A highly original history of the least understood and most intractable form of organised
human aggression, from ancient Rome to our present conflict-ridden world We think we …

“A dynamic work of reportage”(The New York Times) written “with clarity and... wit”(The New
York Times Book Review) about what happens when the ancient boundary between war …

Seventeen million people have died in civil wars and rebel violence has disrupted the lives
of millions more. In a fascinating contribution to the active literature on civil wars, this book …

At a time of great social and political turmoil, when many residents of the leading
democracies question the ability of their governments to deal fairly and competently with …

In Wars of Law, Tanisha M. Fazal assesses the unintended consequences of the
proliferation of the laws of war for the commencement, conduct, and conclusion of wars over …

Offering a more accessible alternative to casebooks and historical commentaries, Law
Among Nations explains issues of international law by tracing the field's development and …

Présentation de l'éditeur:" After 1898 the United States not only solidified its position as an
economic colossus, but by annexing Puerto Rico and the Philippines it had also added for …

For the last two decades, Sidney Tarrow has explored" contentious politics"—disruptions of
the settled political order caused by social movements. These disruptions range from strikes …

The 1949 Geneva Conventions are the most important rules for armed conflict ever
formulated. To this day they continue to shape contemporary debates about regulating …

Over the last 20 years the world's most advanced militaries have invited a small number of
military legal professionals into the heart of their targeting operations, spaces which had …