War and Conflict in Africa (Williams Paul D.)(Paperback)

War and Conflict in Africa (Williams Paul D.)(Paperback)

After the Cold War, Africa earned the dubious distinction of being the world's most bloody continent. But how can we explain this proliferation of armed conflicts? What caused them and what were their main characteristics? And what did the world's governments do to stop them? In this fully revised

Headlines: War and Conflict - Teaching Controversial Issues (Heath Marguerite)(Mixed media product)

Published in association with the Citizenship Foundation, Headlines: War and Conflict is one of a series of books and accompanying CD-ROMs that provide primary teachers with background knowledge, lessons plans and a variety of pupil resources to teach controversial issues with sensitivity and

War, Conflict and Human Rights: Theory and Practice (Sriram Chandra Lekha)(Paperback)

War, Conflict and Human Rights is an innovative inter-disciplinary textbook, combining aspects of law, politics and conflict analysis to examine the relationship between human rights and armed conflict. This third edition has been fully revised and updated, and contains a completely new chapter on

Thomas Sankara: A Revolutionary in Cold War Africa (Peterson Brian J.)(Paperback)

Thomas Sankara: A Revolutionary in Cold War Africa offers the first complete biography in English of the dynamic revolutionary leader from Burkina Faso, Thomas Sankara. Coming to power in 1983, Sankara set his sights on combating social injustice, poverty, and corruption in his country, fighting

Exiled Queen (Chima Cinda Williams)(Paperback / softback)

The second book in an epic fantasy series from Cinda Williams Chima. Adventure, magic, war and ambition conspire to throw together an unlikely group of companions in a struggle to save their

Newtownards in the Great War (Allister Lindsay)(Paperback)

Before the Great War began, Ireland had already began to take up arms. Conflict and political unrest was at the forefront of everyone's mind as the country was trying to liberate itself. Newtownards was to become the centre in the eye of the storm which would shape the country for the next hundred

Contemporary Conflict Resolution (Ramsbotham Oliver)(Paperback)

Since the end of the Cold War, conflict prevention and resolution, peacekeeping and peacebuilding have risen to the top of the international agenda. The fourth edition of this hugely popular text explains the key concepts, charts the development of the field, evaluates successes and failures, and

Badfellas (Williams Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Organized crime took hold in Ireland and soon armed robberies, kidnappings and murder became commonplace. This book traces how the hugely lucrative drug trade that then emerged led to the gang wars that have corroded communities and devastated countless lives. It describes in gripping detail the

Great War: 1914-1918 (Hart Peter)(Paperback / softback)

The Great War was the first truly global conflict, and it changed the course of world history. In this magnum opus, the author examines the conflict in every arena around the world, in a history that combines scholarship with vivid and unfamiliar eyewitness accounts, from kings and generals, and

Best Pub Walks in South Pembrokeshire (Williams Paul)(Paperback / softback)

The Desert Air War 1940-1943 (Tucker-Jones Anthony)(Paperback)

The war in air over North Africa and the Mediterranean during the Second World War has long been overshadowed by the battle on the ground. Between 1940 and 1943 Italy's Regia Aeronautica and then Germany's Luftwaffe waged a concerted aerial campaign against the British, yet apart from the bitter

On Parliamentary War: Partisan Conflict and Procedural Change in the U.S. Senate (Wallner James Ian)(Paperback)

Dysfunction in the Senate is driven by the deteriorating relationship between the majority and minority parties. Regular order is virtually nonexistent and unorthodox parliamentary procedures are frequently needed to pass important legislation. Democrats and Republicans are fighting a parliamentary

Master of War (Gilman David)(Paperback)

A LEGEND FORGED IN BATTLE: Amid the carnage of the 100 Years' War - the bloodiest conflict in medieval warfare - a young English archer confronts his

Vital Decomposition: Soil Practitioners and Life Politics (Lyons Kristina M.)(Paperback)

In Colombia, decades of social and armed conflict and the US-led war on drugs have created a seemingly untenable situation for scientists and rural communities as they attempt to care for forests and grow non-illicit crops. In Vital Decomposition Kristina M. Lyons presents an ethnography of

Post-Conflict Institutional Design: Peacebuilding and Democracy in Africa (Bah Abu Bakarr)(Paperback)

Since gaining independence from colonial rule, most African countries have been struggling to build democratic and peaceful states. While African multiparty politics may be viewed as a democratic system of governance, in reality it is plagued by ethnic and regional political grievances that

World War II in Minutes (Grant R. G.)(Paperback)

The shortest history of our greatest conflict.Clear, concise yet comprehensive, World War II in Minutes is the quickest way to understand the greatest conflict in human history. From its causes to its aftermath, this book details in 200 mini-essays every key event of the war, including the rise of

Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War (Schofield Victoria)(Paperback)

Why has the valley of Kashmir, famed for its beauty and tranquillity, become a major flashpoint, threatening the stability of a region of great strategic importance and challenging the integrity of the Indian state? This book examines the Kashmir conflict in its historical context, from the period

Congo's Violent Peace: Conflict and Struggle Since the Great African War (Berwouts Kris)(Paperback)

Despite a massive investment of international diplomacy and money in recent years, the Democratic Republic of Congo remains a conflict-ridden and volatile country, its present situation the result of a series of rebellions, international interventions and unworkable peace agreements. In Congo's

The Art of War--Spirituality for Conflict: Annotated & Explained (Huynh Thomas)(Paperback)

Discover the spiritually incisive strategies for peacefully resolving conflict in this masterpiece of military strategy.Written 2,500 years ago by Chinese general Sun Tzu, The Art of War is a poetic and potent treatise on military strategy still in use in war colleges around the world. Yet its

Emperor of all Things (Witcover Paul)(Paperback / softback)

1758. England is embroiled in a globe-spanning conflict that stretches from her North American colonies to Europe and beyond. Across the Channel, the French prepare for an invasion - an invasion rumored to be led by none other than Bonnie Prince Charlie. It seems the map of Europe is about to be

Development and Democracy: Relations in Conflict (Seplveda Vctor Manuel Figueroa)(Paperback)

Development and Democracy: Relations in Conflict examines the conflicting relations between technological development and democracy as they unfold in a new and ever more challenging environment

The Vietnam War (Hall Mitchell)(Paperback)

The Vietnam War examines this conflict from its origins up until North Vietnam's victory in 1975. Historian Mitchell K. Hall's lucid account is an ideal introduction to the key debates surrounding a war that remains controversial and disputed in American scholarship and collective memory.　 The

Dignity: Its Essential Role in Resolving Conflict (Hicks Donna)(Paperback)

A noted conflict-resolution expert explores dignity, its role in human conflict, and its power to improve relationships Drawing on her extensive experience in international conflict resolution and on insights from evolutionary biology, psychology, and neuroscience, Donna Hicks explains what the

Novel Ideas: Writing Innovative Fiction (Williams Paul)(Paperback)

This concise yet comprehensive study explores innovative practice in the novel and, from the perspective of creative writing, the astonishing resilience of the novel form. It offers a practical guide to the many possibilities available to the writer of the novel, with each chapter offering