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Book A History of War and Peace  1939 1965

Download or read book A History of War and Peace 1939 1965 written by Wilfrid Knapp and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Conduct of Soviet Foreign Policy

Download or read book The Conduct of Soviet Foreign Policy written by Erik Peter Hoffmann and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Oxford Handbook of Peace History

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Peace History written by Charles Howlett and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 961 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Oxford Handbook of Peace History uniquely explores the distinctive dynamics of peacemaking across time and place, and analyzing how past and present societies have created diverse cultures of peace and applied strategies for peaceful change. The analysis draws upon the expertise of many well-respected and distinguished scholars from disciplines such as anthropology, economics, history, international relations, journalism, peace studies, sociology, and theology. This work is divided into six parts. The first three sections address the chronological sweep of peace history from the Ancient Egyptians to the present while the last three cover biographical profiles of peace advocates, key issues in peace history, and the future of peace history. A central theme throughout is that the quest for peace is far more than the absence of war or the pursuit of social justice ideals. Students and scholars, alike, will appreciate that this work examines the field of peace history from an international perspective and expands analysis beyond traditional Eurocentric frameworks. This volume also goes far beyond previously published handbooks and anthologies in answering what are the strengths and limits of peace history as a discipline, and what can it offer for the future. It also has the unique features of a state-of-the-field introduction with a detailed treatment of peace history historiography and a chapter written by a noted archivist in the field that provides a comprehensive list of peace research resources. It is a work ably suited applicable for classrooms and scholarly bookshelves"--

Book What Every Person Should Know About War

Download or read book What Every Person Should Know About War written by Chris Hedges and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed New York Times journalist and author Chris Hedges offers a critical -- and fascinating -- lesson in the dangerous realities of our age: a stark look at the effects of war on combatants. Utterly lacking in rhetoric or dogma, this manual relies instead on bare fact, frank description, and a spare question-and-answer format. Hedges allows U.S. military documentation of the brutalizing physical and psychological consequences of combat to speak for itself. Hedges poses dozens of questions that young soldiers might ask about combat, and then answers them by quoting from medical and psychological studies. • What are my chances of being wounded or killed if we go to war? • What does it feel like to get shot? • What do artillery shells do to you? • What is the most painful way to get wounded? • Will I be afraid? • What could happen to me in a nuclear attack? • What does it feel like to kill someone? • Can I withstand torture? • What are the long-term consequences of combat stress? • What will happen to my body after I die? This profound and devastating portrayal of the horrors to which we subject our armed forces stands as a ringing indictment of the glorification of war and the concealment of its barbarity.

Book Infantry

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1969
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 402 pages

Download or read book Infantry written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book 1967 Annual Supplement

Download or read book 1967 Annual Supplement written by John B. Simeone and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 1479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Unclassified Materials Published During 1967 on Problems of Development and Internal Defense

Download or read book An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Unclassified Materials Published During 1967 on Problems of Development and Internal Defense written by and published by . This book was released on 1968* with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Church in the Modern Age

Download or read book The Church in the Modern Age written by Gabriel Adriányi and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book War

    War

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  • Author : Air University (U.S.)
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1970
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 82 pages

Download or read book War written by Air University (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Conflict and Confrontation in South East Asia  1961   1965

Download or read book Conflict and Confrontation in South East Asia 1961 1965 written by Matthew Jones and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-09-06 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1960s, Britain and the United States were still trying to come to terms with the powerful forces of indigenous nationalism unleashed by the Second World War. The Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation - a crisis which was, as Macmillan remarked to Kennedy, 'as dangerous a situation in Southeast Asia as we have seen since the war' - was a complex test of Anglo-American relations. As American commitment to Vietnam accelerated under the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, Britain was involving herself in an 'end-of-empire' exercise in state-building which had important military and political implications for both nations. In this book Matthew Jones provides a detailed insight into the origins, outbreak and development of this important episode in international history; using a large range of previously unavailable archival sources, he illuminates the formation of the Malaysian federation, Indonesia's violent opposition to the state and the Western Powers' attempts to deal with the resulting conflict.

Book Origins of the Pacific War and the Importance of  Magic

Download or read book Origins of the Pacific War and the Importance of Magic written by Keiichiro Komatsu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Magic' was the name given to the American decoding of the secret Japanese codes used in diplomatic communications before and during the Pacific War of 1941-45. This important new work, presenting a Japanese perspective, argues for the first time that in the final phase of the eight months of US-Japan talks leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor, serious mistranslations in Magic were a significant factor in the cumulative effect of mutual misunderstandings which grew between the two sides over a longer period. In spite of the number of historians who take the opposite point of view, the author argues that the efforts made by the participants on both sides to achieve a successful outcome and avert military conflict, or at least delay the outbreak of the war until the following March (1942), might have been much closer to achieving success than generally believed. The mistranslations of Magic which led to the crisis in 1941 were influenced by misunderstanding and misperception, and the persistence of stereotypes and 'images' among the parties involved. The study of these kinds of phenomena has been an important part of the growth of the discipline of international relations since the Second World War.

Book Changing Direction

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  • Author : Julian Lewis
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2002-12-15
  • ISBN : 1135772959
  • Pages : 590 pages

Download or read book Changing Direction written by Julian Lewis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-12-15 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume records the transition from planning against any post-war resurgence of German and Japanese militarism to preparations against a possible threat from the Soviet Union. It charts Foreign Office resistance to consideration of even the possibility of Soviet hostility after the war.

Book Semblance of Peace

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  • Author : Anthony James Nicholls
  • Publisher : Springer
  • Release : 1974-06-18
  • ISBN : 1349022403
  • Pages : 727 pages

Download or read book Semblance of Peace written by Anthony James Nicholls and published by Springer. This book was released on 1974-06-18 with total page 727 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book After Hiroshima

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  • Author : Matthew Jones
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2010-04-15
  • ISBN : 1139487337
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book After Hiroshima written by Matthew Jones and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By emphasising the role of nuclear issues, After Hiroshima, published in 2010, provides an original history of American policy in Asia between the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan and the escalation of the Vietnam War. Drawing on a wide range of documentary evidence, Matthew Jones charts the development of American nuclear strategy and the foreign policy problems it raised, as the United States both confronted China and attempted to win the friendship of an Asia emerging from colonial domination. In underlining American perceptions that Asian peoples saw the possible repeat use of nuclear weapons as a manifestation of Western attitudes of 'white superiority', he offers new insights into the links between racial sensitivities and the conduct of US policy, and a fresh interpretation of the transition in American strategy from massive retaliation to flexible response in the era spanned by the Korean and Vietnam Wars.

Book Inside Terrorism

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  • Author : Bruce Hoffman
  • Publisher : Columbia University Press
  • Release : 2006-06-06
  • ISBN : 0231510462
  • Pages : 473 pages

Download or read book Inside Terrorism written by Bruce Hoffman and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2006-06-06 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bruce Hoffman's Inside Terrorism has remained a seminal work for understanding the historical evolution of terrorism and the terrorist mindset. In this revised edition of the classic text, Hoffman analyzes the new adversaries, motivations, and tactics of global terrorism that have emerged in recent years, focusing specifically on how al Qaeda has changed since 9/11; the reasons behind its resiliency, resonance, and longevity; and its successful use of the Internet and videotapes to build public support and gain new recruits. Hoffman broadens the discussion by evaluating the potential repercussions of the Iraqi insurgency, the use of suicide bombers, terrorist exploitation of new communications media, and the likelihood of a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear terrorist strike. Closer to home, Hoffman reconsiders the Timothy McVeigh case and the threats posed by American Christian white supremacists and abortion opponents as well as those posed by militant environmentalists and animal rights activists. He argues that the attacks on the World Trade Center fundamentally transformed the West's view of the terrorist threat. More relevant and necessary than ever, Inside Terrorism continues to be the definitive work on the history and future of global terrorism.

Book Accessions List

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  • Author : United States. Department of State. Library Division
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1967
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 146 pages

Download or read book Accessions List written by United States. Department of State. Library Division and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Routledge Companion to Military Conflict since 1945

Download or read book Routledge Companion to Military Conflict since 1945 written by John Richard Thackrah and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-10-27 with total page 663 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the depths of the Cold War to the War on Terror, The Routledge Companion to Military Conflict since 1945 is an in-depth and comprehensive reference guide to the confrontations that have shaped the modern age. Covering the personalities, the wars and the ideas that have been central to military conflict in the last sixty years, this book includes discussion of: specific campaigns from Vietnam to Iraq international organizations, including NATO, the UN and the Arab League leading historical figures, from Idi Amin to George W. Bush genocides, Proxy wars and the Guerrilla campaigns key concepts in international relations, from Defense to Chemical Warfare the causes of conflict from the religion to the fight for diminishing resources. Exploring all of this and more in an easy to use A-Z format with guides to further reading, this is an essential resource for students of international relations, military history and conflict and strategic studies at all levels.