Review Essays

Recently Received Books: Humanitarianism, Intervention & Terrorism

 

Zones of Peace

Zones of Peace
By Landon E. Hancock and Christopher Mitchell

Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, 2007. 238pp.

*Cross-listed in War, War Crimes, & Genocide

Hezbollah: A Short History

Hezbollah: A Short History
By Augustus Richard Norton

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007. 187pp.

* Cross-listed in Regional: Africa & the Middle East
The U.S. Military and Human Rights Promotion: Lessons from Latin America

The U.S. Military and Human Rights Promotion:
Lessons from Latin America
By Jerry M. Laurienti

Westport, CT: Praeger Security International, 2007. 185pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Latin America
& Regional: Europe & the West

How We Missed the Story: Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and the Hijacking of Afghanistan

How We Missed the Story:
Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and the Hijacking of Afghanistan
By Roy Gutman

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 2008. 321pp.

* Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History
& Regional: Asia
Counter-Terrorism and the Post-Democratic State

Counter-Terrorism and the Post-Democratic State
Edited by Jenny Hocking and Colleen Lewis

Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007. 244pp.

*Cross-listed in Development, Democracy & Health
& International Law & Ethics

The Costs of War: International Law, the UN, and World Order After Iraq

The Costs of War: International Law, the UN, and World Order After Iraq
By Richard Falk

New York, NY: Routledge, 2006. 202pp.

*Cross-listed in International Law & Ethics
& War, War Crimes, & Genocide

State Building and International Intervention in Bosnia

State Building and International Intervention in Bosnia
By Roberto Belloni

New York, NY: Routledge, 2007. 213pp.

*Cross-listed in War, War Crimes, & Genocide
The Just War Myth: The Moral Illusions of War

The Just War Myth: The Moral Illusions of War
By Andrew Fiala

Lanham, MA: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008. 211pp.

*Cross-listed in War, War Crimes, & Genocide
& Theory, Philosophy & History

International Justice and Impunity: The Case of the United States

International Justice and Impunity: The Case of the United States
Edited by Nils Andersson, Daniel Iagolnitzer & Diana G. Collier

Atlanta, GA: Clarity Press, 2008. 298pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Europe & the West
& War, War Crimes, & Genocide

Counterinsurgency and the Global War on Terror:

Counterinsurgency and the Global War on Terror:
Military Culture and Irregular War
By Robert M. Cassidy

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2008. 211pp.

*Cross-listed in War, War Crimes, & Genocide

Aceh, Indonesia: Securing the Insecure State

Aceh, Indonesia: Securing the Insecure State
By Elizabeth F. Drexler

Philadephia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2008. 287pp.

*Cross-listed in War, War Crimes, & Genocide &
Regional Focus on Asia

Burden or Benefit?: Imperial Benevolence and Its Legacies

Burden or Benefit?:
Imperial Benevolence and Its Legacies
Edited by Helen Gilbert & Chris Tiffin

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. 2008. 229pp.

*Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History

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