War & Conflict Studies

This edited collection explores aspects of contemporary war that affect average people –physically, emotionally, and ethically through activities ranging from combat to television viewing...

In the light of NATO's humanitarian war in Kosovo is it possible to understand or explain wars as an outcome of perceptions of rights? How did rights, be they divine rights in the Middle Ages, territorial rights in the eighteenth century, or human rights today, become something that people are willi..

Offering a systematic reflection and review of existing literature on disarming, demobilizing and reintegrating (DDR) former combatants into society, this volume represents the first in-depth and comprehensive discussion of reintegration of former combatants in war to peace transitions. The authors'..

Numerous states have passed gender integration legislation permanently admitting women into their military forces. As a result, these states have dramatically increased women’s numbers, and improved gender equality by removing a number of restrictions. Why do states abandon their policies of exclusi..

Numerous states have passed gender integration legislation permanently admitting women into their military forces. As a result, these states have dramatically increased women’s numbers, and improved gender equality by removing a number of restrictions. Why do states abandon their policies of exclusi..

This edited book provides an interdisciplinary overview of recent scholarship in the field of genocide studies...

This edited book provides an interdisciplinary overview of recent scholarship in the field of genocide studies...

Operation Just Cause was the culmination of a gradually escalating confrontation between the United States and Panama. This volume examines the various ways representative examples of the global media covered the developing crisis and the eventual US incursion into Panama. This analysis and evaluati..

This book offers an intellectual history of an emerging technology of peace and explains how the liberal state has come to endorse illiberal subjects and practices...

This book offers an intellectual history of an emerging technology of peace and explains how the liberal state has come to endorse illiberal subjects and practices...

This book reviews the intrusion of the armed forces in African politics by examining contemporary armies and their impact on society. It revisits the various explanations of military takeovers in Africa and disentangles the notion of the military as a progressive force. The study argues the necessit..

This book is a judicial, military and political history of the period 1941 to 1954. As such, it is also a United States legal history of both World War II and the early Cold War. Kastenberg and Merriam present a clearer picture as to why the Court and the lower courts determined the issues before th..