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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Terrorism Terrorism Richard Jackson,Lee Jarvis,Jeroen Gunning,Richard Jackson,Marie Breen-Smyth "Terrorism has a long history but the devastating attacks of 9/11 transformed what had been seen as a relatively minor security issue into one of major global significance. This incisive new text pro… OL15920957W
Lost in transformation Lost in transformation Audra Mitchell "Peace interventions can promote violence, while conflict may be a crucial means for constraining and preventing it. This book explores these statements, re-thinking the relationships between peace, … OL16114226W
American foreign policy in regions of conflict American foreign policy in regions of conflict Howard J. Wiarda "America's regional foreign policy priorities are shifting, toward Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa, and away from Europe and Russia. Wiarda examines these changes and the reasons for… OL16189109W
Hamas and civil society in Gaza Hamas and civil society in Gaza Sara Roy "Many in the United States and Israel believe that Hamas is nothing but a terrorist organization, and that its social sector serves merely to recruit new supporters for its violent agenda. Based on S… OL16212151W
Just peace Just peace Mona Fixdal "How should wars end? What outcomes are morally acceptable, and what ways of making peace should participants and observers find distasteful? Drawing on many of the wars and peaces of recent decades-… OL16564063W
Beyond a divided Cyprus Beyond a divided Cyprus Nicos Trimikliniotis,Umut Bozkurt "This book presents a fresh perspective on the Cyprus problem by going beyond analyses that focus exclusively on the geopolitical or identity dimensions.Itmakes the complexity ofthe problem clearby a… OL16637190W
Doing time for peace Doing time for peace Rosalie G. Riegle "In this compelling collection of oral histories, more than seventy-five peacemakers describe how they say no to war-making in the strongest way possible--by engaging in civil disobedience and paying… OL16727055W
invitation to peace studies invitation to peace studies Houston Wood ix, 294 pages : 24 cm OL18203077W
Optimism over despair Optimism over despair Noam Chomsky,Chronis Polychroniou "In these recent, wide-ranging interviews, conducted for Truthout by C. J. Polychroniou, Chomsky discusses his views on the "war on terror" and the rise of neoliberalism, the refugee crisis and crack… OL19723019W
Speaking their peace Speaking their peace Colette Rausch "Wars dehumanize. This book humanizes. To those who have been silenced by the trauma of conflict, gagged by fear and conformity, and muted by the world's indifference, this book gives a voice. And it… OL20005080W
Peace agreements Peace agreements Nina Caspersen Since the end of the Cold War a significant number of peace agreements have been signed, many of them in bloody intra-state conflicts that were previously thought beyond resolution. How have these ag… OL20654463W
Offering hospitality Offering hospitality Caron E. Gentry "In Offering Hospitality: Questioning Christian Approaches to War, Caron E. Gentry reflects on the predominant strands of American political theology--Christian realism, pacifism, and the just war tr… OL20886594W
Arab Approaches to Conflict Resolution Arab Approaches to Conflict Resolution Frederic S. Pearson,Nahla Yassine-Hamdan "This book examines Arab approaches to mediation, negotiation and settlement of political disputes. This book proposes that two clusters of independent variables are potentially responsible for the d… OL21257757W
Pathways to peace Pathways to peace Daniel Kurtzer "Upheavals in the Middle East are challenging long held assumptions about politics and governance. The United States faces a moment of truth when half-measures, short-sighted expedients, and delays c… OL22640310W
At the entrance to the Garden of Eden At the entrance to the Garden of Eden Yossi Klein Halevi "In At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden, Halevi describes his unprecedented and extraordinary spiritual journey to discover, as a religious Israeli Jew, a common spiritual language with his Christi… OL2908807W