Conflict & Peace

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Devils and Angels

Devils and Angels

From: A Beauty that Hurts

In this chapter, Lovell discusses three features by Montreal filmmaker Mary Ellen Davis which focus on the troubled past of Guatemala and what perceptions of the country might look like in the future. 5 $0.50 Add
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Dinner with Ann

Dinner with Ann

From: Family Ties

This chapter focuses on a dinner the author had with Ann Charney, following his visit to Ukraine. It also discusses the Canadian public’s discomfort with the history of Ukrainian Nazi … 8 $0.80 Add
Disarming Conflict

Disarming Conflict

Why Peace Cannot Be Won on the Battlefield

Wars fought over the past quarter century have been a spectacular failure. The overwhelming majority end in military stalemate and are settled at the negotiating table, with the grievances that … 232 View
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Disarming Conflict

Disarming Conflict

A Treaty to Control the Arms Trade

From: Disarming Conflict

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Disarming Security

Disarming Security

Preventing War

From: Disarming Conflict

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Disarming the Bomb

Disarming the Bomb

Nuclear Disarmament

From: Disarming Conflict

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Dissent in Canada against the Anglo-Boer War, 1899–1902

Dissent in Canada against the Anglo-Boer War, 1899–1902

From: Worth Fighting For

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Diversion

Diversion

From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East

The conclusion Diversion reflects on how at the end of World War II, US officials celebrated the Middle East as a ‘stupendous source of strategic power’ and an immense ‘material … 10 $1.00 Add
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Divide et Impera

Divide et Impera

From: Washington's Long War on Syria

Mass movements can be organized around different aspects of personal identity such as race, class, religion, sect, ethnicity, language, sex, and position within the international division of … 15 $1.50 Add
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Division

Division

From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East

Chapter Five focuses on the division between the ideologies of Arabism and Islamism which arose in the Arab States during the mid-twentieth century. Arabism spawned Arab socialism, which promoted … 12 $1.20 Add
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Doña Magdalena

Doña Magdalena

From: A Beauty that Hurts

In this chapter, Lovell tells the story of Doña Magdalena, detailing the experiences and trauma she faced in Guatemala. 7 $0.70 Add
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Drawing a Line in the Sand

Drawing a Line in the Sand

The Western Sahara

From: Walls

This chapter focuses on the berm/’Wall of Shame" in the Western Sahara, which has a long history but which was completed in 1987 and is still manned by Moroccan troops and watched over … 36 $3.60 Add
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Dresden

Dresden

A Signal for Uncle Joe

From: The Myth of the Good War

Looks at the triple raid bombing of Dresden as intimidation for Stalin. 17 $1.70 Add
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Echoes of Hitler

Echoes of Hitler

From: Washington's Long War on Syria

There were echoes of Hitler in Syria’s conflict, but they had nothing whatever to do with Bashar al-Assad, who, as we have seen, was falsely depicted as a dictator in order to manufacture … 11 $1.10 Add
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Endnotes

Endnotes

From: Walls

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Indians in the Backcountry

Indians in the Backcountry

From: A Beauty that Hurts

In this chapter, the author explores the traditions and daily life of Guatemals’s backcountry. 4 $0.40 Add