"This group of studies first appeared as a special issue of The journal of imperial and commonwealth history (ISSN 0308-6534), vol. 28, No. 3, September 2000"--Title page verso. 260 pages : maps ; 23 cm

Peacekeeping in the late 1990s is a complex and diverse task. Missions involve military, political and humanitarian aspects and, as a result, civilian and military personnel are working together to a greater degree than ever before. Peacekeeping operations in the 1990s have been marked by insufficient military input at the strategic level; unclear mandates; and weak command and control by the UN. In ...

The archives produced by international courts have received little empirical, theoretical or methodological attention within international criminal justice (ICJ) or international relations (IR) studies. Yet, as this book argues, these archives both contain a significant record of past violence, and also help to constitute the international community as a particular reality. As such, this book first ...

This major global history of the twentieth century is written by four prominent international historians for first-year undergraduate level and upward. Using their thematic and regional expertise, the authors cover events in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas from the last century and beyond. Among the areas this book covers are: the decline of European hegemony over the international ...

70 pages : maps ; 21 cm

"Conférence faite à l'Université de Londres ... Session des Nations unies--semaine belge du 23 au 27 novembre 1944"--Page 3. 36 pages 10 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-221) and index. xiv, 226 pages : map ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references. vi, 178 pages ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (page 407) and index. xvi, 411 pages ; 22 cm

Waddington charts the origins and development of Hitler's crusade against international Bolshevism from his earliest political activities until deep into the Second World War. Includes index. x, 294 pages ; 22 cm

A wholly comprehensive, clearly presented and accessible text covering the totality of the peacekeeping experience since the early/mid-20th century. This is essential reading for all undergraduates on politics, international relations and contemporary history programs, it will also be a significant resource for taught postgraduate courses in these subject areas. The narrative is primarily chronological, ...

128 p. : ill. ; 30 cm

Met lit. opg. en index. XVIII, 499 p. : krt. ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index. xi, 322 pages ; 24 cm

"In this meticulously researched volume, Vincent Chang resurrects a near forgotten yet pivotal chapter of Dutch-Chinese ties to narrate how World War II, China's civil war, and Indonesia's decolonization reshaped and ultimately redefined this age-old bilateral relationship. Drawing on a wealth of hitherto-unexplored archives, this book explains how China's rise on the global stage and the Netherlands' ...

Met index. XII, 343 p., [3] bl. pl. : krt. ; 22 cm

This study, closely researched by Philip Towle over the past thirty years, is principally concerned with the military relations between Britain and Japan during the first half of the twentieth century and the ambivalence, misunderstandings and misconceptions that informed their relationship, described by the author as 'an epic tragedy'. Following the signing of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance in 1902, ...

Includes bibliographical references. xiii, 175 pages ; 23 cm

Paperback. 383 pages ; 22 x 14 cm

683 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-420) and index. xxvii, 420 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

"Africa has an unenviable record of 100 military coups in the past five decades, and that may not be the last count. The military still holds power in Guinea and Mauritania, while their incursion saw the assassination of President Joao Bernardo Vieira of Guinea-Bissau in March 2009. Fifteen of the 53 African leaders came to power by the force of arm; 23 have been on the throne for more than 10 years. ...

"This book analyses how international criminal institutions, and their actors - legal counsels, judges, investigators, registrars - construct witness identity and memory. Filling an important gap within transitional justice scholarship, this conceptually led and empirically grounded interdisciplinary study takes the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) as a case study. It asks: How do ...

Semiannual volumes ; 21 cm