War, Image and Legitimacy

Viewing Contemporary Conflict

By James Gow, Milena Michalski

This book examines how image affects war and whether image affects our understanding of war. Crucially, how can moving-image representation of conflict affect the legitimacy,...

Published July 14th 2008 by Routledge.

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Understanding Victory and Defeat in Contemporary War

Edited by Jan Angstrom, Isabelle Duyvesteyn

Bringing together leading contributors in the field, this new volume analyzes how victory and defeat in modern war can be understood and explained.

It does so...

Published July 7th 2008 by Routledge.

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The Homeland Security Dilemma

Fear, Failure and the Future of American Insecurity

By Frank P. Harvey

This book explores the paradox of the ‘security dilemma’ in International Relations, as applied to the post-9/11 context of homeland security.

The book's central argument can...

Published July 4th 2008 by Routledge.

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Democracy and Security

Preferences, Norms and Policy-Making

Edited by Matthew Evangelista, Harald Muller, Niklas Schoernig

It has become generally accepted wisdom that democracies do not go to war against each other. However, there are significant differences between democratic states in...

Published July 1st 2008 by Routledge.

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US National Security, Intelligence and Democracy

From the Church Committee to the War on Terror

Edited by Russell A. Miller

This volume examines the investigation by the 1975 Senate Select Committee (‘Church Committee’) into US intelligence abuses during the Cold War, and considers its lessons...

Published July 1st 2008 by Routledge.

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The EU and Conflict Resolution

Promoting Peace in the Backyard

By Nathalie Tocci

Through the study of five ethno-political conflicts lying on or just beyond Europe's borders, this book analyzes the impact and effectiveness of EU foreign policy...

Published June 10th 2008 by Routledge.

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European Union Peacebuilding and Policing

Governance and the European Security and Defence Policy

By Michael Merlingen, Rasa Ostrauskaite

This new book provides an in-depth analysis of the projects of improvement carried out by the civilian peacebuilding missions in Bosnia and Macedonia, drawing on...

Published June 10th 2008 by Routledge.

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Intervention, Ethnic Conflict and State-Building in Iraq

A Paradigm for the Post-Colonial State

By Michael Rear

External intervention by the U.N. and other actors in ethnic conflicts has interfered with the state-building process in post-colonial states. Rear examines the 1991 uprisings...

Published June 6th 2008 by Routledge.

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21st Century Security and CPTED

Designing for Critical Infrastructure Protection and Crime Prevention

By Randall I. Atlas

Once overlooked as a minor and ineffective tactic in the mitigation and prevention of terrorism and violent crime, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) has...

Published June 2nd 2008 by Auerbach Publicatio.

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Transportation Systems Security

By Allan McDougall, Robert Radvanovsky

Highlighting the importance of transportation to a country’s infrastructure and survival, Transportation Systems Security presents the strategic and practical considerations involved in the implementation of...

Published June 2nd 2008 by CRC Press.

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