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Book SynopsisWritten by one of the last survivors of the campaign, this book is a fascinating inside account of one of the Second World War''s most exciting yet controversial episodes :the difficult, dangerous but eventually victorious attempt by Britain to decisively influence the course of the war in the Balkans. The Yugoslav war was a savage and many-sided conflict in which Germans, Italians, Communist Partisans, Serbian Royalists; Croatian Fascists and eventually Stalin''s Russians all played their part. Britain''s intervention was fraught with political as well as military problems from first to last. Controversy continues over London''s decision to switch support from Milhailovic''s monarchist Cetnik guerillas to Tito''s more militarily effective Communist Partisans. Some famous names were among the liasion missions parachuted in to join the Partisans in their mountain lairs, including politician and travel writer Fitzroy Maclean; the Prime Minister''s son Randolph Churchill; novelist Evelyn Waugh and historian WIlliam Deakin. McConville''s book concentrates on the lesser-known post -1943 period when torpedo and gunboats operating among the islands of the Dalmatian coast replaced the risky airdrops, and British soldiers and sailors fought alongside the Partisans, both male and female. The author was stationed on the island of Vis as a young subaltern, and offers a valuable eye-witness history and a vivid memoir of a vital moment in a war whose echoes persisted into the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s.

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Book SynopsisThe Loyal North Lancs is one of the proudest names among British Army Regiments, and this massive history is a fitting memorial to their performance in the Great War. The Regiment served in virtually every theatre - the Western Front; Gallipoli; Egypt; Palestine; East Africa and Macedonia; - and this book tells the story of them all. The First Battalion of the regiment were in at the first - taking part in the defence of Ypres at Langemarck and Gheluvelt; and were in at the finish - participating in the breaking of the HIndenburg LIne. IN between, they fought at the battles of Neuve Chapelle and Aubers RIdge in 1915; the Somme in 1916; and the battles of Arras and Passchendaele in 1917. The 2nd Battalion was sent to East Africa and took part in the disastrous attack on Tanga and the subsequent frustrating campaign against that guerilla leader of genius, General Von Lettow-Vorbeck. Towards the end of the war, the battalion served in Egypt, Palestine and on the western front. The regiment''s 1st/4th and 2nd/4th (territorial) battalions fought at Festubert in 1915 and then on the Somme and in the Ypres salient and Passchendale, and took part in the breaking of the HIndenburg line. A comprehensive, plainand unvarnished history of the regiment''s huge contribution to the world war, this book, fully illustrated with maps and photos, and with appendices covering awards, uniforms, colours and honours, is a book that all lovers of Lancashire and all interested in the history of the Great War will treasure.

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Book SynopsisNapoleon''s lightning conquest of Prussia, accomplished within a month in the autumn of 1806, was perhaps his most spectacularly successful campaign. The twin battles of Jena and Auerstadt, won on the same day, October 14th, by Napoleon himself and his most able Marshal, Davout, annihilated the Prussian army and on 25th October, exactly a month after invading Prussia, Napoleon entered Berlin and enforced a humiliating peace on his beaten enemy. In his classic account of the campaign, published exactly 100 years ago, F. Loraine Petre explains how Prussia''s once vaunted military might ossified in the twenty years after Frederick the Great''s death, leading to timidity and political paralysis. What Field-Marshal Roberts in his foreword calls ''a selfish and suicidal policy'' of ignoring France as she picked off neighbouring Austria led to defeat and occupation, but ultimately to much needed reform and the re-birth of the Prussian army with its ultimate revenge on Napoleon at Leipzig and Waterloo.

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Book SynopsisSecurity has long been a central organizing concept of international relations. Until the 1980s, students of the discipline understood its simple essence in terms of arms races and balances of power. However, the issues have changed considerably in the 1990s, and this text aims to help students understand these changes. Many attempts have been made to redefine the concept, leading to a proliferation of terms such as true security, global security, common security and environmental security, but there has been little precision associated with the use of these terms which have often been used in confusing and contradictory ways. In attempting to help students deal with the confusion, this book seeks to outline the theoretical tools at the disposal of students for their own rethinking of security. These tools offer innovative ways of looking at a central concept of the discipline. It outlines some of these alternatives in the context of the third world, which, it is argued, has been neglected by the traditional conceptualization of security.Table of ContentsRethinking the Third World; neo-realism; critical theory; environmental/ecological philosophies and security; engaging with other fields and disciplines; security and development; security and sustainable development.

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Book SynopsisImpartial documentation and background information fundamental to the understanding of Arab-Israeli relations.The third edition of this valuable reference source brings together a unique collection of information on this troubled area of the Middle East. The Arab-Israeli conflict is one of the longest running international disputes in world affairs, and impartial information is vital to a complete understanding of the politics and events that surround this issue. Survey of Arab-Israeli Relations provides up-to-date and unbiased information, and will be essential reading for politicians, diplomats, public and academic libraries, businesses, international organizations, the media, government departments, academics, students and anyone with an interest in Middle Eastern affairs.Part One – ChronologyThis detailed chronology recounts events from 1947 and the first Arab-Israeli war, to the present, including peace initiatives, and settlement and development issuesPart Two – Arab-Israeli Relations Since 1947Two essays in this section examine in more detail the years from 1947 to the present, with analysis of important events such as the October War, the assassination of Anwar Sadat, the ‘Shultz Plan’, Camp David, the roadmap and the Geneva Accords.Part Three – Documents on PalestineExamining some of the key documentation in the dispute, this reproduces key texts, letters and agreements, as well as providing several maps.Part Four – Political ProfilesThis series of biographical profiles aims to provide a guide to the prominent political figures throughout the period covered by the text, including Hanan Ashrawi, David Ben-Gurion, Bill Clinton, Shimon Peres, George W. Bush and Sheikh Ahmad Yassin.Part Five – BibliographyContains a comprehensive list of publications that points to further reading on the subject and related topics.Table of ContentsPart 1: Chronology Part 2: Arab-Israeli Relations Since 1947 Part 3: Documents on Palestine Part 4: Political Profiles Part 5: Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThis fully updated third-edition of Contemporary Peacemaking is a state of the art overview of peacemaking in relation to contemporary civil wars. It examines best (and worst) practice in relation to peace processes and peace accords. The contributing authors are a mix of leading academics and practitioners with expert knowledge of a wide arrays of cases and techniques. The book provides a mix of theory and concept-building along with insights into ongoing cases of peace processes and post-accord peacebuilding. The chapters make clear that peacemaking is a dynamic field, with new practices in peacemaking techniques, changes to the international peace support architecture, and greater awareness of key issues such as gender and development after peace accords. The book is mindful of the intersection between top-down and bottom-up approaches to peace and how formal and institutionalized peace accords need to be lived and enacted by communities on the ground. Table of ContentsIntroduction (Roger Mac Ginty & Anthony Wanis-St. John)Part I: Preparing for Peace1. Understanding Ripeness: Making and Using Hurting Stalemates (I William Zartman)2. Cultivating Peace: A Practitioner's View of Deadly Conflict (John Paul Lederach)3. Conflict Analysis: A System's Approach (Lisa Schirch)Part II: Cross Cutting Issues4. The United Nations and Peacemaking (Alex J. Bellamy)5. Women's Participating in Peace Processes (Jana Krause and Louise Olsson)6. Indigenous Approaches to Peacemaking (Douglas P. Fry Geneviève Souillac)7. Peacemaking Referendums: Advantages and Challenges for Peace Processes (Joana Amaral)8. Refugees, Peacemaking and Durable Solutions to Displacement (Maja Janmyr)9. Time, Sequencing and Peace Processes (Roger Mac Ginty)Part III: Negotiation and Mediation10. Mediation and Ending of Conflicts (Christopher Mitchell)11. Diffusion vs. Coherence: The Competitive Environment of Multiparty Mediation (Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson & Pamela Aall)12. Inclusivity in Peace Processes: Civil Society and Armed Groups (Suzanne Ghais)13. Negotiating Peace in the Shadows (Niall Ó Dochartaigh)Part IV: Violence and Peace Processes14. Violence and Peace Processes (Kristine Höglund & Desirée Nilsson)15. Peacemaking and Election Violence (Inken von Borzyskowski & Richard Saunders)16. Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration of Ex-Combatants (Alp Özerdem)17. Security Sector Reforms (Yuji Uesugi)Part V: Peace Accords18. Peace Processes and their Agreements (Christine Bell and Laura Wise)19. Power Sharing after Civil Wars: Matching Problems to Solutions (Timothy Sisk)20. Peace Accords and Human Rights (Jan Pospisil)21. The Post-Conflict Constitution as a Peace Agreement (Laurie Nathan)Part VI: Implementation and Reconstruction22. Transitional Justice and Peacemaking/Peacebuilding (Roddy Brett & Lina Malagón)23. Peace Education as a Peacemaking Tool in Conflict Zones (Alexander Cromwell)24. Post Accord Violence (Christina Steenkamp)25. Everyday Economic Experiences and Peace Processes (Birte Vogel)Conclusion

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Book SynopsisPart one: Introduction.- Part Two: Re-examining Classic Approaches.- Which kind of hero? Thoughts on archetypes of military heroism. Joseph Soeters, Emeritus professor Tilburg University, the Netherlands, (jmml.soeters@gmail.com) The Morale Component of the Russia-Ukraine War. Adi Sherzer & Samuel Boumendil Han Solo and Professor Moriarty: what interviewing soldiers taught me about heroism. Morten Brænder, Aarhus University.- Part Three: Changing National Contexts.- Between Heroization and Victimization. Assessing Empirical Evidence of Representations of Veterans in a Pre- and Post-Heroic Era (UK) Rita Phillips, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen UK,Contact: r.phillips5@rgu.ac.uk, Vince Connelly,Oxford Brookes University, UK, vconnelly@brookes.ac.uk I (still) need a Hero: Civilians, Society and the Continuing Need for military Heroism and Heroes (Israel). Elisheva Rosman, Bar-Ilan University From zero to hero: A conceptual framework of creating and recreating heroism based on the Estonian experience. Kairi Kasearu, Tiia-Triin Truusa, Eleri Lillemäe Canada's military and the post-heroic condition. Eric Ouellet, Ph.D. Department of Defence Studies, Royal Military College of Canada South Korea: Declining but Persistent Military Heroism. Insoo Kim Civilian and military perceptions of heroism in war in Norway. On diverging paths? Torunn Haaland.- Part Four: Contested and Questioning Contexts Japan: a pacified heroism. Saya Kiba and Atsushi Yasutomi Military heroism in Germany: A contested and ever-changing concept. Maren Tomforde Legitimate Use of Violence? Interrogating the Hero-Soldier of the Marawi War in the Philippines. Rosalie Arcala Hall and Duvince Zhalimar Dumpit University of the Philippines Visayas rbarcalahall@up.edu.ph.- Part Five: Emerging Form of Alternative Heroism: Illustrating the post-heroic hero? Portraying the technological hero in Israel. Oshri Bar-Gil.- Military Contractors in a Post-Heroic Society: Organizational Adaptation and Military Autonomy. Christopher Kinsey and Eyal Ben-Ari Heroism in the Context of a Global Pandemic: Canadian Armed Forces Domestic Deployment in Response to COVID-19. Keith Pearce, PhD, Kathy Michaud, PhD, Irina Goldenberg, PhD, & Matthew G. Huebner, MA. Epilogue.- Re-enchanting the Heroic Military and continued enchantment. René Moelker, Eyal Ben-Ari, Uzi Ben-Shalom, Nehemia Stern 

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction: Why this Book?.- Chapter 2. Theory and Methodology.- Chapter 3. From Hamburg and Munchen to Tallinn and Burgas.- Chapter 4. From the War Against Georgia to the Annexation of the Crimea and the Following Increase in Military Tension.- Chapter 5. The Growing Militarisation of the Baltic and Black Sea Areas After the End of the Cold War.- Chapter 6. The War in Ukraine in Light of the Expansion of NATO.- Chapter 7. The Clash of Three Bipolar Narratives About the War in Ukraine.- Chapter 8. The Conclusion of the Book.

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