Conflict and Peace Building in Divided Societies

Responses to Ethnic Violence

By Anthony Oberschall

This groundbreaking book provides an integrated account of ethnic, nationality and sectarian conflicts in the contemporary world including the role of collective myths, the mass...

Published February 15th 2007 by Routledge.

By Paul Mitchell

Since its emergence in 1998, the concept of Network Centric Warfare (NCW) has become a central driver behind America’s military ‘transformation’ and seems to offer...

Published January 5th 2007 by Routledge.

By Sarah Percy

Published January 5th 2007 by Routledge.

Altered Images and Deception Operations

By Scot Macdonald

This is the first book to analyze how the technology to alter images and rapidly distribute them can be used for propaganda and to support...

Published December 21st 2006 by Routledge.

The IRA and Armed Struggle

By Rogelio Alonso

The IRA is one of the oldest terrorist organizations in the world and conducted a ferociously violent campaign for almost thirty years. Now deeply enmeshed...

Published December 14th 2006 by Routledge.

Edited by Michael Brzoska, Law David

This volume provides a framework for analyzing security sector reform under international tutelage.

Following violent conflict and military interventions, international organizations or coalitions of countries increasingly...

Published December 7th 2006 by Routledge.

Exploring the Chaim Kaufman Argument

Edited by Roy Licklider, Mia Bloom

This volume attempts to critically analyze Chaim Kaufman's ideas from various methodological perspectives, with the view of further understanding how stable states may arise after...

Published November 30th 2006 by Routledge.

Deterring International Terrorism and Rogue States

US National Security Policy after 9/11

By James H. Lebovic

This new study challenges the widely held view that many current US adversaries cannot be deterred, maintaining that deterrence is not a relic of the...

Published November 23rd 2006 by Routledge.

Violence at Sea

Piracy in the Age of Global Terrorism

By Peter Lehr

Violence at Sea is an overview of maritime piracy, examining threats that piracy poses to global security and commerce, as well as measures and policies...

Published November 2nd 2006 by Routledge.

The 'New Triad' and the Evolution of American Nuclear Strategy

By David S. McDonough

In 2002 the Bush administration completed a Nuclear Posture Review that introduced a ‘new triad’ based on offensive-strike systems, defences and a revitalized defence infrastructure....

Published October 25th 2006 by Routledge.