Search Results - War

At war with ourselves why America is squandering its chance to build a better world / by Hirsh, Michael, 1957-

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Crime wars the global intersection of crime, political violence, and international law / by Battersby, Paul, 1961-

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The internationalization of palace wars lawyers, economists, and the contest to transform Latin American states / by Dezalay, Yves, 1945-

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The new world order corporate agenda and parallel reality /

Table of Contents: “…The new world order: the hidden war of values /…”
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Lusophone Africa beyond independence / by Arenas, Fernando, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Lusophone Africa within the global and the postcolonial -- African, Portuguese, and Brazilian interconnections : the Lusophone transatlantic matrix -- Cesária Evora and the globalization of Cape Verdean music -- Lusophone Africa on screen : after utopia and before the end of hope -- Angolan literature : after independence and under the shadow of war.…”
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Unsettled legitimacy : political community, power, and authority in a global era /

Table of Contents: “…: autonomy and protection in military interventions / Peter Nyers -- From ethnic civil war to global war : (de)legitimizing narratives of global warfare and the longing for civility in Sri Lankan fiction / Heike Härting -- An airborne disease : globalization through African eyes / Rhoda E. …”
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Empire of the air : aviation and the American ascendancy / by Van Vleck, Jenifer, 1974-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the logic of the air -- The Americanization of the airplane -- Good neighbors are close neighbors -- Global visions, national interests -- "America's lifeline to Africa" -- From open door to open sky -- Mass air travel and the routes of the Cold War -- The jet age and the limits of American power -- Conclusion : "Empires rise and empires fall".…”
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Globalization and challenges to building peace

Table of Contents: “…-- Beyond criminal justice : promoting the rule of law in post-conflict societies -- Peace by pact : data on the implementation of peace agreements -- Refugee repatriation as a necessary condition for peace -- Catapulting conflicts or propelling peace : diasporas and civil wars -- UN peace operations as norm entrepreneurs : the challenge of achieving communicative action on human rights -- To practice what they preach : international transitional administrations and the paradox of norm promotion -- Re-examining the roots of war in West Africa in a globalizing world -- The African Union (AU) and its commitment to non-indifference : can the AU be an actor for the promotion of human security? …”
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Prosperity for all consumer activism in an era of globalization / by Hilton, Matthew

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the wealth of access -- The fear of fortune : the uneasy consumer in an age of affluence -- Cold war shoppers : consumerism as state project -- Poverty amid prosperity : consumer protest beyond the affluent west -- Consumers of the world unite : consumption and the new global order -- The all-consuming network : the politics of protest in an age of consumption -- Backlash : the corporate critique of consumerism -- Choose life : consumer rights versus human rights -- Shopping for justice : the freedom of free trade -- Conclusion : the poverty of choice.…”
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COVID-19 and World Order : The Future of Conflict, Competition, and Cooperation /

Table of Contents: “…The United States, China, and the great values game / Elizabeth Economy ; The US-China relationship after Coronavirus: Clues from history / Graham Allison ; Building a new technological relationship and rivalry: US-China relations in the aftermath of COVID / Eric Schmidt ; From COVID war to cold war: The new three-body problem / Niall Ferguson -- Index.…”
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BRICS and the New American Imperialism : Global rivalry and resistance /

Table of Contents: “…Fossil capital, imperialism, and the global corporate elite / William K. Carroll -- Water wars in the world and South Africa / Ferrial Adam -- Subimperial BRICs enter the Bolsonaro-Putin-Modi-Xi-Ramaphosa era / Patrick Bond -- A road to development?…”
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The French Revolution in global perspective

Table of Contents: “…Davidson -- Egypt in the French Revolution / Ian Coller -- Abolition and reenslavement in the Caribbean : the revolution in French Guiana / Miranda Spieler -- The French Revolution and American empire / Rafe Blaufarb -- Any revolution is a war of independence / Pierre Serna.…”
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