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The main aim of this book is to argue that the use of private force by states has been restricted by a norm against mercenary use.The book traces the evolution of this norm, from mercenaries in medieval Europe through to private security companies in modern day Iraq,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2007-10-11
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The main aim of this book is to argue that the use of private force by states has been restricted by a norm against mercenary use.The book traces the evolution of this norm, from mercenaries in medieval Europe through to private security companies in modern day Iraq,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2007-10-11
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While other books in the field focus on specific aspects of privacy or how to avoid invasions, David H. Holtzman--a master technologist, internet pioneer, security analyst, and former military codebreaker--presents a comprehensive insider's exposé of the world of...
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Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2006-10-11
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This Handbook is provides a broad range of essential information about past experiences with massive reparations programs as well as normative guidance for future practice. It examines in detail reparations programs in different parts of the world; includes thematic...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2006-03-30
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The threats to human rights posed by non-state actors are of increasing concern. Human rights activists increasingly address the activity of multinational corporations, the policies of international organizations such as the World Bank and the World Trade Organization,...
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OUP Oxford
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2006-03-02
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A law criminalizing incitement to religious hatred has been high on the Labour Government's list of priorities. It is a law with wide-ranging implications for freedom of expression in Britain: it could be used to censor anyone - whether writer, comedian or person in the...
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Penguin
Parution :
2005-11-24
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In the first half of nineteenth century France was characterized by extraordinary regional and linguistic diversity but the state increasingly became a central force in the lives of its citizens. One way that it did so was through its police force, which, as John...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2005-11-24
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The West's Road to 9/11 offers a detailed explanation of the handling of the challenge of terrorism by the USA, the UK and the West over the last thirty years. David Carlton contends that anti-terrorist rhetoric by the Governments of the West frequently masked...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2005-09-08
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Europe Confronts Terrorism examines the institutional, political, security and reforms that have taken place inEurope since the catastrophic terrorist attacks in the United States in 2001. The tragic attacks in Madrid on 11 March 2004 - to date, the worst terror attack...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2005-08-18
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Suicide attacks have become the defining act of political violence of our age. From New York City to Baghdad, from Sri Lanka to Israel, few can doubt that they are a terrifying feature of an increasing number of violent conflicts. Since 1981, around 30 organizations...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2005-03-17
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The news-breaking book that has sent schockwaves through the White House, Ghost Wars is the most accurate and revealing account yet of the CIA's secret involvement in al-Qaeada's evolution.Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll has spent years reporting from the Middle...
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Penguin
Parution :
2005-03-03
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'She is alive and active - we hear her voice and trace her influence even now' Virginia WoolfWriting in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of female independence in...
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Penguin
Parution :
2004-10-28
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The author of the bestsellerThe Iron Triangle untangles a web of political back scratching in one of the world's most powerful companies Halliburton-a Texas oil-field company Dick Cheney ran before he became Vice President-has courted controversy for the better part of...
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Wiley
Parution :
2004-05-17
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Hegemony or Survival is Noam Chomsky's essential polemic on American foreign policy.Noam Chomsky, the world's foremost intellectual activist, presents an irrefutable analysis of America's pursuit of total domination and the catastrophic consequences that are sure to...
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Penguin
Parution :
2004-05-06
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The author of the bestsellerThe Iron Triangle untangles a web of political back scratching in one of the world's most powerful companies Halliburton-a Texas oil-field company Dick Cheney ran before he became Vice President-has courted controversy for the better part of...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2004-05-03
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As correspondent for Newsweek, Michael Hirsh has traveled to every continent, reporting on American foreign policy. Now he draws on his experience to offer an original explanation of America's role in the world and the problems facing the nation today and in the future....
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2003-06-05
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As correspondent for Newsweek, Michael Hirsh has traveled to every continent, reporting on American foreign policy. Now he draws on his experience to offer an original explanation of America's role in the world and the problems facing the nation today and in the future....
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2003-06-05
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The advent of hyperterrorism on “9/11” and subsequent military operations have marked the return of strategic affairs as a core concern of the citizens of our countries. This French Strategic and Military Yearbook analyses from a European vantage point the major themes...
Editeur :
Odile Jacob
Parution :
2003-03-19
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After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, a stunned public asked: How could this happen? Why did the attackers do what they did? What did they hope to accomplish?
This wasn't the first battle in a conflict that has...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2002-09-12
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Gandhi's non-violent struggles against racism, violence, and colonialism in South Africa and India had brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation that when asked to write an autobiography midway through his career, he took it as an opportunity to explain...
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Penguin
Parution :
2001-09-06
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