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Quagmire in Civil War
Rebuts the pervasive 'folk' notion that quagmire is intrinsic to a country or civil war. Shows that quagmire is made, not found.
War and Memory in Lebanon
Sune Haugbolle's often poignant book chronicles the battle over ideas that emerged from the wreckage of the Lebanese civil war.
Trust and the Islamic Advantage
This cutting-edge analysis of Islamic politics and economics shows how Islam builds trust in communities and serves as a collective identity.
Stopping the Killing
STOPPING THE KILLING travels from Latin America and the United States to Africa and the Middle East to grapple with the critical issue of civil wars and their powerful impact on the international scene.
Ethnic Politics and State Power in Africa
This book models the trade-off that rulers of weak, ethnically-divided states face between coups and civil war. Drawing evidence from extensive field research in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo combined with statistical analysis of most African countries, it develops a framework to understand the causes of state failure.
Decolonizing Memory
The magnitude of the legal violence exercised by the French to colonize and occupy Algeria (1830–1962) is such that only aesthetic works have been able to register its enduring effects. In Decolonizing Memory Jill Jarvis examines the power of literature to provide what demographic data, historical facts, and legal trials have not in terms of attesting to and accounting for this destruction. Taking up the unfinished work of decolonization since 1962, Algerian writers have played a crucial role in forging historical memory and nurturing political resistance—their work helps to make possible what state violence has rendered almost unthinkable. Drawing together readings of multilingual texts...
Multilateralism and Security Institutions in an Era of Globalization
This edited volume offers a timely examination of one of the most crucial and controversial questions in international relations, namely should states adopt a unilateral or multilateral approach to contemporary security challenges?
Threats and Alliances in the Middle East
Examines Saudi and Syrian policies during three pivotal wars, to understand how identity and power influence state behaviour in the Middle East.
Saigon at War
An examination of the political and cultural dynamism of the Republic of Vietnam until its collapse on April 30, 1975.
Violent Resistance
Using original fieldwork, Violent Resistance explains when, where, and how communities form militias to defend themselves in civil wars.
