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Warfare & defence
Hardcover. This book argues that the arming of conflict is complexly structured and highly dynamic. It uncovers and describes the construction and interaction of structures and dynamics at global and regional levels, which shape the arming patterns of both state and non-state actors. Series: Global Issues. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPS; JPWS; JWM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 225 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230019331
- ISBN
- 9780230019331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Hardcover. This book analyzes why and how the Israeli army did not succeed in finding the appropriate way to fight terrorism since the creation of the Israeli state. Translator(s): Schoch, Cynthia. Series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Num Pages: 196 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJP; 3JMC; JPWL; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104440
- ISBN
- 9780230104440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Hardcover. Using the engaging case of British security policy between the world wars, this book argues that an effective balance of power, which is the key to a stable international system, is a deliberate act of policy and that leaders play a determinative role in building an effective balance. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPS; JWK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 212 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230106901
- ISBN
- 9780230106901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.37
€ 127.37
Paperback. Governments have at their disposal many economic instruments to promote national security, such as sanctions, foreign aid, international trade, international finance and laws blocking funds for international terrorism. This book examines the use of theses economic policies and addresses how best to measure their effectiveness. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JWK; KCC; KCLF; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110625
- ISBN
- 9780230110625
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Condition: New
€ 94.57
€ 94.57
Conflict and Human Security in Africa: Kenya in Perspective
Kumssa, Asfaw, Williams, James Herbert, Jones...
Hardcover. This edited volume looks at human security and conflict in northern Kenya and nearby areas within Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Uganda. It spells out the precise meaning and nuances of human security in today's global economy and examines the causes and effects of conflict in the region within the context of human security. Num Pages: 222 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; GTJ; JPVH; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115606
- ISBN
- 9780230115606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.42
€ 127.42
Hardcover. An important contribution to a much needed critical turn in the vast and still rapidly growing child soldier literature. Editor(s): Beier, J. Marshall. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JPA; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115767
- ISBN
- 9780230115767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. A study of the major U.S. military interventions in unconventional war, this book looks at four wars that occurred while the U.S. was a superpower in the post-war WW II period and one in the Philippines in 1898. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBW; JPA; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230119383
- ISBN
- 9780230119383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. This book explores how public cultures shape women's military participation within the European Union. It analyzes the way in which different policy options have been elaborated in the United Kingdom, France and Germany and examines patterns of women's military participation across societies. Num Pages: 184 pages, 5 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSJ1; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230206892
- ISBN
- 9780230206892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.30
€ 66.30
Paperback. Drawing on recent experience to identify and explore the main components of peace processes, this collection is organized around five main themes: planning for peace during periods of violence, the process of negotiations, the effects of violence on peace processes, peace accords and securing the settlement. Editor(s): Darby, John; Mac Ginty, Roger. Num Pages: 424 pages, 8 black & white tables. BIC Classification: GTJ; JWLP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 171 x 231 x 25. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 401
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230210219
- ISBN
- 9780230210219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 117.94
€ 117.94
Hardcover. This book investigates the role and the impacts of armies and military regimes in the Middle East. It argues that one of the main causes of the slow and stagnated economic development in the region is high military expenditure perpetuated by strong grips of armies on the politics of the region. Num Pages: 183 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JW; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230220171
- ISBN
- 9780230220171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardcover. Interdoc was established in 1963 by Western intelligence services as a multinational effort to coordinate an anti-communist offensive. Drawing on exclusive sources and the memories of its participants, this book charts Interdoc's campaign, the people and ideas that lay behind it and the rise and fall of this remarkable network during the Cold War. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 404 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW; JPS; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221260
- ISBN
- 9780230221260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.93
€ 128.93
Biosecurity: Origins, Transformations and Practices (New Security Chal...
Katsuhisa Furukawa, James Revill, Malcolm Dan...
Hardcover. This book explores the origins, interpretations and meanings of the term 'biosecurity'. It brings together contributors on issues relating to the perceptions of the threat of biological weapons and how states are responding, or not, to the challenges posed by the potential of the products of the life sciences to be used for destructive purposes. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFU; JPWL; JWMC; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223561
- ISBN
- 9780230223561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.33
€ 128.33
Hardcover. The Globalization of Security is an important rethinking of the connections between globalization and security, focusing on a conceptual examination of the role of the state combined with key case studies. The book provides a novel historical sociological approach, advancing both the understanding of security and the theory of state power. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JPS; JWMN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230224001
- ISBN
- 9780230224001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. Military power needs to be financed and economic development is often shaped by military conflict, thus the interaction of military and economy, power and money is central to the modern world. This book provides an accessible introduction to the economics of the use of organized force, with a wide range of historical and current examples. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JWJ; JWK; JWLP; JWXF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230228535
- ISBN
- 9780230228535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Italian Military Operations Abroad: Just Don't Call it War
Ignazi, Piero, Giacomello, Giampiero, Coticch...
Hardcover. Peace support operations are one of the most important tools in the foreign policy of Western democracies. This book is a study of Italian military operations in the last twenty years. Italy's operations are examined through an analysis of parliamentary debates and interviews with leading policy-makers. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; GTJ; JPQB; JPS; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230228917
- ISBN
- 9780230228917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.39
€ 128.39
Television and Terror: Conflicting Times and the Crisis of News Discou...
Hoskins, Andrew, O'Loughlin, Ben
Paperback. The advent of the twenty-first century was marked by a succession of conflicts and catastrophes that demanded unrestrained journalism. Hoskins and O'Loughlin demonstrate that television, tarnished by its economy of liveness and its impositions of immediacy, and brevity, fails to deliver critical and consistent expositions of our conflicting times. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFDT; JWL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230229020
- ISBN
- 9780230229020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.92
€ 65.92
Hardcover. As one of South Asia's oldest democracies Sri Lanka is a critical case to examine the limits of a liberal peace, peacebuilding and external engagement in the settlement of civil wars. Based on nine years of research, and more than 100 interviews with those affected by the war, NGOs, and local and international elites engaged in the peace process. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKS; GTJ; HBJF; JPS; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230240278
- ISBN
- 9780230240278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. This book examines the complex and under-researched relationship between recruitment experiences and reintegration outcomes for child soldiers. It looks at time spent in the group, issues of cohesion, identification, affiliation, membership and the post demobilization experience of return, and resettlement. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JPWS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241961
- ISBN
- 9780230241961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.23
€ 68.23
Hardcover. An exploration of Immanuel Kant's account of war and the controversies that have arisen from its interpretation. This book brings the ideas of Kant's critical philosophy to bear on one of the leading political and legal questions of our age: under what circumstances, if any, is recourse to war legally and morally justifiable? Series: International Political Theory. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230244207
- ISBN
- 9780230244207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Dyson explains the convergence and divergence between British, French and German defence reforms in the post-Cold War era. He engages with cultural and realist theories and develops a neoclassical realist approach to change and stasis in defence policy, bringing new material to bear on the factors which have affected defence reforms. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246232
- ISBN
- 9780230246232
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.72
€ 67.72
Paperback. Drawing on critical social and political thought, this book argues that late modern wars, often referred to as 'liberal', may be interpreted as perpetuating forms of exclusion and domination that render war a tool of control in global terms. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; JWA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230251816
- ISBN
- 9780230251816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 115.80
€ 115.80
Hardcover. Examines international cooperation in European security from a transaction cost economics perspective. This book addresses the puzzle of how to approach differing institutional preferences. It argues that the reduction and limitation of transaction costs was the primary determinant of security preferences. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 284 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPSN2; JWK; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230280120
- ISBN
- 9780230280120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.65
€ 67.65
Hardcover. This book utilises the growing phenomenon of British soldier narratives from Iraq and Afghanistan to explore how British soldiers make sense of their role on these complex, multi-dimensional operations. It aims to intervene in the debates within critical feminist scholarship over whether soldiers can ever be agents of peace. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; JFSJ; JPS; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282261
- ISBN
- 9780230282261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Paperback. Foucault on Politics, Society and War interrogates Foucault's controversial genealogy of modern biopolitics. These essays situate Foucault's arguments, clarify the correlation of sovereign and bio-power and examine the relation of bios, nomos and race in relation to modern war. Editor(s): Dillon, Michael; Neal, Andrew W. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPS; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285378
- ISBN
- 9780230285378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.13
€ 66.13