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Contemporary India Contemporary India Katharine Adeney "A broad-ranging introduction to politics and society in India, set in a historical and cultural context. Written by two expert authors it assumes no prior knowledge but aims to provide a balanced an… OL15571908W
Some of the Best weapons for Counterinsurgents Do Not Shoot Some of the Best weapons for Counterinsurgents Do Not Shoot Eric T. Olson Even under the best circumstances, reconstruction in counterinsurgency is a difficult endeavor. The most critical tasks are numerous and complex. Many participating agencies must undertake missions t… OL16046296W
Provincial Reconstruction Teams Provincial Reconstruction Teams Carter Malkasian,Carter Malkasain,Gerald Meyerle Over the past 6 years, provincial reconstruction teams (PRTs) have played a growing role in the U.S. counterinsurgency effort in Afghanistan. PRTs are one of several organizations working on reconstr… OL16077152W
Pillars and shadows Pillars and shadows John Braithwaite This volume of the Peacebuilding Compared Project examines the sources of the armed conflict and coup in the Solomon Islands before and after the turn of the millennium. The Regional Assistance Missi… OL16955513W
Diversity, ethnicity and identity in South Asia Diversity, ethnicity and identity in South Asia A. R. Momin Contributed articles presented earlier at an international seminar on cultural pluralism, ethnicity, and nation-building in South Asia organised by Department of Sociology, University of Mumbai as pa… OL18698722W
Armed state building Armed state building Paul D.. Miller "Since 1898, the United States and the United Nations have deployed military force more than three dozen times in attempts to rebuild failed states. Currently there are more state-building campaigns … OL18821360W
State Building in Latin America State Building in Latin America Hillel David Soifer xvi, 307 pages ; 24 cm OL20591540W
Public relations and nation building Public relations and nation building Margalit Toledano "All public relations emerges from particular environments, but the specific conditions of Israel offer an exceptional study of the accelerators and inhibitors of professional development in the hist… OL20955096W
Breakup of Sudan Breakup of Sudan Jok Madut Jok xiv, 370 pages : 24 cm OL21128240W
State and nation making in Latin America and Spain State and nation making in Latin America and Spain Miguel Angel Centeno,Agustín Ferraro "The growth of institutional capacity in the developing world has become a central theme in twenty-first-century social science. Many studies have shown that public institutions are an important (som… OL22639049W
Libya after Qaddafi Libya after Qaddafi Christopher S. Chivvis,Jeffrey Martini In 2011, NATO and a number of Arab and other countries backed a rebel overthrow of longstanding Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi. When Qaddafi was killed in October, the intervening powers abruptly wr… OL24282123W
The politics of civil-military cooperation The politics of civil-military cooperation Christopher Ankersen Civil-military cooperation is a hallmark of contemporary military operations. Images of soldiers digging wells or helping to open schools characterize our view of what goes on in places such as Afgha… OL24292672W
Alliance curse Alliance curse Hilton L. Root "Proposes an analytical foundation for national security that challenges long-held assumptions or outdated suppositions about foreign affairs. Presents case studies of American foreign policy toward … OL2709183W
Nation-building Nation-building Cynthia Ann Watson Nation-Building: A Reference Handbook offers an in-depth examination of the nation-building process with special focus on the late 20th century to the present. U.S. national security expert Cynthia W… OL4787901W
Matai ṿe-ekh humtsa ha-ʻam ha-Yehudi? Matai ṿe-ekh humtsa ha-ʻam ha-Yehudi? Shlomo Sand,José María Amoroto Salido "Quand le peuple juif fut-il créé? Est-ce il y a quatre mille ans, ou bien sous la plume d'historiens juifs du XIXe siècle qui ont reconstitué rétrospectivement un peuple imaginé afin de façonner une… OL5191911W