Conflict & Peace

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From: Are We Done Fighting?

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 The author explains that he saw a need for a practical, skills-oriented book on peacebuilding. 4 $0.40 Add
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From: The Hope that Remains

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 The author explains the commonalities within the stories of the survivors and how these themes can teach all of us how to live a better, more hopeful life. 2 $0.20 Add
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The Girl in the Green Dress

From: Pay No Heed to the Rockets

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 The introduction describes the experience of the author as he crosses the border into Palestine. 6 $0.60 Add
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From: Washington's Long War on Syria

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 From 1963 onward, Syrian governments in which Ba’ath Arab Socialist Party members Hafez al-Assad and his son Bashar played principal roles, were committed to the Arab nationalist values of … 28 $2.80 Add
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From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East

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From: What We Talk About When We Talk About War

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 The author introduces the book’s subject, discussing war, militarism, masculinity, nationalism, and Canadian perceptions/depictions of war in literature, media, and popular culture. 35 $3.50 Add
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The Wall Disease

From: Walls

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 The author introduces the book and the history and concept of wall-building, and how this practice has served humanity and served to cement discord and divisions. 7 $0.70 Add
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Fighting to Lose

From: Disarming Conflict

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 The record of warfare over the past quarter century makes it abundantly clear that sheer military force rarely achieves the vital political objectives its commanders set out to gain. Such force … 18 $1.80 Add
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War Resistance in Canadian History

From: Worth Fighting For

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 Who “counts” as a war resister? This introductory essay surveys the long history of war resistance in Canada and outlines the complex dynamics of opposing military violence both … ; ; 16 $1.60 Add
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Breaking Free From the Bonds of War

From: Peacemakers

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 Outlines what brought him to write this book explaining about the peacekeeping endeavours that have become more prevalent and his qualifications 7 $0.70 Add
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Introduction and Purpose of the S Questions Model

Introduction and Purpose of the S Questions Model

From: The Mediator's Toolkit

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 There are four dimensions of questions in the S Questions Model: • S1: Subject Matter Dimension of questions • S2: Structure Dimension of questions • S3: Seeking Information … 9 $0.90 Add
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Introduction: The Eight Types of S4: Shift Thinking Dimension of Questions

Introduction: The Eight Types of S4: Shift Thinking Dimension of Questions

From: The Mediator's Toolkit

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 An S4: Shift Question helps introduce new information and insight to the parties and seeks to create a paradigm shift in their thinking and understanding. While an S3: Seeking Information … 5 $0.50 Add
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Iran

From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East

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 Chapter Twelve focuses on Iran after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. It removed Iran as a sphere of exploitation for US investors and created a new pole of resistance to the US imperialist … 26 $2.60 Add
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Iran: Out of the Cold?

Iran: Out of the Cold?

From: Oil and World Politics

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 Analyzes Iran as an independent regional power with immense oil and gas resources and a century-long history of Western interference. Recent disputes centred on the Western assumption that Iran … 23 $2.30 Add
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Iraq: A Quest for Control

Iraq: A Quest for Control

From: Oil and World Politics

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 Documents the official reasons for the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the quest for control of Iraq’s oil wealth. The post-2003 Iraqi government resisted opening oil to foreign ownership, … 19 $1.90 Add
Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East

Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East

From European Colony to US Power Projection Platform

 One US military leader has called Israel “the intelligence equivalent of five CIAs.” An Israeli cabinet minister likens his country to “the equivalent of a dozen US aircraft … 252 View