darrel Cole 4. Luther’s Political Thought and Its Contribution to the Just War Tradition, H. David Baer 5. John Calvin and the Reformed View of War, Resistance, and Political Duty, Keith Pavlischek 6. Anglican Thought on Just War, Daniel Strand and Nigel Biggar 7. Methodism and War: Mark Tooley 8. Praying for Peace but Preparing for War: Baptists and the Just War Tradition, Timothy Demy 9. Anabaptists and the Sword, J. Daryl Charles

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Book SynopsisGrodsky examines the sources of diversity in transitional justice processes in postcommunist Poland, Croatia, Serbia, and Uzbekistan ,and a broad range of post-conflict policy making. Trade Review“Brian K. Grodsky seeks to understand the sources of diversity in transitional justice processes and, by implication, a broad range of post-conflict policy making. He develops and empirically evaluates a theoretical framework, relying on extensive original primary research and cross-national fieldwork—all things that have traditionally been lacking in much of the relevant transitional justice literature, until recently. The Costs of Justice is situated on the cutting edge of the field.” —David Backer, The College of William & Mary"An insightful, profound, and conceptually innovative analysis of the daunting challenges encountered by the new democracies in their endeavors to confront the traumatic past. Grodsky's comparative approach allows him to highlight similarities and differences between states, institutions, and elites engaged in pursuing political and moral justice. A most valuable contribution to the major ongoing debate on the relationship between democracy, history, memory, and justice." —Vladimir Tismaneanu, University of Maryland“The Costs of Justice: How Leaders Respond to Previous Rights Abuses . . . provides an innovative study of the process by which governments decide which transitional justice policies to adopt. Grodsky makes an interesting contribution to the field of transitional justice, by focusing on the domestic dimensions, and power play that affect and often define justice policy-making in transitional societies. Furthermore, the author does a commendable job at highlighting the similarities and differences between all four states in their attempts to come to terms with their past and carry out justice.” —Journal for Peace and Justice Studies“While attempts to understand, or evaluate, the social and political effects of transitional justice policies have also attracted growing interest from a wide array of academic disciplines, from political science and law to sociology and psychology, Grodsky seeks to bring methodological clarity to attempts to explain transitional justice.” —International Journal of Transitional Justice“A truly international comparative history, with a clear explanatory model that can be tested in other regions of the world that have undergone often wrenching post-totalitarian changes with the demise of the Cold War. . . This work deserves to be on the bookshelf of anyone who studies transitional justice, for it will be cited by forthcoming works in the field for years to come.” —Human Rights Review Online“This is an important new book that will be of major interest to those engaged in the study of transitional justice as well as scholars and practitioners working in the related literatures of political science, human rights, and democratization.” —International Studies Review

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Book SynopsisIn Offering Hospitality: Questioning Christian Approaches to War, Caron Gentry contributes an informed feminist and postmodernist critique to the just-war conversation.Trade Review"This is a bold and brave book that tackles weighty matters pertaining to violence and community with a deft touch. Caron Gentry’s perspective, which marries contemporary feminist and critical thought to Christian realist, just war, and pacifist concerns, is fresh and insightful. She succeeds wonderfully in carving out a space that relates the literature on hospitality to the contemporary ethics of war. This book will be of major interest to scholars working in theology, international relations, political theory, and religious ethics." —Cian O'Driscoll, University of Glasgow"Caron Gentry offers a daring constructive moral proposal here calling for a reconstruction of the just war ethic’s criterion of last resort as a platform for embodying a deep form of Christian hospitality in international affairs. Along the way she analyzes the work of Reinhold Niebuhr, Stanley Hauerwas, and Jean Bethke Elshtain. A must read for students of political theology, international relations, and feminist theory." —Shaun Casey, Wesley Theological Seminary"Gentry challenges modern just-war theologians to move beyond abstract notions of the state to embrace both the new realities of global warfare and the eternal reality of agape love. . . . Gentry's book contributes an informed feminist and postmodern critique to the just-war conversation. She does a fine job of outlining gaps in current just-war theorizing and begins to scratch the surface of envisioning new answers." —Publishers Weekly“This is a work that adds another voice to the chorus calling for Christians not just to avoid war or practice it with restraint, but to build peace. May the numbers increase.” —America Magazine“Caron [E. Gentry] brings a lens of feminism and a theology of the marginalized to bear against popular political theologies that rely on a state-centric view of the world. A dense and interesting read.” —Prism“Gentry . . . presents an alternative approach to building and sustaining international political life through the Christian ethic of hospitality. . . . She argues that a Christian approach of hospitality offers a morally preferable approach to coping with failed states and international political conflicts because it can bypass hegemonic power and is better able to incorporate the needs and wants of the weak, the vulnerable, and the poor.” —Choice“By applying the concept of ‘hospitality’ in both the Christian notion of agape and in post-modern thought, [Gentry] seeks to transform each of these approaches to war in order to pave the way for a ‘better peace’ . . . Offering Hospitality is a provocative and compelling book that makes a vital contribution to Christian thinking about war.” —Political Studies Review“Gentry brings together theory, data, and practice in a stark analysis of conflict and puts forth a robust Christian approach to war. . . Though Gentry writes with an American Christian audience in mind, the principles embodied in this work find support in a plurality of religious and political traditions and extend beyond the purview of American politics, even to include a variety of inter-communal as well as inter-personal relationships. This work contributes a fresh and overdue perspective to the conversation.” —Journal for Peace and Justice Studies

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Book SynopsisA collection of American antiwar speeches from every major conflict starting with the Mexican-American War. Includes critical analyses, biographical and bibliographical information, and an appendix describing common rhetorical devices used by antiwar speakers.Trade Review“Jesse Stellato's splendid collection of antiwar speeches, Not in Our Name, presents material unique to the literature of protest and dissent, one of the glories of American letters and a tribute to the power of open democracy and the First Amendment. Stellato's analysis and commentary reveal rich veins of political rhetoric, some more familiar, some unjustly forgotten, while opening up the larger question of how language that is consciously crafted can shape national life and foreign policy. Here the decisions of government may conflict with the will of its citizens. Reading these speeches, we realize that the exercise of power and the power of the aesthetic, the practice of historical interpretation and the creativity of literature, often inhabit the same words.”—James Engell,Harvard University“As a longtime antiwar activist and a rhetorical historian who studies U.S. empire, I welcome this project with a glad heart and open arms—finally, an anthology to help America remember its long and rich history of opposing war. Taken as a whole, I suspect that the book will become an instant classic. Its breadth is impressive.”—Stephen Hartnett,University of Colorado Denver“This interesting, well-crafted book is a welcome addition to the literature on antiwar dissent. It will appeal to scholars and general readers who are interested in the American antiwar tradition, in rhetoric, and in the culture of dissent.”—Scott H. Bennett The HistorianTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsEditor’s NoteIntroduction1 Mexican-American WarTheodore Parker Delivers “A Sermon of War”Charles Sumner Calls for the Withdrawal of American Troops from MexicoAbraham Lincoln Inveighs Against President Polk2 Civil WarClement Vallandigham Argues That the War Cannot Be WonAlexander Long Proposes Peace at Any Price3 Spanish-American War and Philippine InsurrectionMoorfield Storey Warns of a Dangerous and Growing MilitarismCharles Eliot Norton Defines “True Patriotism”Carl Schurz Discusses the Perils Faced by an Occupying ForceCharles Eliot Norton Accuses America of “Counterfeit Patriotism”4 World War IWilliam Jennings Bryan Resigns as Secretary of State to Launch an Antiwar CrusadeGeorge Norris Assails the Senate’s War ResolutionRobert La Follette Argues That the War Lacks Popular SupportKate Richards O’Hare Discusses the War’s Degradation of WomenEugene V. Debs Argues That the Working Class Will “Furnish the Corpses” of War5 World War IINorman Thomas Discusses War’s Effect on Civil LibertiesRichard Wright Justifies AfricanAmerican Opposition to World War IICharles Lindbergh Asks, “Who Are the War Agitators?”6 Korean WarPaul Robeson Declares That Blacks Will Never Fight the Soviet UnionW. E. B. Du Bois Runs for Congress on a Peace Platform7 Vietnam WarMartin Luther King Jr. Urges Americans to Go “Beyond Vietnam”Eugene J. McCarthy Celebrates the “Spirit of 1963”Robert F. Kennedy Says of the War in Vietnam: “It Must Be Ended”Shirley Chisholm Demands “People and Peace, Not Profits and War”Fannie Lou Hamer Rallies Antiwar Students at BerkeleyJohn Kerry Testifies on Behalf of Vietnam Veterans Against the War8 War on TerrorBarbara Lee Pleads with the House Not to “Become the Evil That We Deplore”Barack Obama Criticizes a “Dumb War”Noam Chomsky Asks, “Why Iraq?”Robert Byrd Chastises the Senate for Standing “Passively Mute”Epilogue: The Globalization of DissentArundhati Roy Rails Against “Imperial Democracy”Appendix A: Full-Text SourcesAppendix B: Rhetorical Devices in Antiwar SpeechesNotesBiographical and Bibliographical NotesIndexCredits

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Book SynopsisExamines different traditions' understandings of the stranger, the "other"Trade Review"The subject is critical. In our pluralistic world, the need to encounter the stranger is not only a question of hospitality. It is a matter of our survival. Given the enormity of our global issues, it is clear that no one nation, culture, or religion can solve the problems. We simply have to co-operate and collaborate." -Imam Jamal Rahman, author of The Fragrance of Faith: The Enlightened Heart of Islam "Encountering the Stranger is an exciting, rewarding book, a pathbreaking work full of theological treasures, insights, and stimulating ideas." -Martin Rumscheidt, Atlantic School of Theology "This is an important scholarly event, a teaching tool, and a resource for clergy formation and informal adult religious studies. The prominence of the contributors will help the book reach a wide range of constituencies and the accessible presentation of the divergent perspectives gathered here will grip readers." George R. Wilkes, University of EdinburghTable of ContentsPrologue: Trialogue Is the Way Leonard Grob and John K. Roth i. In The Shadow of the Holocaust: Safeguarding the Stranger 1 "You Shall Not Murder": A Foundation for Trialogue? John K. Roth 2 Whom May I Kill? Zayn Kassam 3"Where Is Your Brother?": Jewish Teachings on the "Stranger" David Patterson 4?Canopies of Hospitality: Post-Shoah Christian Faith and Making Room for Others? Henry F. Knight 5 The Place of Non-Muslims in the Islamic Concept of the "Other": The Need for Rethinking Islamic Tradition in the Pursuit of Religious Pluralism Bassam Tibi 6 The Jewish Roots of Emmanuel Levinas's Metaphysics of Welcome Leonard Grob ii. The "Other" in the Scripture and Tradition: Valuing the Stranger 7 Encountering the Stranger in Classic Rabbinic Judaism Peter J. Haas 8 Encountering the Stranger: Aspects of Medieval Christianity Margaret Brearley 9Noah and Others: Pluralism in Ancient and Modern Judaism Rochelle L. Millen 10Normative Islamic (Qur'anic) Teachings on Pluralism: Reflections on "The People of the Book" Riffat Hassan 11 Reflexivity and Tawallî between Jews, Christians, and Muslims Bülent Senay 12 Encountering the Other: Enemy or Stranger? Hubert G. Locke iii. The Hospitality of Pluralism: Welcoming the Stranger 13 Ora Henry Greenspan 14Bearers of the Rings: Reflections on Christian Spirituality and the Theology of Religions Britta Frede-Wenger 15 Litarafoo: The Dialogical Method Sana Tayyen 16 Loving the Stranger: Intimacy between Jews and Non-Jews Rachel N. Baum 17 When Certainty Becomes Immaterial Khaleel Mohammed 18 Interreligious Dialogue beyond Absolutism, Relativism, and Particularism: A Catholic Approach to Religious Diversity Didier Pollefeyt Epilogue: What Should Be Remembered? Leonard Grob and John K. Roth Selected Bibliography Editors and Contributors Index?

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Book SynopsisGreat leaders made the twentieth century safer and more peaceful.Trade Review"With diplomacy too often in retreat and under attack, we need to learn from the past as well as understand the future. Bruce Jentleson’s wide-ranging study is a welcome reminder that big problems are there to be solved, and can be." -- David Miliband, President and CEO, International Rescue Committee"Peace has many facets and many types of leaders. Bruce Jentleson provides a fascinating selection of examples of who, why, how and what they have done. It is a very readable account that brings new insights to a crucial subject." -- Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Harvard professor and author of Presidential Leadership and the Creation of the American Era

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Book SynopsisMediation helps people work through conflicts and find solutions with the help of an impartial third party outside the legal system. With the demand of mediation services rising, this practical guidebook offers therapists advice and quick tips on how to incorporate mediation into their existing range of services.Table of ContentsWhat Is Mediation? The Client-Centered Mediation Model. The Mediation Process and the Mediator's Role. The ABCs of Divorce Mediation. Mediating Workplace and Other Non-Divorce Disputes. Mediation Training. Building a Mediation Practice. Ethical Standards and Accountability. The Future Impact of Mediation Practice. References. Suggested Reading List. Appendices.

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Book SynopsisArgues that the US is overly reliant on the active use of force and should employ more peaceful foreign policy tools. Rather than relying on loose analogies or common sense, American Dove bases its argument directly on an eclectic mix of academic literature, including realist, liberal, and constructivist theory as well as psychology.

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Book SynopsisIn the face of terrorism, intrastate wars, and the multitude of other threats in the post-Cold War era, the conflict resolution tool kit must include preventive diplomacy, humanitarian intervention, regional task-sharing, and truth commissions. This book examines each one of these conflict resolution tools and describes how it works.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Juergensmeyer's book is something of a Gandhian tour de force - a careful analysis and series of applications of Gandhi's concepts of satyagraha...to everyday situations with which most Western readers are familiar." - Religious Studies"Table of ContentsPreface to the 2005 Edition SECTION I. THE GANDHIAN FIGHT 1. Fighting a Gandhian Fight 2. Why Fight at All? 3. How Do You Know When You're Right? 4. Violence: The Breakwoen of a Fight 5. What to Do with a Recalcitrant Opponent 6. The Weapon: The Goal Itself 7. The Power of Noncooperation 8. Fighting a Very Big Fight 9. How Do You Know When You've Won? 10. Some Basic Rules SECTION II. CASE STUDIES Looking At Cases Case #1: A Family Feud Case #2: The Endangered Employees Case #3: A Lonely Decision Case #4: A Peaceful End to Irish Terrorism Case #5: A Tragic Resistance SECTION III. SOME SMALL QUARRELS Conversations in the Mind Issue #1: Can Violence Ever Be Justified?--Gandhi v. Marx Issue #2: Can Anger Be True?--Gandhi v. Freud Issue #3: Is a Force of Love Realistic?--Gandhi v. Niebuhr Issue #4: Was Gandhi Always a Gandhian?--Mohandas v. the Mahatma Notes Index

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Book SynopsisOffers a new paradigm for moving the world beyond violence as the only response to violence. This book has contributions from writers, healers, spiritual and political leaders, scientists, and activists, who consider how we might transform the conditions that produce terrorist acts and bring true healing to the victims of these acts.

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Book SynopsisWar-torn deserts, jihadist killings, trucks weighted down with contraband and migrantsfrom the Afghan-Pakistan borderlands to the Sahara, images of danger depict a new world disorder on the global margins. With vivid detail, Ruben Andersson traverses this terrain to provide a startling new understanding of what is happening in remote danger zones. Instead of buying into apocalyptic visions, Andersson takes aim at how Western states and international organizations conduct military, aid, and border interventions in a dangerously myopic fashion, further disconnecting the world's rich and poor. Using drones, proxy forces, border reinforcement, and outsourced aid, risk-obsessed powers are helping to remap the world into zones of insecurity and danger. The result is a vision of chaos crashing into fortified borders, with national and global politics riven by fear. Andersson contends thatwe must reconnect andsnap out of this dangerous spiral, which affects uswhether we live in Texas or Timbuktu. Only by developing a new cartography of hope can we move beyond the political geography of fear that haunts us.Trade Review"No Go World is an ambitious and wide-ranging exploration of how risk, danger and fear are ‘remapping’ the world with dire ethical and practical consequences. In examining how ‘remote zones of insecurity are becoming central to our new world disorder’ (p. 3), the book seizes an ambitious remit and is a worthwhile read for a broad range of readers interested in security studies, insurance, risk, human geography and questions of social-science method itself." * Journal of Refugee Studies *"The​ ​history of Western map making serves Andersson as a particularly​ ​powerful metaphor throughout the book. It allows​ ​him to illustrate the Western gaze, time horizons, beliefs,​ ​hopes, and fears in relation to the Orient." * American Anthropologist *"Vividly and convincingly, No Go World describes a global shift toward cordoning off more and more zones labeled violent and high-risk, making them inaccessible to outsiders. . . . Andersson’s argument is devastating and crucial." * Public Books *"Andersson’s adventuring is almost impossible to contain in just one sentence, as it weaves in and out of locations, through maps both real and those mappae mundi full of monsters he was obsessed with as a child. . . . The value, ultimately, and there is real value, in No Go World is in the discovery of the mostly unseen everyday that refuses to be defeated by the military border." * Society and Space *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Maps Preface Introduction: Into the Danger Zone PART 1: THE STORY OF THE MAP 1. The Timbuktu Syndrome 2. Remoteness Remapped 3. The Tyranny of Distance Interlude: The Drone, the Web, and the World of Mirrors PART 2: CONTAGION 4. Wolves at the Door 5. The Snake Merchants 6. Where the Wild Things Are Conclusion: Danger Unmapped Acknowledgments Power of Narration, Narration of Power: An Anthropological Appendix Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisFrom social theorist and psychotherapist Rabbi Michael Lerner comes a strategy for a new socialism built on love, kindness, and compassion for one another. Revolutionary Love proposes a method to replace what Lerner terms the capitalist globalization of selfishnesswith a globalization of generosity, prophetic empathy, and environmental sanity. Lerner challenges liberal and progressive forces to move beyond often weak-kneed and visionless politics to build instead a movement that can reverse the environmental destructiveness and social injustice caused by the relentless pursuit of economic growth and profits. Revisiting the hidden injuries of class, Lerner shows that much of the suffering in our societyincluding most of its addictions and the growing embrace of right-wing nationalism and reactionary versions of fundamentalismis driven by frustrated needs for community, love, respect, and connection to a higher purpose in life. Yet these needs are too often missing from liberal discourse. No matter that progressive programs are smartly constructedthey cannot be achieved unless they speak to the heart and address the pain so many people experience. Liberals and progressives need coherent alternatives to capitalism, but previous visions of socialism do not address the yearning for anything beyond material benefits. Inspired by Herbert Marcuse, Erich Fromm, and Carol Gilligan, Revolutionary Love offers a strategy to create the Caring Society.Lerner details how a civilization infused with love could put an end to global poverty, homelessness, and hunger, while democratizing the economy, shifting to a twenty-eight-hour work week, and saving the life-support system of Earth. He asks that we develop the courage to stop listening to those who tell us that fundamental social transformation is unrealistic.Trade Review“Peels apart the insidious myths of capitalism that keep people hopeless and apathetic, daring its audience to practice optimism as activism. . . . Filled with big-picture vision, Revolutionary Love is a manifesto for recovering cynics looking for a place to plug in, or for those wrested out of apathy but not sure where to start.” * Foreword *"A book for rethinking the left and wider politics filled with scholarship, rethinking spirituality and courage. One of my books of the year." * Gerry Hassan blog *"Revolutionary Love gives us a blueprint for how [a new vision of the world] might look, and all of us should be grateful for the guidance." * LA Progressive *"T​his brilliant​ ​and prophetic book is required reading​ ​for anyone actively participating in the​ ​co-creation of a sustainable humane​ ​future.​"​ * Scientific Medical Network/Paradigm Explorer *"The very reverend double-doctor rabbi’s observations, analyses, and solutions for tikkun olam, or repair the world, are spot-on. They are rational, they are practical, they are achievable, and above all, they are needed. Lerner’s perspective as a philosopher, psychotherapist, and rabbi allows him a melding of insight regarding human fears, needs, and desires, both spiritual and secular. . . . Rabbi Lerner offers sane, real world solutions." * San Diego Jewish World *"By drawing connections between the political economy, our personal wounds and systemic issues such as poverty and homelessness, Lerner shows how deeply we need a socialist framework of connection, society and care." * Dazed *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I. Transcending the crippling dynamics of oppression 1. A World of Pain, a Hunger for Love 2. Fear and Domination, or Love and Generosity? 3. Toxic Self-Blaming and Powerlessness 4. To Change a Society, You Must Respect Its People Part II. Strategies for building the caring society 5. Overcoming the Dictatorship of the Capitalist Marketplace 6. Major Institutional Changes for Building a Love and Justice Movement 7. The Caring Society in the Twenty-Second Century Afterword Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisExamines appeasement in the context of both Britain's domestic policies and her international commitments, within Europe and beyond. This book includes a discussion of the historiography surrounding appeasement, and analysis of changing public opinion and of the 'appeasers' themselves.Table of Contents1. Historiography. 2. Policy and Party Politics. 3. Public Opinion: War and Peace. 4. Appeasers. 5. Economic Appeasement. 6. Appeasement and Power. 7. Appeasement in Action. 8. Conclusion. References. Guide to Further Reading. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis intensively researched volume covers a previously neglected aspect of American history: the foreign policy perspective of the peace progressives, a bloc of dissenters in the U.S. Senate, between 1913 and 1935.Trade ReviewRobert Johnson’s book is an important contribution to the historiography of American foreign relations in the interwar period. His claim that the Peace Progressives did in fact articulate a clear and well developed alternative to both Wilsonianism and conservative business internationalism is both original and convincing… In seeking to articulate a foreign policy vision that combined a concern for national interest with the desire to uphold moral principle [the Peace Progressives] went to the heart of a continuing American dilemma and for that reason deserve the place in the history of American foreign policy in the twentieth century to which Robert Johnson has restored them. -- Steven Hurst * Borderlines *The major contribution of Robert David Johnson’s book is to help restore historical contingency to twentieth-century U.S. diplomacy by demonstrating how a loose coalition of ‘peace progressive’ senators presented viable alternatives to Wilsonianism in the 1910s and to corporatism and business internationalism in the 1920s. -- Elizabeth McKillen * Diplomatic History *The major achievement of this work is to document the development of a cohesive rationale behind the dissenting votes and speeches of the so-called peace progressives in the senate, and the connection between their ideas and antimilitarist and anti-imperialist tradition. What their opponents saw as isolationism the peace progressives viewed an alternative vision of the nation’s international role. That view connects them with not only an older tradition but also with dissent in the Cold War (especially on Vietnam). This is an important book which promotes revision of traditional, episodic treatments of foreign-policy dissent. -- Charles Chatfield * The Historian *Johnson restores [the peace progressives’] foreign policy contributions to their proper place of historical significance. He brings to this work a truly impressive amount of research, fine judgment, and good writing. -- John Milton Cooper, Jr., University of Wisconsin–MadisonRobert Johnson’s book is original and provocative, remarkable in its freshness of conception and thoroughness of execution. It examines the ideas and movements by dissenting Senators—those who were opposed to Wilsonian foreign policy—and offers some startling interpretations. By using the concept of ‘peace progressives,’ Johnson succeeds in illuminating these Senators’ perspectives on American foreign relations which were derived from their Progressive ideology in the domestic context and, when applied to international affairs, were at times even more Wilsonian than Wilson’s policies. Particularly impressive is the book’s examination of the peace progressives’ anti-imperialism during the 1920s and its transformation into isolationism in the 1930s. The book will force a major reevaluation not only of the dissenting Senators but of Wilsonianism as well. -- Akira Iriye, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Patterns of Dissent 2. The Emergence of the Peace Progressives 3. Alternative to Wilsonianisin 4. Alternative to Imperialism 5. Alternative to Corporatism 6. Anti-Imperialism and the Peace Movement 7. The Collapse of Wilsonianism 8. The Decline of Anti-Imperialism Epilogue Appendix: Congressional Votes on Foreign Relations, 1914-1932 Notes Select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBy illuminating the conflict-resolving mechanisms inherent in the relationships between democracies, this title explains one of the most promising developments of the modern international system: the striking fact that the democracies that it comprises have almost never fought each other.Trade Review"Russett finds this [the proposition that democracies do not fight each other] to be an extraordinarily robust conclusion... [The book] presents a challenge to realists while providing a rigorous undergirding to what has become a widespread view."--Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs "The ambition and scope of the study provides the illuminating and unexpected insights into the relationships between war and democracy."--Roland Dannreuther, Survival "The descriptive phase of scholarly research on the absence of war between democratic dyads has been largely completed, and attention is now shifting to alternative explanations for this well-confirmed empirical generalization. The best place to begin, both for a summary of the descriptive evidence and for an attempt to explain it, is Bruce Russett's Grasping the Democratic Peace."--Jack S. Levy, International Studies Review "In Grasping the Democratic Peace, Bruce Russett has published a powerful book clarifying the theoretical debate and producing additional support for the relative pacifism of democracies from previously untapped sources. The book will quickly claim a secure place in the literature for its insight and empirical originality. No student of international relations can fail to profit from a close read."---David A. Lake, The Journal of Politics "Bruce Russett's laudable book summarizes, dissects, and expands our understanding of the disinclination shown by democracies to fight each other, a finding that has spawned a minor cottage industry of analytic studies... the book combines rigor and relevance, maturity and originality."--American Political Science ReviewTable of ContentsPreface (1995)AcknowledgmentsCh. 1The Fact of Democratic Peace3The Emergence of Democratic Peace before World War I5The Spread of Democratic Peace9Democracy, War, and Other Ambiguous Terms11Some Alleged Wars between Democracies16Ch. 2Why Democratic Peace?24Alternative Explanations25Democratic Norms and Culture?30Structural and Institutional Constraints?38Distinguishing the Explanations40Ch. 3The Imperfect Democratic Peace of Ancient Greece43Democracy, Autonomy, and War in Ancient Greece43Who Fought Whom?51When and Why Did Democracies Fight Each Other?54Norms and Perceptions59Appendix: Greek City-States in the Peloponnesian War: Their Domestic Regimes and Who They Fought63Ch. 4The Democratic Peace since World War II72Who and When73What Influences Conflict?76Democracy Matters84Norms and Institutional Constraints86Appendix: States and Their Political Regimes, 1946-198694Ch. 5The Democratic Peace in Nonindustrial Societies99Warfare and Participation100Participation Matters105Some Examples111Appendix: Codes for Political Decision-making115Ch. 6The Future of the Democratic Peace119Covert Action against Other Democracies120The Discourse at the End of the Cold War124From the Inside Out129Strengthening Democracy and Its Norms131Can a Wider Democratic Peace Be Built?135Notes139References151Index167

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Book SynopsisThe wave of ethnic conflict has led many political observers to fear that these conflicts are contagious. This work argues that ethnic conflict is not caused directly by intergroup differences or centuries-old feuds. The contributors include Timur Kuran, Stuart Hill, Donald Rothchild, Colin Cameron, Will H Moore, and others.Trade Review"This work . . . significantly advances the scholarly literature in thefield and, in doing so, opens new prospects for policy analysis as well."—Roy Licklider, Rutgers UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures and TablesAbout the ContributorsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsCh. 1Spreading Fear: The Genesis of Transnational Ethnic Conflict3Ch. 2Ethnic Dissimilation and Its International Diffusion35Ch. 3Tactical Information and the Diffusion of Peaceful Protests61Ch. 4Transnational Ethnic Ties and Foreign Policy89Ch. 5Commitment Problems and the Spread of Ethnic Conflict107Ch. 6Is Pandora's Box Half Empty or Half Full? The Limited Virulence of Secessionism and the Domestic Sources of Disintegration127Ch. 7The Spread of Ethnic Conflict in Europe: Some Comparative-Historical Reflections151Ch. 8Ethnicity, Alliance Building, and the Limited Spread of Ethnic Conflict in the Caucasus185Ch. 9Containing Fear: The Management of Transnational Ethnic Conflict203Ch. 10Minority Rights and the Westphalian Model227Ch. 11Ethnicity and Sovereignty: Insights from Russian Negotiations with Estonia and Tatarstan251Ch. 12Transnational Ethnic Conflict in Africa275Ch. 13Preventive Diplomacy and Ethnic Conflict: Possible, Difficult, Necessary293Ch. 14Putting Humpty-Dumpty Together Again317Ch. 15Ethnic Fears and Global Engagement339References351Index379

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Book SynopsisThe apparently excellent safety record with nuclear weapons has led scholars, policy-makers, and the public alike to believe that nuclear arsenals can serve as a secure deterrent for the foreseeable future. This book challenges such optimism.Trade ReviewWinner of the 1993 Best Book Award, Science, Technology, and Environmental Studies Section of the American Political Science Association "An extraordinary book... Normal accidents theory and high reliability theory took the theory of accidents out of the hands of economists and engineers and put it into the hands of organization theorists; Sagan has brought that theory of accidents much closer to maturity."--Charles Perrow, Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management "Scott Sagan's book is nothing less than a tour de force... It is by far the most carefully researched and painstaking study of nuclear weapons safety ever written."--Bruce G. Blair, Security Studies "Sagan's stories also drive a wooden stake through the heart of rational choice nuclear deterrence theory. This book will make you scared ... will make you hold your children a little tighter at the end of the day."--Lee Clarke, Sociological Forum "Sagan shows, both explicitly for nuclear weapons and implicitly for intellectual systems, that neither learning nor disasters are essentially matters of improving O-rings, safety procedures, or t-tests, as participants within those systems would like to believe. The primary adaptive action is offstage--in the background framework itself. And at that level, through sheer volume of its data, Sagan's book will shape the way that policymakers and we (with a little less confidence) understand the nuclear world."--Contemporary Sociology "Grounded in original research in U.S. national security archives, [Limits of Safety] reveals a disturbing history of near-catastrophes in the handling of nuclear weapons and bombers... This book is a significant contribution to ... international security studies, organizational theory, and risk analysis."--American Political Science ReviewTable of ContentsList of Figures and TablesAcknowledgmentsList of AcronymsIntroduction: Expecting the Unexpected3Ch. 1The Origins of Accidents11Ch. 2Nuclear Weapons Safety during the Cuban Missile Crisis53Ch. 3Intelligence and Warning during the Cuban Missile Crisis117Ch. 4Redundancy and Reliability: The 1968 Thule Bomber Accident156Ch. 5Learning by Trial and Terror204Ch. 6The Limits of Safety250Index281

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Book SynopsisExamines how well United Nations peacekeeping missions work after civil war. Statistically analyzing all civil wars since 1945, this book compares peace processes that had UN involvement to those that didn't. It argues that each mission must be designed to fit the conflict, with the right authority and adequate resources.Trade Review"This book will have wide appeal not only among scholars who study the issues of civil war, its termination, and the role of the UN and the international community, but also among any students and policymakers who are interested in one of the most fundamental and pressing questions of our time: how to build peace in states that are trying to recover from devastating civil wars."--Lise Howard, Review of International OrganizationsTable of ContentsList of Figures ix List of Tables xi List of Boxes xiii Acknowledgments xv Acronyms xvii Chapter One: Introduction: War-Making, Peacebuilding, and the United Nations 1 The New Interventionism 6 Generations of UN Peace Operations 10 The Challenge of Peacebuilding 18 Plan of the Book 23 Chapter Two: Theoretical Perspectives 27 Internal (Civil) War and Peacebuilding 28 Theories of Civil War 31 Implications of Civil War Theory for UN Intervention 49 A Peacebuilding Triangle 63 Chapter Three: Testing Peacebuilding Strategies 69 Triangulating Peace 69 The Peacebuilding Dataset 72 Analysis of Peacebuilding Success in the Short Run 86 Policy Hypotheses and Hypothesis Testing 93 Policy Analysis 125 Conclusion 131 Appendix A: Definitions and Coding Rules 132 Appendix B: Summary Statistics for Key Variables 138 Chapter Four: Making War 144 Somalia 145 The Former Yugoslavia 161 Congo 172 Clausewitz and Peacekeeping 184 Chapter Five: Making Peace: Successes 197 Monitoring and Facilitation in El Salvador 200 Administratively Controlling (but Barely) Peace in Cambodia 209 Executive Implementation of Peace in Eastern Slavonia 223 Dayton's Dueling Missions and Brcko--Dayton's Supervisory Footnote 230 East Timor 243 Chapter Six: Making Peace: Failures 257 Cyprus 257 Rwanda 281 Chapter Seven: Transitional Strategies 303 The Four Strategies 304 Transitional Authority 319 Chapter Eight: Conclusions 334 The Peacebuilding Record 334 A Seven-Step Plan 337 The Costs of Staying--and Not Staying--the Course 342 Alternatives? 346 Bibliography 353 Index 381

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Book SynopsisWhy do democracies avoid fighting each other? This book examines research and speculation on the subject and tests this against the history of relations between democracies over two centuries. It concludes that constitutional democracies have a 'contracting advantage' - a unique ability to settle conflicts with each other by durable agreements.Trade Review"[I]mportant and engagingly written... If you want a book that takes theory seriously yet will engage students on fundamental aspects of international politics, this is one on a short shelf."--Bruce Russett, Perspectives on PoliticsTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Tables and Figures, pg. ix*Acknowledgments, pg. xi*1. The Argument in a Nutshell, pg. 1*2. Is There Really Peace among Democracies?, pg. 17*3. A Contracting Theory of the Democratic Peace and Its Alternatives, pg. 47*4. Why Democratic Bargains Are Reliable: Constitutions, Open Politics, and the Electorate, pg. 77*5. Leadership Succession as a Cause of War: The Structural Advantage of Democracies, pg. 112*6. Extending the Argument: Implications of Secure Contracting among Constitutional Democracies, pg. 139*7. Conclusion: Reliable Partners and Reliable Peace, pg. 169*Notes, pg. 191*Index, pg. 249

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Book SynopsisIt is normally assumed that international security regimes such as the United Nations can reduce the risk of war by increasing transparency among adversarial nations. But how is transparency provided, how does it actually work, and how effective is it in preserving or restoring peace? This work provides answer to these important questions.Trade Review"The book is especially impressive in the execution of the research... There is something for many (not quite everyone), and readers will profit by learning about topics that they thought they already knew, as well as other topics that they could stand to learn more about"----Paul F. Diehl, Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsList of Tables ix Preface and Acknowledgments xi Chapter One: Promoting Peace with Information 1 Chapter Two: Theory, Methods, and Case Selection 17 Chapter Three: The Concert of Europe: Forum Diplomacy and Crisis Management 55 Chapter Four: The United Nations Force in Cyprus 86 Chapter Five: The United Nations Disengagement Observer Force in the Golan Heights 118 Chapter Six: The United Nations Transition Assistance Group for Namibia 142 Chapter Seven: The United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia 155 Chapter Eight: Conclusion 180 Appendix A: Information Operations in Recent U.N. Peacekeeping Missions 197 Appendix B: Insights on Transparency from the Open Skies, Strategic Arms Control, and Non-Proliferation Regimes 215 Bibliography 237 Index 269

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Book SynopsisFrom the Korean War to the conflict in Iraq, this book examines the ways in which the American public decides whether to support the use of military force. Contrary to the conventional view, it demonstrates that the public does not respond reflexively and solely to the number of casualties in a conflict.Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009 "Gelpi and Feaver, and Reifler have produced a most fascinating volume on the human costs of waging war. They set out to understand under what conditions Americans would support their leaders' decision to use military force... Well researched and thoughtfully written."--Choice "Policy makers would be wise to heed the authors' findings regarding how to gain public trust and support when contemplating the future use of military power in achieving national objectives. For the citizenry, however, a warning also emerges: national leaders may attempt to keep a sinking policy ship afloat by remaining publically optimistic even when nothing can be done to save it."--Walter E. Kretchik, Military History "[T]he book is straightforward, well organized and a pleasure to read."--Thomas C. Shaw, American Review of Politics "One measure of a book's quality is whether it generates questions for future research, and this one certainly fits the bill."--Jennifer L. Merolla, Perspectives on Politics "[T]his is a well-thought-out, well-organized and well-written book. In particular, the concluding summaries at the end of each chapter provide excellent reviews and syntheses of the arguments. The authors have posed many questions that should open new horizons for scholars and policy makers."--Cigdem Pakel Atahan, Journal of American Studies of TurkeyTable of ContentsLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS viii LIST OF TABLES ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii CHAPTER ONE: Theories of American Attitudes toward Warfare 1 CHAPTER TWO: America's Tolerance for Casualties, 1950-2006 23 CHAPTER THREE: Measuring Individual Attitudes toward Military Conflict 67 CHAPTER FOUR: Experimental Evidence on Attitudes toward Military Conflict 98 CHAPTER FIVE: Individual Attitudes toward the Iraq War, 2003-2004 125 CHAPTER SIX: Iraq the Vote: War and the Presidential Election of 2004 167 CHAPTER SEVEN: The Sources and Meaning of Success in Iraq 188 CHAPTER EIGHT: Conclusion 236 BIBLIOGRAPHY 265 INDEX 283

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