The Hard Hand of War explores the Union army's policy of destructive attacks upon Southern property and civilian morale--how it evolved, what it was like in practice. From an initial policy of deliberate restraint, extending even to the active protection of Southerners' property…
The Hard Hand of War explores the Union army's policy of destructive attacks on Southern property and civilian morale - how it evolved, what it was like in practice. From an initial policy of deliberate restraint, extending even to the active protection of Southerners' property …
The Hard Hand of War explores the Union army's policy of destructive attacks on Southern property and civilian morale - how it evolved, what it was like in practice. From an initial policy of deliberate restraint, extending even to the active protection of Southerners' property …
How do former enemies reconcile after civil wars? Do they ever really reconcile in any complete sense? How is political reunification related to longer-term cultural reintegration? Bringing together experts on civil wars around the modern world - the United States, Spain, Rwanda…
Gambling with Violence tackles a global problem that is particularly consequential for Pakistan and India: state outsourcing of violence to ordinary civilians, criminals, and ex-insurgents. Drawing on over 200 interviews, archival research, and fieldwork conducted in Islamabad, …
"Seventeen million people have died in civil wars and rebel violence has disrupted the lives of millions more. In a fascinating contribution to the active literature on civil wars, this book finds that some contemporary rebel groups actually comply with international law amid th…
When the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States occurred--causing that nation to wage wars of revenge in Afghanistan and Iraq--the people of Burundi were recovering from nearly forty years of violence, genocide and civil wars that had killed nearly one million and produ…
"This book analyzes the hundred year development of the 'state of exception' in Rwanda, a political theory developed and expanded by Foucault, Agamben, and others. It analyzes Hutu regime propaganda utilized to dehumanize the Tutsi population and how state action created a setti…
"Charting Mon history from the earliest times to the present Ashley South describes the origins of Burma's ethnic politics in the pre-colonial era, and developments during the British (and Japanese) colonial periods. Following independence in 1948 Burma was plunged into a civil …
This reader is designed primarily for classroom use. It presents contrasting points of view on topics dealing with the Civil War and Reconstruction in the hope that they will stimulate discussion among students and encourage them to read further ... [For] college students.-Pref.
This reader is designed primarily for classroom use. It presents contrasting points of view on topics dealing with the Civil War and Reconstruction in the hope that they will stimulate discussion among students and encourage them to read further ... [For] college students.-Pref.…
The Civil War era: historical viewpoints
This reader is designed primarily for classroom use. It presents contrasting points of view on topics dealing with the Civil War and Reconstruction in the hope that they will stimulate discussion among students and encourage them to read further ... [For] college students.-Pref.…
This book treats 30 important civil wars and revolutions across the world, including Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East, covering a broad swath of recorded history from ancient times to the present. -- Amazon.com.