Review Essays

Recently Received Books: War, War Crimes & Genocide

 

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

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

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

Gender and Genocide in Burundi: The Search for Spaces of Peace in the Great Lakes Region

Gender and Genocide in Burundi: The Search
for Spaces of Peace in the Great Lakes Region
By Patricia O. Daley

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. 2008. 268pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Africa & the Middle East
& Women, Children & Gender
The Return of the State of War: A Theoretical Analysis of Opertion Iraqi Freedom

The Return of the State of War: A Theoretical
Analysis of Opertion Iraqi Freedom
By Dario Battistella

Colchester, UK: ECPR Press. 2008. 204pp.

* Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History

Americans at the Gate: The United States and Refugees during the Cold War

Americans at the Gate: The United States
and Refugees during the Cold War
By Carl J. Bon Tempo

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 2008. 264pp.

*Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History
& Refugees & Displaced Persons

Israel's Occupation

Israel's Occupation
By Neve Gordon

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 2008. 318pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Africa & the Middle East
& Refugees & Displaced Persons

Killing Neighbors: Webs of Violence in Rwanda

Killing Neighbors: Webs of Violence in Rwanda
By Lee Ann Fujii

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 2009. 212pp.

* Cross-listed in Regional: Africa & the Middle East
Oath Betrayed: America's Torture Doctors

Oath Betrayed: America's Torture Doctors
By Steven H. Miles, MD

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 2009. 274pp.

*Cross-listed in International Law & Ethics
& Development, Democracy & Health
Reckoning: The Ends of War in Guatemala

Reckoning: The Ends of War in Guatemala
By Diane M. Nelson

Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 2009. 403pp.

* Cross-listed in Regional: Latin America
Our Nation Unhinged: The Human Consequences of the War on Terror

Our Nation Unhinged: The Human Consequences
of the War on Terror
By Peter Jan Honigsberg

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 2009. 311pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Europe and the West
& International Law & Ethics

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