Review Essays

Recently Received Books: War, War Crimes, & Genocide

 

Tales from Spandau: Nazi Criminals and the Cold War

Tales from Spandau: Nazi Criminals and the Cold War
by Norman J.W. Goda


New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 390pp.

Order and Anarchy: Civil Society, Social Disorder and War

Order and Anarchy: Civil Society, Social Disorder and War
by Robert Layton

New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 197pp.

* Cross-listed in Global Civil Society

Violence in Developing Countries: War, Memory, Progress

Violence in Developing Countries: War, Memory, Progress
By Christopher Cramer

Bloomington: University of Indiana Press, 2007. 329pp.

*Cross-listed in Development, Democracy & Health

Enemy Lines: Warfare, Childhood and Play in Batticaloa

Enemy Lines: Warfare, Childhood and Play in Batticaloa
By Margaret Trawick

Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. 307pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Asia
Women, Children & Gender

Echoes of Violence: Letters from a War Reporter

Echoes of Violence: Letters from a War Reporter
By Carolin Emcke

Princeton: Princton University Press, 2007. 322pp.

Zones of Peace

Zones of Peace
By Landon E. Hancock and Christopher Mitchell

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

*Cross-listed in Humanitarianism, Intervention & Terrorism

The Crime of Destruction and the Law of Genocide: Their Impact on Collective Memory

The Crime of Destruction and the Law of Genocide: Their Impact
on Collective Memory

By Caroline Fournet

Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 2007. 182pp.

*Cross-listed in International Law & Ethics

Dissent from War

Dissent from War
By Martin Ivie

Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, 2007. 240pp.

*Cross-listed in Development, Democracy & Health
Global Governance & Civil Society

Human Rights and Wrongs: Slavery, Terror, Genocide

Human Rights and Wrongs: Slavery, Terror, Genocide
By Helen Fein

Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers, 2007. 279pp.

*Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History

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
& Humanitarianism, Intervention & Terrorism

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 Humanitarianism, Intervention & Terrorism

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 Theory, Philosophy & History
& Humanitarianism, Intervention & Terrorism

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
& Humanitarianism, Intervention & Terrorism

Global Justice: The Politics of War Crimes Trials

Global Justice: The Politics of War Crimes Trials
By Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2008. 220pp.

*Cross-listed in International Law & Ethics

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 Humanitarianism, Intervention & Terrorism

Politics of Ethnic Cleansing: Nation-State Building and Provision of In/Security in Twentieth-Century Balkans

Politics of Ethnic Cleansing: Nation-State Building and
Provision of In/Security in Twentieth-Century Balkans

By Klejda Mulaj

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2008. 203pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Europe & the West

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 Humanitarianism, Intervention & Terrorism &
Regional Focus on Asia

The French Betrayal of Rwanda

The French Betrayal of Rwanda
By Daniela Kroslak

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. 2008. 330pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional Focus on Africa & the Middle East

Narrating Evil: A Postmetaphysical Theory of Reflective Judgment

Narrating Evil: A Postmetaphysical Theory
of Reflective Judgment

By Maria Pia Lara

New York, NY: Columbia University Press. 2007. 230pp.

*Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History

Purify and Destroy: The Political Uses of Massacre and Genocide

Purify and Destroy: The Political Uses
of Massacre and Genocide

By Jacques Semelin

New York, NY: Columbia University Press. 2007. 443pp.

Women as Weapons of War: Iraq, Sex, and the Media

Women as Weapons of War: Iraq, Sex, and the Media
By Kelly Oliver

New York, NY: Columbia University Press. 2007. 208pp.

* Cross-listed in Women, Children & Gender

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