Title: Global challenges : peace and war /
Authors: Hwang, Yih-Jye,; Cerna, Lucie, 1981-; Hwang, Yih-Jye,; Cerna, Lucie, 1981-
Year: 2013
Subjects: Peace; Peace-building; War; Competition, International; Economic policy International cooperation; Environmental policy International cooperation
Abstract: What is the idea of 'peace'? This textbook aims to offer a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to studies of peace and war, from both theoretical and empirical perspectives.
Contents: Peace in historical perspective: the birth of contemporary peace movements / Ann Marie Wilson -- The causes of war / Niels van Willigen and Benjamin Pohl -- Biology of war / Patsy Haccou -- Just war theory / Laurens van Apeldoorn -- Law of war / Yih-Jye Hwang and Lucie Cerna -- The economics of war / William Hynes -- The representation of war in literature, film and new media / Corina Stan -- End of war / Niels van Willigen and Jessica Kroezen -- The Yugoslav wars / Francesco Ragazzi -- Iraq war / Edmund Frettingham -- The Pacific war / Maja Vodopivec -- War and peace in Colombia / Håvar Solheim and Eric Storm -- Genocide, war and peace in Rwanda / Helen M. Hintjens -- The Libyan civil war and the rise of the "responsibility to protect" / Sara Kendall.