Peacekeeping operations

A revealing memoir by the Israeli leader who almost made peace with the PalestiniansWritten almost entirely from inside a prison cell, Searching for Peace is the compelling memoir of former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert.

Our world of increasing and varied conflicts is confusing and threatening to citizens of all countries, as they try to understand its causes and consequences.

In the aftermath of the Liberian civil war, groups of ex-combatants seized control of natural resource enclaves in the rubber, diamond, and timber sectors.

A ground-breaking new study brings us a very different picture of the Second World War, asking fundamental questions about ethical commitmentsAccounts of the Second World War usually involve tales of bravery in battle, or stoicism on the home front, as the British public stood together against Fascism.

From intimate relationships to global politics, Sarah Schulman observes a continuum: that inflated accusations of harm are used to avoid accountability.

Comprehensive study of Australia''s role in the peace enforcement operations that developed at the end of the Cold War.

Going to War?

War and Enlightenment in Russia explores how members of the military during the reign of Catherine II reconciled Enlightenment ideas about the equality and moral worth of all humans with the Russian reality based on serfdom, a world governed by autocracy, absolute respect for authority, and subordination to seniority.

During a government career that spanned nearly the whole of the Cold War, George R.

This book analyses the international phenomenon of private peace entrepreneurs.

The study of armed forces and conflict resolution has undergone important developments at the turn of the millennium, driven by emerging events.

Every day the American government, the United Nations, and other international institutions send people into non-English speaking, war-torn, and often minimally democratic countries struggling to cope with rising crime and disorder under a new regime.

Patriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies examines the complex revolutionary struggle in Martinique and Guadeloupe from 1789 to 1802.

Love's detailed Scriptural study of peacemaking describes Jesus' keys to conflict resolution and harmonious relationships.

Civil war has been a recurring feature of human societies throughout history - and an essential catalyst for major international conflict.

Civil war has been a recurring feature of human societies throughout history - and an essential catalyst for major international conflict.

The idea that war is going out of style has become the conventional wisdom in recent years.

With the end of the Cold War has come an upsurge in humanitarian interventions-military campaigns aimed at ending mass atrocities.

With the end of the Cold War has come an upsurge in humanitarian interventions-military campaigns aimed at ending mass atrocities.

The idea that war is going out of style has become the conventional wisdom in recent years.

The island of Cyprus, long troubled by inter-communal strife, exploded onto the world stage with the Athens-inspired coup against President Makarios and Turkey's invasion that followed.

In June 1948, Joseph Stalin halted all road and rail traffic in to and out of the Allied sector of Berlin and cut off all electricity to the city.

The early 1990s saw Europes first conflict for almost 40 years when bitter fighting broke out in the former Yugoslav republic.

An overview of modern Western militaries’ response to armed rebellion, from Indochina to Northern Ireland to Iraq.

An overview of modern Western militaries’ response to armed rebellion, from Indochina to Northern Ireland to Iraq.

The newspapers these days are becoming more and more painful.

In the past quarter century our world has hosted ninety-nine wars, twenty-nine of these are ongoing.

As peace operations become the primary mechanism of conflict management used by the UN and regional organizations, understanding their problems and potential is essential for a more secure world.