Book Notes

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

 

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
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
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
The African Human Rights System: Activist Forces and International Institutions

The African Human Rights System: Activist Forces
and International Institutions
By Obiora Chinedu Okafor

New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 2007. 336pp.

*Cross-listed in Global Governance & Civil Society
Humanitarian Crises and Intervention

Humanitarian Crises and Intervention
By Walter C. Soderland, E. Donald Briggs,
Kai Hildebrandt & Abdel Salam Sidahmed

Sterling, VA: Kumarian Press. 2008. 335pp.

*Cross-listed in Humanitarianism, Intervention, & Terrorism
Troubled Apologies: Among Japan, Korea, and the United States

Troubled Apologies: Among Japan, Korea,
and the United States
By Alexis Dudden

New York, NY: Columbia University Press. 2008. 167pp.
Clash of Identities: Explorations in Israeli and Palestinian Societies

Clash of Identities: Explorations in
Israeli and Palestinian Societies
By Baruch Kimmerling

New York, NY: Columbia University Press. 2008. 431pp.

*Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History
The Israeli Secret Services and the Struggle Against Terrorism

The Israeli Secret Services and the Struggle Against Terrorism
By Ami Pedahzur

New York, NY.: Columbia University Press. 2009. 215pp.

*Cross-listed in War, War Crimes & Genocide
States Without Citizens: Understanding the Islamic Crisis

States Without Citizens: Understanding the Islamic Crisis
By John W. Jandora

Westport, CT: Praeger Security International. 2008. 112pp.

*Cross-listed in Religion, Race, Ethnicity & Culture

Ghosts of Halabja: Saddam Hussein and the Kurdish Genocide

Ghosts of Halabja: Saddam Hussein and the Kurdish Genocide
By Michael J. Kelly

Westport, CT: Praeger Security International. 2008. 181pp.

*Cross-listed in War, War Crimes & Genocide
Deconstructing Sexuality in the Middle East

Deconstructing Sexuality in the Middle East
Edited by Pinar Ilkkaracan

Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing. 2008. 218pp.

*Cross-listed in Women, Children & Gender
The Age of the Warrior: Selected Essays

The Age of the Warrior: Selected Essays
By Robert Fisk

New York, NY: Nation Books. 2008. 522pp.

*Cross-listed in International Law & Ethics
& War, War Crimes & Genocide
Kurdistan: Crafting of National Selves

Kurdistan: Crafting of National Selves
By Christopher Houston

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. 2008. 186pp.

*Cross-listed in Religion, Race, Ethnicity & Culture

Starved for Science: How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa

Starved for Science: How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa
By Robert Paarlberg

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 2008. 235pp.

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