"In September 1996, in the aftermath of the Rwandese Genocide, a multinational African force led by Rwanda invaded what was then Zaire, with the aim of crushing the remnants of the genocidaire regime and of overthrowing that long time friend of the West, the dictator Marshal Mob…
A clash of republics -- The Chinese trap -- Modus vivendi -- Massacre -- The French trap -- Who turned out the lights? -- If only ... -- Glossary.
A new, self-aware cohort of Muslim youth has arisen since the attacks of 9/11, facilitated by recent communication technologies and the Internet. These young people do not share a common socioeconomic status, cultural sensibility, or political position. Nor are they united in th…
Paul Virilio denounces the Kosovo war, uniting theory with a study of the conflict. Tearing aside the veil of hypocrisy in which he believes the USA and its allies wrapped the war, Virilio maintains that the nature of the bombing was set by strategic rather than ethical consider…
Volume One offers a survey of the history of Southeast Europe from 1521 until 1699, from the first major land campaign undertaken by Sultan Süleyman I until the Treaty of Karlowitz at the end of the seventeenth century. It covers modern-day Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Ko…
"Swords, Oaths, and Prophetic Visions investigates some of the most historically important political issues raised by the Genpei War (1180-1185). This epic civil conflict, which ushered in Japan's age of warriors, is most famously articulated in the monumental narrative Heike mo…
"Beginning with the War of the Thousand Days, this volume provides a concise survey of Latin American wars between 1899 and 1941. It compares and contrasts the wars and considers them in light of military theory. Wars addressed include border disputes in Peru, Bolivia, Panama an…
"Following 9/11 the United States faced a situation of exceptional insecurity. In that period the Bush administration argued that certain international norms did not apply to US conduct. Its argument was underpinned by the claim that the United States was in a state of armed con…
Introduction -- The principle of distinction -- Women in conflict in Africa -- Gender and international humanitarian law -- The divide between international and non-international armed conflicts : a precursory step to the application of the principle of distinction -- Applying t…
"African Americans' long campaign for 'the right to fight' forced Harry Truman to issue his 1948 executive order calling for equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed forces. In War! What Is It Good For?, Kimberley Phillips examines how blacks' participation in the nati…
Moral victories: the ethics of winning wars
The wars of Louis XIV, 1667-1714
by Lynn, John A., (John Albert)
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The wars of Louis XIV, 1667-1714
by Lynn, John A., (John Albert)
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"Although conventionally treated as separate, America's four wars in Asia were actually phases in a sustained U.S. bid for regional dominance, according to Michael H. Hunt and Steven I. Levine. This effort unfolded as an imperial project in which military power and the impositio…