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“gerry j simpson”

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  • Law, War and Crime

    War Crimes, Trials and the Reinvention of International Law

    by Gerry J. Simpson ...
    From events at Nuremberg and Tokyo after World War II, to the recent trials of Slobodan Milošević and Saddam Hussein, war crimes trials are an increasingly pervasive feature of the aftermath of conflict. In his new book, Law, War and Crime, Gerry Simpson explores the meaning and effect of such trials, and places them in their broader political and cultural contexts. The book traces the development ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

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  • The Reactionary Mind : Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin

    Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin

    by Corey Robin ...
    Late in life William F. Buckley made a confession to Corey Robin. Capitalism is "boring" said the founding father of the American right. "Devoting your life to it" as conservatives do "is horrifying if only because it's so repetitious. It's like sex." With this unlikely conversation began Robin's decade-long foray into the conservative mind. What is conservatism and what's truly at stake for its ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Myth of the Strong Leader

    Political Leadership in the Modern Age

    by Archie Brown ...
    From one of the world's preeminent political historians, a magisterial study of political leadership around the world from the advent of parliamentary democracy to the age of Obama.All too frequently, leadership is reduced to a simple dichotomy: the strong versus the weak. Yet, there are myriad ways to exercise effective political leadership -- as well as different ways to fail. We blame our ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Human Rights

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Andrew Clapham ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Today it is usually not long before a problem gets expressed as a human rights issue. Indeed, human rights law continues to gain increasing attention internationally, and must move quickly in order to keep up with a social world that changes so rapidly. This Very Short Introduction, in its second edition, brings the issue of human rights up to date, considering the current controversies ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Geopolitics: A Very Short Introduction

    by Klaus Dodds ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Geopolitics is a way of looking at the world: one that considers the links between political power, geography, and cultural diversity. In certain places such as Iraq or Lebanon, moving a few feet either side of a territorial boundary can be a matter of life or death, dramatically highlighting the connections between place and politics. Even far away from these 'danger zones' - in Europe or the US ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction

    by Andrew Clapham ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Today it is usually not long before a problem gets expressed as a human rights issue. An appeal to human rights in the face of injustice can be a heartfelt and morally justified demand for some, while for others it remains merely an empty slogan. Taking an international perspective and focusing on highly topical issues such as torture, arbitrary detention, privacy, health and discrimination, this ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • On Empire

    America, War, and Global Supremacy

    by Eric Hobsbawm ...
    In these four incisive and keenly perceptive essays, one of out most celebrated and respected historians of modern Europe looks at the world situation and some of the major political problems confronting us at the start of the third millennium.With his usual measured and brilliant historical perspective, Eric Hobsbawm traces the rise of American hegemony in the twenty-first century. He examines ... Read more

    Was $15.99 CAD Now $7.99 CAD

  • The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics and International Relations

    by Garrett W Brown, Iain McLean, Alistair McMillan ...
    Series series Oxford Quick Reference
    This bestselling dictionary contains over 1,700 entries on all aspects of politics and international relations. Written by a leading team of political scientists, it embraces the multi-disciplinary spectrum of political theory including political thinkers, history, institutions, theories, and schools of thought, as well as notable current affairs that have shaped attitudes to politics. Fully ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Worse Than War

    Genocide, Eliminationism, and the Ongoing Assault on Humanity

    by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen ...
    Daniel Jonah Goldhagen's books are events. They stir passionate public debate among political and civic leaders, scholars, and the general public because they compel people to rethink the most powerful conventional wisdoms and stubborn moral problems of the day. Worse Than War gets to the heart of the phenomenon, genocide, that has caused more deaths in the modern world than military conflict. In ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Crimes Against Humanity

    A Beginner's Guide

    by Adam Jones ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    How we can stop the world's worst atrocitiesIn this compelling overview, Adam Jones outlines the history and current extent of key crimes against humanity, and highlights the efforts of popular movements to suppress them. Using examples ranging from the genocides in Darfur and Rwanda to the sex trade of Eastern Europe and the use of torture in the 'war on terror,' Jones explores the progress made ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Decolonization

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Dane Kennedy ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Millions of Africans, Asians, and other peoples were the subjects of colonial rule by overseas empires through the mid-twentieth century. By the end of the century, however, nearly all of these peoples had become citizens of independent nation-states. The United Nations grew from 51 member states at its founding in 1945 to 193 today. Its nearly four-fold increase is one measure of the historic ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD

  • Humanitarian Imperialism

    Using Human Rights to Sell War

    by Jean Bricmont ...
    Translated by Diana Johnstone ...
    Since the end of the Cold War, the idea of human rights has been made into a justification for intervention by the world's leading economic and military powers—above all, the United States—in countries that are vulnerable to their attacks. The criteria for such intervention have become more arbitrary and self-serving, and their form more destructive, from Yugoslavia to Afghanistan to Iraq. Until ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD