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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
On the law of peace	Christine Bell	Analysing how and why peace agreements are produced, this title focuses on the extent to which they are regulated by law, or impose legally binding obligations.	OL12006545W
Babylon by bus	Ray LeMoine	This all-access, inside-out view of what the American occupation of Iraq really looks like on the ground is the story of two young Americans who went to Baghdad without any real plan and discovered t…	OL12084933W
Civic engagement in postwar Japan	Rieko Kage	"Despite reduced incomes, diminished opportunities for education, and the psychological trauma of defeat, Japan experienced a rapid rise in civic engagement in the immediate aftermath of World War II…	OL15456821W
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	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
Rule-of-law tools for post-conflict states	United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights	This publication explores how hybrid courts can receive the mandates and the political support required to be more effective in building capacity and bestowing an enduring legacy upon the justice sys…	OL16919194W
Occupying Iraq	James Dobbins	"The American engagement in Iraq has been looked at from many perspectives: the flawed intelligence that provided the war's rationale, the failed effort to secure an international mandate, the rapid …	OL16949829W
The Vicar of Baghdad	Canon Andrew White	As the vicar of St. George's Church in Baghdad, the only Episcopalian church in Iraq, Canon Andrew White has worked with those at the highest levels of authority in Iraq, for both Westerners and Iraq…	OL17365445W
La zona verde	Rajiv Chandrasekaran	Presents a revealing look at life in Baghdad's Green Zone, the headquarters for the American occupation in Iraq, criticizing the follies and foibles of L. Paul Bremer in the invasion and reconstructi…	OL17715107W
Post-stabilization economics in Sub-Saharan Africa	International Monetary Fund Staff,Shanaka J. Peiris	Mozambique is an economic success story in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Its remarkable achievements offer valuable lessons to other low-income countries in a post-stabilization economic phase, including…	OL18715096W
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
The struggle for Iraq	Thomas M. Renahan	A political scientist's firsthand report on Iraq and his work with his Iraqi staff to promote democracy and fight corruption, from the days of the Coalition Provisional Authority to the present, and …	OL19715114W
To be a friend is fatal	Kirk W. Johnson	"In January 2005 Kirk Johnson, then twenty-four, arrived in Baghdad as USAID’s only Arabic-speaking American employee. Despite his opposition to the war, Johnson felt called to civic duty and wanted …	OL19970482W
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
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
Civil-military coordination	Lara Olson,Hrach Gregorian,John Ferris	"The Peacebuilding, Development, and Security (PDS) Program was initiated at the University of Calgary in 2007 with funding from the University Centre for Military and Strategic Studies (CMSS). It re…	OL28764566W
101 ways to help the cause in Afghanistan	Jim Hake	Provides 101 ways you can make a difference in Afghanistan. You'll discover how you can reach around the world to help the Afghan people and increase the safety, well-being and success of our troops.	OL33387680W
The Rise of the Fourth Reich	Jim Marrs	Throw out everything you think you know about history. Close the approved textbooks, turn off the corporate mass media, and whatever you do, don't believe anything you hear from the government—The Ri…	OL504953W
Imperial Life in the Emerald City	Rajiv Chandrasekaran	An unprecedented account of life in Baghdad’s Green Zone, a walled-off enclave of towering plants, posh villas, and sparkling swimming pools that was the headquarters for the American occupation of I…	OL8552969W
Philanthropy and Reconciliation: Rebuilding Postwar U. S. -Japan Relations	Yamamoto Tadashi	The U.S.-Japan relationship has undergone many changes since the end of World War II. Perhaps the most dramatic and least understood transition was the change in perceptions and values that allowed t…	OL9066595W