An Age Of Conflict

Author : C.P. Stacey
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1984-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442659384

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Canada and the Age of Conflict by C.P. Stacey Pdf

Few historians are as qualified as C.P. Stacey to address the questions underlying Canada and the Age of Conflict. This volume begins his authoritative and magisterial general history of Canada's relations with the outside world. The basic theme of the work is that foreign policy, like charity, begins at home. To this end Professor Stacey emphasizes how changing social, economic, and political conditions within Canada have dictated her reactions to external problems. Volume I begins at Confederation in 1867. It describes how an isolated self-governing colony whose external relations were controlled by the British Foreign Office was broken in upon by the menaces of the modern age of world conflict and under these pressures found itself assuming the status and powers of a nation state. The dramatic years of the First World War and the peace settlement are dealt with in detail, and Volume I ends with the advent of Mackenzie King as Prime Minister in 1921. The men who made Canadian policy are strongly depicted. There are pen portraits of Sir John A. Macdonald, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Sir Robert Borden, Arthur Meighen, the influential civil servant Loring Christie, the young Mackenzie King, and many other Canadians, and of the statesmen abroad with whom they had to deal.

Author : Charles Perry Stacey
Publisher : Heritage
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : 0802065600

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Canada and the Age of Conflict by Charles Perry Stacey Pdf

Volume I describes how an isolated self-governing colony whose external relations were controlled by the British Foreign Office was broken in upon by the menaces of the modern age of world conflict and under these pressures found itself assuming the status and powers of a nation state.

Author : Mark Leonard
Publisher : Random House
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781473590434

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The Age of Unpeace by Mark Leonard Pdf

A FINANCIAL TIMES ECONOMICS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Compulsively readable... An essential course in geopolitical self-help' - Adam Tooze 'Full of fresh - and often surprising - ideas' - Niall Ferguson 'Extraordinary... One of those rare books that defines the terms of our conversation about our times' - Michael Ignatieff We thought connecting the world would bring lasting peace. Instead, it is driving us apart. In the three decades since the end of the Cold War, global leaders have been integrating the world's economy, transport and communications, breaking down borders in the hope of making war impossible. In doing so, they have unwittingly created a formidable arsenal of weapons for new kinds of conflict and the motivation to keep fighting. Rising tensions in global politics are not a bump in the road - they are part of the paving. Troublingly, we are now seeing rising conflict at every level, from individuals on social media all the way up to nation-states in entrenched stand-offs. The past decade has seen a new antagonism between the US and China; an inability to co-operate on global issues such as climate change or pandemic response; and a breakdown in the distinction between war and peace, as overseas troops are replaced by sanctions, cyberwar, and the threat of large migrant flows. As a leading authority on international relations, Mark Leonard has been inside many of the rooms where our futures, at every level of society, are being decided - from the Facebook HQ and facial recognition labs in China to meetings in presidential palaces and at remote military installations. In seeking to understand the ways that globalisation has broken its fundamental promise to make our world safer and more prosperous, Leonard explores how we might wrest a more hopeful future from an age of unpeace.

Author : Margaret MacMillan
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780735238039

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War: How Conflict Shaped Us by Margaret MacMillan Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED for the 2021 Lionel Gelber Prize Thoughtful and brilliant insights into the very nature of war--from the ancient Greeks to modern times--from world-renowned historian Margaret MacMillan. War--its imprint in our lives and our memories--is all around us, from the metaphors we use to the names on our maps. As books, movies, and television series show, we are drawn to the history and depiction of war. Yet we nevertheless like to think of war as an aberration, as the breakdown of the normal state of peace. This is comforting but wrong. War is woven into the fabric of human civilization. In this sweeping new book, international bestselling author and historian Margaret MacMillan analyzes the tangled history of war and society and our complicated feelings towards it and towards those who fight. It explores the ways in which changes in society have affected the nature of war and how in turn wars have changed the societies that fight them, including the ways in which women have been both participants in and the objects of war. MacMillan's new book contains many revelations, such as war has often been good for science and innovation and in the 20th century it did much for the position of women in many societies. But throughout, it forces the reader to reflect on the ways in which war is so intertwined with society, and the myriad reasons we fight.

Author : Leslie Derfler
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 0155023292

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An Age of Conflict by Leslie Derfler Pdf

Author : Oliver J. McTernan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN : IND:30000092514706

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Violence in God's Name by Oliver J. McTernan Pdf

A timely exploration of the links between religious faith and global violence--and how to break them.

Author : Ellen G. White
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 858 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1515422747

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Conflict of the Ages (The Complete Series) by Ellen G. White Pdf

Author : Christopher A. Ford,Amichai Cohen
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780739166536

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Rethinking the Law of Armed Conflict in an Age of Terrorism by Christopher A. Ford,Amichai Cohen Pdf

Ten years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2011, Rethinking the Law of Armed Conflict in an Age of Terrorism, edited by Christopher Ford and Amichai Cohen, brings together a range of interdisciplinary experts to examine the problematic encounter between international law and challenges presented by conflicts between developed states and non-state actors, such as international terrorist groups. Through examinations of the counter-terrorist experiences of the United States, Israel, and Colombia--coupled with legal and historical analyses of trends in international humanitarian law--the authors place post-9/11 practice in the context of the international legal community's broader struggle over the substantive content of international rules constraining state behavior in irregular wars and explore trends in the development of these rules. From the beginning of international efforts to rewrite the laws of armed conflict in the 1970s, the legal rules to govern irregular conflicts of the "state-on-nonstate" variety have been contested terrain. Particularly in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, policymakers, lawyers, and scholars have debated the merits, relevance, and applicability of what are said to be competing "war" and "law enforcement" paradigms of legal constraint--and even the degree to which international law can be said to apply to counter-terrorist conflicts at all. Ford & Cohen's volume puts such debates in historical and analytical context, and offers readers an insight into where the law has been headed in the fraught years since September 2001. The contributors provide the reader with differing perspectives upon these questions, but together their analyses make clear that law-governed restraint remains a cardinal value in counter-terrorist war, even as the law stands revealed as being much more contested and indeterminate than many accounts would have it. Rethinking the Law of Armed Conflict in an Age of Terrorism provides an important conceptual framework through which to view the development of the law as the policy and legal communities move into the second decade of the "global war on terrorism."

Author : Jason Hart
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1845455282

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Years of Conflict by Jason Hart Pdf

Recent years have witnessed a significant growth of interest in the consequences of political violence and displacement for the young. However, when speaking of "children" commentators have often taken the situation of those in early and middle childhood as representative of all young people under eighteen years of age. As a consequence, the specific situation of adolescents negotiating the processes of transition towards social adulthood amidst conditions of violence and displacement is commonly overlooked. Years of Conflict provides a much-needed corrective. Drawing upon perspectives from anthropology, psychology, and media studies as well as the insights of those involved in programmatic interventions, it describes and analyses the experiences of older children facing the challenges of daily life in settings of conflict, post-conflict and refuge. Several authors also reflect upon methodological issues in pursuing research with young people in such settings. The accounts span the globe, taking in Liberia, Afghanistan, South Africa, Peru, Jordan, UK/Western Europe, Eastern Africa, Iran, USA, and Colombia. This book will be invaluable to those seeking a fuller understanding of conflict and displacement and its effects upon adolescents. It will also be welcomed by practitioners concerned to develop more effective ways of providing support to this group.

Author : Captain Adiari
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0639998003

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The Great Conflict (Between Good and Evil) by Captain Adiari Pdf

- Do you know that humans are not the first dwellers on earth?- Have you wondered why less than 10 percent of humans ever actualise their heart desires?- Do you know why good people suffer?Whether you realise it or not, you have been drafted into an age-old war immediately you were born, and the direction of your life and your final destiny are determined by your knowledge of this war and how to fight through.This book unveils this age-old warfare, the Great Conflict. It takes you on an exciting journey down through history, tracing the origin of the war, its progressive battles, and the interplaying forces. These are not mere fictions but the reality of our existence as you discover this truth vividly captured in the Holy Scriptures of the Bible with scientific proofs.

Author : Mary Scannell
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780071743662

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The Big Book of Conflict Resolution Games: Quick, Effective Activities to Improve Communication, Trust and Collaboration by Mary Scannell Pdf

Make workplace conflict resolution a game that EVERYBODY wins! Recent studies show that typical managers devote more than a quarter of their time to resolving coworker disputes. The Big Book of Conflict-Resolution Games offers a wealth of activities and exercises for groups of any size that let you manage your business (instead of managing personalities). Part of the acclaimed, bestselling Big Books series, this guide offers step-by-step directions and customizable tools that empower you to heal rifts arising from ineffective communication, cultural/personality clashes, and other specific problem areas—before they affect your organization's bottom line. Let The Big Book of Conflict-Resolution Games help you to: Build trust Foster morale Improve processes Overcome diversity issues And more Dozens of physical and verbal activities help create a safe environment for teams to explore several common forms of conflict—and their resolution. Inexpensive, easy-to-implement, and proved effective at Fortune 500 corporations and mom-and-pop businesses alike, the exercises in The Big Book of Conflict-Resolution Games delivers everything you need to make your workplace more efficient, effective, and engaged.

Author : Stephen Morillo
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781509529803

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War and Conflict in the Middle Ages by Stephen Morillo Pdf

In War and Conflict in the Middle Ages, Stephen Morillo offers the first global history of armed conflict between 540 and 1500 or as late as 1800 CE, an age shaped by climate change and pandemics at both ends. Examining armed conflict at all levels, and ranging across China and the central Asian steppes to southwest Asia, western Europe, and beyond, Morillo explores the technological, social, cultural, and environmental determinants of warfare and the tools and tactics used by warriors on land and at sea. Part I explains the geographical, political, and technological rules that shaped patterns of military activity everywhere. Part II explores how these rules played out in various historical contexts. Armed conflict played a central role in the making of the medieval world, and medieval people used war and conflict to create, expand, and defend their communities and identities. But the devastating effects of climate change and epidemic disease continually reshaped these communities and the nature of their conflicts. Broad in its scope and rich in detail, War and Conflict in the Middle Ages will be the go-to guide for students and aficionados of military history, medieval history, and global history.

Author : Yee-Kuang Heng
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134185610

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War as Risk Management by Yee-Kuang Heng Pdf

This book is about the reconfiguration of war as risk management in the post-Cold War, post-September 11 era. Confronted with ill-defined ‘wars’ against complex security risks such as terrorism and WMD proliferation, the main aim is to suggest and critically analyse an innovative inter-disciplinary approach to the ‘transformation of war’ debate.

Author : Alexander Samuel Wilkinson,Graeme Kemp
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004402522

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Negotiating Conflict and Controversy in the Early Modern Book World by Alexander Samuel Wilkinson,Graeme Kemp Pdf

This volume offers fifteen chapters written by leading specialists which explore the range of ways in which the book industry negotiated conflicts and controversies in the early modern European world.

Author : B. Finel,K. Lord
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2002-10-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1403960933

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Power and Conflict in the Age of Transparency by B. Finel,K. Lord Pdf

The twenty-first century will feature unprecedented global transparency. From the advent of the Internet to the rise of global media to the proliferation of commercial satellites, more information will be available to more people about more things than ever before in human history. This increase in transparency is certain to have a major effect on international politics, and particularly on the possibility of armed conflict in the next millennium. This volume represents the first comprehensive collection of articles written by leading scholars and policy analysts examining the effects of transparency on world politics.