Domestic Gun Control and International Small Arms Control in Africa, Hultin

Автор: Gavin Francis J.
Название: Nuclear Weapons and American Grand Strategy
ISBN: 0815737912 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780815737919
Издательство: INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES UK
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Exploring what we know--and don't know--about how nuclear weapons shape American grand strategy and international relations

A 2020 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

The world first confronted the power of nuclear weapons when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. The global threat of these weapons deepened in the following decades as more advanced weapons, aggressive strategies, and new nuclear powers emerged. Ever since, countless books, reports, and articles--and even a new field of academic inquiry called "security studies"--have tried to explain the so-called nuclear revolution.

Francis J. Gavin argues that scholarly and popular understanding of many key issues about nuclear weapons is incomplete at best and wrong at worst. Among these important, misunderstood issues are: how nuclear deterrence works; whether nuclear coercion is effective; how and why the United States chose its nuclear strategies; why countries develop their own nuclear weapons or choose not to do so; and, most fundamentally, whether nuclear weapons make the world safer or more dangerous.

These and similar questions still matter because nuclear danger is returning as a genuine threat. Emerging technologies and shifting great-power rivalries seem to herald a new type of cold war just three decades after the end of the U.S.-Soviet conflict that was characterized by periodic prospects of global Armageddon.

Nuclear Weapons and American Grand Strategy helps policymakers wrestle with the latest challenges. Written in a clear, accessible, and jargon-free manner, the book also offers insights for students, scholars, and others interested in both the history and future of nuclear danger.

Автор: Amanda Chisholm
Название: The Gendered and Colonial Lives of Gurkhas in Private Security: From Military to Market
ISBN: 1399501151 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781399501156
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: Explores the ways in which affect, colonial histories, and militarism organise global South security workforces within private military and security companies

Автор: Jean-Pierre Dupuy
Название: War That Must Not Occur
ISBN: 1503635155 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781503635159
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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The possibility of a nuclear war that could destroy civilization has influenced the course of international affairs since 1945, suspended like a sword of Damocles above the heads of the world's leaders. The fact that we have escaped a third world war involving strategic nuclear weapons—indeed, that no atomic weapon of limited power has yet been used under battlefield conditions—seems nothing short of a miracle.

Revisiting debates on the effectiveness and ethics of nuclear deterrence, Jean-Pierre Dupuy is led to reformulate some of the most difficult questions in philosophy. He develops a counterintuitive but powerful theory of apocalyptic prophecy: once a major catastrophe appears to be possible, one must assume that it will in fact occur. Dupuy shows that the contradictions and paradoxes riddling discussions of deterrence arise from the tension between two opposite conceptions of time: one in which the future depends on decisions and strategy, and another in which every occurring event is one that could not have failed to occur.

Considering the immense destructive power of nuclear warheads and the almost unimaginable ruin they are bound to cause, Dupuy reaches a provocative conclusion: whether they bring about good or evil does not depend on the present or future intentions of those who are in a position to use them. The mere possession of nuclear weapons is a moral abomination.

Автор: Alex Burkhardt, Hubert Zimmermann, Milena Elsinger
Название: International Relations: Theories in Action
ISBN: 1529603013 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781529603019
Издательство: Sage Publications
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The definitive applied theory textbook that helps you make sense of global issues through theoretical concepts. Not presupposing any prior knowledge, this introduction equips you with the skills to use theories as adaptable tools to tackle complex global issues. Adopting a critical and questioning approach, you will be equipped in theory as a series of tools to be used, adapted, combined, and applied when grappling with some of the most contested issues in global politics.

Theoretical perspectives are brought alive as a vital tool to understand concrete historical and contemporary examples. This indispensable text starts by examining key theories spanning constructivism and postcolonialism to realism and liberalism with a real-world perspective which prioritises empirical purchase. From here, chapters take a critical, questioning approach to tackle core problems of international politics – from armed conflict and financial markets to the climate crisis, global inequality, gender and race.

This text is the ideal companion for all undergraduate and postgraduate students of global affairs.

Hubert Zimmermann is Professor of International Relations at Philipps University of Marburg, Germany.

Milena Elsinger is Head of the student information department at Philipps University of Marburg, Germany.

Alex Burkhardt teaches at the Bundessprachenamt in Koblenz, Germany and previously taught at Philipps University Marburg, Germany.

Автор: Melzer Scott
Название: Gun Crusaders: The Nra S Culture War
ISBN: 0814764509 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780814764503
Издательство: Wiley EDC
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Описание: Gun Crusaders is a fascinating inside look at how the four-million member National Rifle Association and its committed members come to see each and every gun control threat as a step down the path towards gun confiscation, and eventually socialism. Enlivened by a rich analysis of NRA materials, meetings, leader speeches, and unique in-depth interviews with NRA members, Gun Crusaders focuses on how the NRA constructs and perceives threats to gun rights as one more attack in a broad liberal cultural war. Scott Melzer shows that the NRA promotes a nostalgic vision of frontier masculinity, whereby gun rights defenders are seen as patriots and freedom fighters, defending not the freedom of religion, but the religion of individual rights and freedoms.

Автор: Brodie Nick
Название: Force of arms
ISBN: 1743795629 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781743795620
Издательство: Macmillan
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Описание: The gripping history of guns in Australia and how we came to control them

Автор: Scott Melzer
Название: Gun Crusaders: The NRA`s Culture War
ISBN: 0814795501 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780814795507
Издательство: Wiley EDC
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Описание: Gun Crusaders is a fascinating inside look at how the four-million member National Rifle Association and its committed members come to see each and every gun control threat as a step down the path towards gun confiscation, and eventually socialism. Enlivened by a rich analysis of NRA materials, meetings, leader speeches, and unique in-depth interviews with NRA members, Gun Crusaders focuses on how the NRA constructs and perceives threats to gun rights as one more attack in a broad liberal cultural war. Scott Melzer shows that the NRA promotes a nostalgic vision of frontier masculinity, whereby gun rights defenders are seen as patriots and freedom fighters, defending not the freedom of religion, but the religion of individual rights and freedoms.

Автор: Vexler, Albert (the State University Of New York, Buffalo, Usa) Hutson, Alan D. (department Of Biostatistics, The State University Of New York At Buff
Название: Biomechanical principles on force generation and control of skeletal muscle and their applications in robotic exoskeleton
ISBN: 1032422084 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781032422084
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: This book focuses on Akan speaking Ghanaians in London and explores in detail the experience of African migrants living in Britain. Of interest to researchers and scholars of anthropology, religion, sociology, postcolonial studies, and African studies, and additionally policy makers interested in diaspora and migration studies.

Автор: Vexler, Albert (the State University Of New York, Buffalo, Usa) Hutson, Alan D. (department Of Biostatistics, The State University Of New York At Buff
Название: Biomechanical principles on force generation and control of skeletal muscle and their applications in robotic exoskeleton
ISBN: 1032420014 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781032420011
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: This book makes a significant addition to the field of literary criticism on African Diaspora literatures. It brings together the novels of eight transnational African Diaspora women writers and positions them as chroniclers of African immigrant experiences.

Автор: Klantschnig Gernot
Название: Drugs in Africa
ISBN: 1137321903 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137321909
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: This cutting-edge volume is the first to address the burgeoning interest in drugs and Africa among scholars, policymakers, and the general public. It brings together an interdisciplinary group of leading academics and practitioners to explore the use, trade, production, and control of mind-altering substances on the continent

Автор: Klantschnig
Название: Drugs in Africa
ISBN: 113732189X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137321893
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: This cutting-edge volume is the first to address the burgeoning interest in drugs and Africa among scholars, policymakers, and the general public. It brings together an interdisciplinary group of leading academics and practitioners to explore the use, trade, production, and control of mind-altering substances on the continent

Автор: Lee, Rebekah
Название: African women and apartheid
ISBN: 1784537853 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781784537852
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: In this compelling study, Rebekah Lee explores the process and consequences of settlement through the everyday lives and testimonies of three generations of African women in Cape Town during the apartheid (1948-94) and post-apartheid periods.