Book Notes

Recently Received Books: Regional Focus on Africa & the Middle East

 

The Invisible Cure

The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West, and
the Fight Against Aids
By Helen Epstein

New York: NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 2007. 326pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional Focus on Europe & the West
Development, Democracy & Health
Advancing Refugee Protection in South Africa

Advancing Refugee Protection in South Africa
Edited by Jeff Handmaker, Lee Anne de la Hunt
& Jonathan Klaaren

New York, NY: Berghahn Books. 2008. 336pp.

*Cross-listed in Refugess & Displaced Persons
African Development Report 2007

African Development Report 2007
By African Development Bank

Oxford UK: Oxford University Press. 2007. 219pp.

*Cross-listed in Development, Democracy & Health
Arab-Israeli Military Forces in an Era of Asymmetric Wars

Arab-Israeli Military Forces
in an Era of Asymmetric Wars
By Anthony H. Cordesman

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. 2008. 413pp.

*Cross-listed in War, War Crimes & Genocide
Refugee Rights: Ethics, Advocacy, and Africa

Refugee Rights: Ethics, Advocacy, and Africa
Edited by David Hollenbach, SJ

Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. 2008. 264pp.

*Cross-listed in Refugess & Displaced Persons
Africa and the New Globalization

Africa and the New Globalization
Edited by George Klay Kieh, Jr.

Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing. 2008. 192pp.

*Cross-listed in Globalization, Labor & Economic Rights
Human Rights in the Arab World

Human Rights in the Arab World
Edited by Anthony Chase & Amr Hamzawy

Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2006. 322pp.

*Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History
Human Rights in African Prisons

Human Rights in African Prisons
Edited by Jeremy Sarkin

Athens, OH: HSRC Press. 2008. 254pp.

*Cross-listed in International Law & Ethics

Conflict Management and African Politics: Ripeness, bargaining, and mediation

Conflict Management and African Politics:
Ripeness, bargaining, and mediation
Edited by Terrence Lyons & Gilbert M. Khadiagala

New York, NY: Routledge. 2008. 154pp.

*Cross-listed in War, War Crimes & Genocide

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