Review – The Counter-Counter Insurgency Manual
This book opposes the militarization of anthropology, and views the US army’s effort to enlist anthropologists as fieldworkers as ethically repugnant.
Review – Border Walls
With imagination and erudition, Jones investigates the fundamental tensions between democratic ideals and the brute realities of the enforcement of state power on the ground.
Review – Contemporary Military Innovation
The key to this excellent collection of essays on military planning and practice in the modern era is in the subtitle: anticipation and adaptation.
Review – Democratic Civil-Military Relations
The demands placed on European democracies have re-prioritized values for the armed forces. This book offers a pioneering study of the challenges in democratic civil-military relations.
Review – Confront and Conceal
Those wishing to understand the limitations of American power and how difficult the foreign policy-making process will be in an age of austerity should consult this first draft of history.
Review – Tiger Trap: America’s Secret Spy War with China
The stakes of Chinese espionage against the US are higher than ever. Tiger Trap is a timely book which enriches understanding of the issue.
Review – Muslims in Indian Cities
As the authors of this volume demonstrate, India’s 170 million Muslim population have been the losers in a legacy of establishing separate territories for non-territorial religious categories.
Review – Can Intervention Work?
Stewart and Knaus argue that the international community is capable of stopping mass atrocities. Yet, it must adopt an incremental approach burnished by local knowledge and expertise.
Review – Theorising Medieval Geopolitics
The medieval era is largely-neglected in IR. Latham’s innovative study stimulates large questions about the relationship between the medieval and modern international orders.
Review – Global Warming Gridlock
Global Warming Gridlock has in its crosshairs the conventional wisdom that has straitjacketed both national and international efforts at dealing with climate change
