American Exceptionalism
9,119円 How does American exceptionalism shape American foreign policy? Conventional wisdom states that American exceptionalism comes in two variations – the exemplary version and the missionary version. Being exceptional, experts in U.S. foreign policy argue, means that you either withdraw from the worl...
Peacebuilding and Ex-Combatants
6,466円 The book examines how ex-combatants in post-war and peacebuilding settings engage in politics, as seen in the case of Liberia. The political mobilization of former combatants after war is often perceived as a threat, ultimately undermining the security and stability of the state. This book questi...
Conflict Resolution and Ontological Security
10,446円 This volume highlights the ways in which the prospect of peace can generate anxieties and consequently set in motion social and political processes that reproduce and reactivate conflicts. In analysing this issue, the volume builds on the notion of ontological security and its recent applications...
Journalism and Eyewitness Images
11,772円 Building on the vast research conducted on war and media since the 1970s, scholars are now studying the digital transformation of the production of news. Little scholarly attention has been paid, however, to non-professional, eyewitness visuals, even though this genre holds a still greater bearin...
Chinese Strategy and Military Power in 2014
12,038円 This report tracks and analyzes trends in Chinese military strategy, force structure, and regional activity. Open source material is used to detail how each branch of the People’s Liberation Army has pursued modernization. Chinese perspectives on their military’s role and development are featured...
Advances and Challenges in Political Tran...
7,464円 The United States has provided support to political transitions worldwide for many years. But it was just twenty years ago that the US government established an office specifically to respond when regimes or conflicts ended and to maintain momentum toward positive change. Today’s conflicts, howev...
Civil War Interventions and Their Benefits
6,018円 The 2013 debate over whether the United States should intervene in the Syrian conflict raised important questions regarding the benefits countries receive when they intervene in civil wars, and how those benefits are distributed to the citizens of the intervening country. To address these lingeri...
Taxes and Development
6,380円 There is real promise for developing economies in the mobilization of their own domestic resources. For example, in 2010, tax revenue on the Africa continent was eight times larger than the foreign assistance received. And as aid levels from wealthy nations continue to be uncertain, countries hav...
Leveraging Global Value Chains for a Fede...
5,418円 This report focuses on the ways that a federated defense approach can strengthen strategic partnerships and deliver more innovative defense technologies at a lower costーby better harnessing global supply chain networks to expand the military supplier base and increase the net capability availabl...
Drone
348円 Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Drones are in the newspaper, on the TV screen, swarming through the networks, and soon, we're told, they'll be delivering our shopping. But what are drones? The word encompasses everything f...
On War - an Andy McNab War Classic: The b...
2,122円 Introduction by SAS and Gulf War hero Andy McNab DCM MM Includes all three volumes of On War’s 1908 edition Every diagram and map from Von Clausewitz’s original Translated by Col JJ Graham Bonus material: Introductions and notes by Col FN Maude, CB Bonus material: A memoir of Von Cla...
A Converging Post-War European Discourse
20,706円 This book explores the most important components and contributing factors to the European integration process during the 1950s. It seeks to combine comparative politics and political history to examine core themes such as war experience, national security, military security, economic security, so...
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