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Targeting Top Terrorists
When President Barack Obama announced the assassination of Osama bin Laden, many Americans hoped the killing of al-Qaida’s leader would sound the death knell for the organization. …
War and the Media
Propaganda has been a major tool of war from the earliest times and has never been more vital, and had no greater effect, than in the 20th century - a time of continuous global …
One Weapon Less Is One Life More: A Comparative Study Between the Second Amendment and the United Nations' Plan to Disarm Citizens of the World
There are diametrically opposed philosophies on the subject of small arms in the hands of civilians. Those concerned about the issue either support civilian small arms possession …
Lost Souls of the River Kwai
This is the moving story of a young man who found himself along with thousands of his comrades in the nightmare of Japanese captivity. Unlike so many (it is said that one …
Diplomacy and Borderlands
This book examines Africa's internal and external relations by focusing on three core concepts: orders, diplomacy and borderlands. The contributors examine traditional and …
Armies and Ecosystems in Premodern Europe
Using the ecosystem concept as his starting point, the author examines the complex relationship between premodern armed forces and their environment at three levels: landscapes, …
Media and Past Conflict in Europe
Focusing on how the history of past conflicts is mediated in the present and recent past in six European countries, this book explores media processes as they intersect with power …
European Naval and Maritime History, 300-1500
This first general survey of European naval and maritime history for the period from A.D. 300 to 1500 focuses on Western Europe, including the Baltic, North Sea, and Atlantic …
European Union and Human Security
This edited book examines European external interventions in human security, in order to illustrate the evolution and nature of the European Union as a global political actor.In …
War and Photography
Drawing on the work of Barthes, Eco, Foucault, Baudrillard, Burgin and Tagg, and on the historians of mentalities, War and Photography presents a theoretical approach to the …
Air Force Disappointments, Mistakes, and Failures
While successful developments in aviation receive considerable attention, the projects that failed or otherwise did not live up to expectations receive far less, if any, scrutiny. …
Italian Fascism in Rhodes and the Dodecanese Islands, 1922-44
This book is the first English-language collection of scholarly essays to investigate the ambiguous and supporting role that colonialism in the Aegean Region played in Mussolini's …