War and Peace and War: The Rise and Fall of Empires by Peter TurchinRequirements: .ePUB reader, 940 KBOverview: Like Jared Diamond in Guns, Germs, and Steel, Peter Turchin in War and Peace and War uses his expertise in evolutionary biology to make a highly original argument about the rise and fall of empires. Turchin argues […]
Child of War, Woman of Peace by Le Ly Hayslip, James Hayslip, Jenny WurtsRequirements: .ePUB reader, 2 MBOverview: The inspiring story of an immigrant’s struggles to heal old wounds in the United States, this is the sequel to When Heaven and Earth Changed Places, Le Ly Hayslip’s extraordinary, award-winning memoir of life in wartime Vietnam.Genre: […]
War and Peace in Somalia: National Grievances, Local Conflict and Al-Shabaab by Michael Keating (Editor), Matt Waldman (Editor)Requirements: .PDF reader, 7.2 MBOverview: For the last thirty years Somalia has experienced violence and upheaval. Today, the international effort to help Somalis build a federal state and achieve stability is challenged by deep-rooted grievances, local conflicts and […]
Peace and the War Industry, 2nd Edition by Kenneth E. BouldingRequirements: .PDF reader, 3.2mbOverview: More and more people are demanding an end to violence as a means of arbitrating international demands and resolving problems between nations. This collection of essays brings social scientific evidence to bear on the question of the “inevitability” of war, and […]
War and Peace in the Taiwan Strait (Contemporary Asia in the World) by Scott L. KastnerRequirements: .ePUB reader, 3 MBOverview: As tensions continue to rise between the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan, numerous analysts and officials have warned of a growing risk of military conflict, which could potentially draw in the United States. How […]