Search Results - "Peace"

Machiavelli, Hobbes, and the formation of a liberal republicanism in England by Sullivan, Vickie B.

Table of Contents: “…Machiavelli's Republicanism -- Hobbes on peace, the passions, and politics -- Marchamont Nedham and the beginnings of a liberal republicanism -- The distinctive modern republicanism of James Harrington -- Henry Neville's proposal for a republic under the form of monarchy -- Algernon Sidney as anticipator of Locke and secret admirer of Machiavelli -- Cato's thought as the reconciliation of Machiavellian Republicanism and Lockean Liberalism.…”
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Tell your life story creating dialogue among Jews and Germans, Israelis and Palestinians / by Bar-On, Dan, 1938-2008

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: my journey through the whirlwind -- Developing a methodology : narratives and stories -- Reconstructing narratives out of silence : beginning a dialogue between Germans and Israelis -- Prime : peace-building efforts under fire -- Storytelling in the Israeli Jewish and Palestinian context -- The diverse voices of Haifa -- In conclusion: life's rivers, whirlwinds, and whirlpools.…”
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The true story of Pocahontas the other side of history / by Custalow, Linwood

Table of Contents: “…-- Pocahontas : a favorite child -- Captain John Smith : an English chief -- Pocahontas : the Powhatan peace symbol -- Powhatan rule : not by force -- Danger in Pocahontas's homeland -- Pocahontas comes of age -- Pocahontas kidnapped -- No retaliation -- Marriage in captivity -- The colony saved by the Powhatan -- Pocahontas's revelation -- Murder in England -- In the years that followed.…”
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Worst of the worst dealing with repressive and rogue nations /

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Refugee rights ethics, advocacy, and Africa /

Table of Contents: “…There is more than one way of dying : an Ethiopian perspective on long term stays in refugee camps / Abebe Feyissa with Rebecca Horn -- What we owe to refugees and IDPs : an inquiry into the rights of the forcibly displaced / William O'Neill -- Burundian refugees in western Tanzania : responsibilities for advocacy / Joint Commission for Refugees of the Burundi and Tanzania Episcopal Conferences -- The right to freedom of movement for refugees in Uganda / Lucy Hovil and Moses Chrispus Okello -- The plight of urban refugees in Nairobi, Kenya / John Burton Wagacha and John Guiney -- Protection as capability expansion : practical ethics for assisting urban refugees / Loren Landau -- Sexual violence, gender roles, and displacement / Binaifer Nowrojee -- Justice, women's rights, and forced migration / Susan Martin -- Human rights, the use of force, and displacement in the Great Lakes region : Reflections on a troubling trend / Khoti Kamanga -- Internally displaced people, sovereignty, and the responsibility to protect / David Hollenbach -- Internally displaced persons in northern Uganda : a challenge for peace and reconciliation / Lam Oryem Cosmas -- Justice and peace : reintegration and reconciliation of returning displaced persons in post-conflict situations / Stephen J. …”
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The steps to war an empirical study / by Senese, Paul Domenic

Table of Contents: “…The steps to war -- The evolution of a research program : research design -- From territorial claims to territorial disputes : testing for selection effects -- Territory, contiguity, and their interaction : a contingent model of interstate conflict -- The probability of war between nation-states -- The probability of crisis escalation -- Exploring interactions in the steps to war -- Explaining war, thinking about peace.…”
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Unaffected by the Gospel Osage resistance to the Christian invasion (1673-1906) : a cultural victory / by Rollings, Willard H.

Table of Contents: “…The Osage : unaffected by the Gospel -- Osage hegemony on the prairie-plains -- The Protestants prepare for the Osage -- The Protestants arrive, 1821 -- Peaceful resistance and the co-option of the Protestants, 1821-1839 -- Spiritual victories, secular compromises, 1838-1859 -- The Catholics return, 1820-1870 -- Resisting the Catholics -- Ga-ni-tha, "move to a new country" -- Epilogue.…”
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William Morris and the uses of violence, 1856-1890 by Hanson, Ingrid

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Warriors waiting for the word -- The early romances and the transformative touch of violence -- Knightly women and the imagination of battle in the defence of Guenevere, and other poems -- Sigurd the Volsung and the parameters of manliness -- Crossing the river of violence: the Germanic antiwars and the uncivilized uses of work and play -- All for the cause: fellowship, sacrifice and fruitful war -- Afterword: Hopeful strife and blameless peace.…”
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International law and the use of force a documentary and reference guide / by Scott, Shirley V.

Table of Contents: “…International law and the struggle for world peace -- The Treaty of Versailles as a tentative trial run -- The UN Charter regime on the use of force -- Key challenges to the general prohibition on the use of force -- The right of self-defense -- The crime of aggression -- Can collective security work? …”
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Re-enchanting the world Maya Protestantism in the Guatemalan highlands / by Samson, C. Mathews., 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: Encountering religious change in Guatemala -- Re-enchanting the world : identity and religious change -- A humanistic approach to a post-conflict society -- The national context : war, peace accords, and the Maya movement -- Maya Protestantism in Guatemala -- Identity in word and place : the Mam presbytery -- An activist Protestantism : the Kaqchikel presbytery -- Conclusions: Contextualizing Maya Protestant practice.…”
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In search of power African Americans in the era of decolonization, 1956-1974 / by Plummer, Brenda Gayle

Table of Contents: “…A great restlessness; 2. Peace or a sword?; 3. 'Freedom's struggle crosses oceans and mountains'; 4. …”
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Pictorial Victorians the inscription of values in word and image / by Thomas, Julia, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…War and peace: word and image in mid-Victorian culture -- Picturing slavery: Uncle Tom's cabin and its early illustrations -- Pictures, poems, politics: illustrating Tennyson -- Crinolineomania: Punch's female malady -- Nation and narration: the Englishness of Victorian narrative painting -- Tale of two stories: Joseph Noel Paton's In memoriam -- Telling tales: adultery and maternity in past and present.…”
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Chaucerian conflict languages of antagonism in late fourteenth-century London / by Turner, Marion

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Chaucerian conflict -- Discursive turbulence : slander, the House of fame, and the Mercers' petition -- Urban treason : Troilus and Criseyde and the 'treasonous aldermen' of 1382 -- Idealism and antagonism : Troynovaunt in the late fourteenth century -- Ricardian communities : Thomas Usk's social fantasies -- Conflicted Compaignyes : the Canterbury fellowship and urban associational form --Conflict resolved? : the language of peace and Chaucer's 'Tale of Melibee'.…”
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Islam and the West a conversation with Jacques Derrida / by Derrida, Jacques

Table of Contents: “…Foreword: pure faith in peace -- Introduction: friendship, above all -- The future of civilizations -- The discussion -- To have lived, and to remember, as an Algerian -- East-West: unity and differences -- Injustice and decline -- Separation or connection? …”
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Ignacy Paderewski Poland / by Prazmowska, Anita

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Woodrow Wilson USA / by Morton, Brian

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Post-imperium a Eurasian story / by Trenin, Dmitriĭ

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Deadly arsenals nuclear, biological, and chemical threats / by Cirincione, Joseph

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Kazakhstan unfulfilled promise? / by Olcott, Martha Brill, 1949-

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Lonely power why Russia has failed to become the West and the West is weary of Russia / by Shevt͡sova, Lilii͡a, 1951-

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