Conflict & Peace
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From ![]() Jakaltek AmericanFrom: A Beauty that Hurts |
In this chapter, Lovell discusses a case of mistaken identity, the chaos that ensued, and the story of a man forced to reinvent himself. | W. George Lovell | 6 | 2019 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() Just War, Just Peace, and ResponsibilityFrom: Are We Done Fighting? |
In this chapter, the author considers alternatives to war, first by unpacking our historical assumptions about war as a resolution tool. It also looks at various peacekeeping tools and considers … | Matthew Legge | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() Apology Denial and the Death Squad DiaryFrom: A Beauty that Hurts |
This chapter details findings of the Truth Commission, its consequences, and a dossier that reveals the fate of 183 abducted individuals. | W. George Lovell | 4 | 2019 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Libya from the Ottomans to King IdrisFrom: Targeting Libya |
This chapter traces Libya’s history over centuries of foreign domination and the fight among Western countries over the control of its oil wealth and the rise of Muammar Qadaffi, who, … | Owen Schalk | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() Libya: NATO Creates a Failed StateFrom: Oil and World Politics |
Analyzes how NATO countries, including Canada, interpreted a UN resolution as justifying an aerial war against Libya in 2011, claimed humanitarian motives (Responsibility to Protect), and … | John Foster | 17 | 2018 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Libyan tragedy, Canadian guiltFrom: Targeting Libya |
This chapter argues that NATO’s 2011 war on Libya turned a relatively stable, egalitarian state into a deeply fragmented and impoverished country, while Canadian corporations like … | Owen Schalk | 12 | 2025 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Living Without Approval: Stateless Democracy in RojavaFrom: Civilizing the State |
Living Without Approval: Stateless Democracy in Rojava questions the role of the nation-state via a case study of the Rojava region in northeast Syria, where democratic confederalism is emerging … | John Restakis | 20 | 2021 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! LockerbieA sprawling affair From: Targeting Libya |
This chapter reviews the facts surrounding the Lockerbie tragedy and how although early evidence pointed to Iran as responsible for the downing of the airplane, the West used Lockerbie to justify … | Owen Schalk | 14 | 2025 | $1.40 Add |
![]() Loyalist Rebellion in New BrunswickA defining conflict for Canada's political culture |
The American refugees who fled north to Canada after Britain’s defeat by the revolutionary U.S. army were determined to build a culture separate from the U.S. By their numbers and their … | 184 | View | ||
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From ![]() MapFrom: A Beauty that Hurts |
Map for locations referenced throughout book | W. George Lovell | 1 | 2019 | $0.10 Add |
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From ![]() Margaret Ells Russell, Women Strike for Peace, and the Global Politics of “Intelligent Compassion,” 1961–1965From: Worth Fighting For |
Ian McKay | 22 | 2015 | $2.20 Add | |
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From ![]() Maritime Trade Routes and ConflictFrom: Oil and World Politics |
Discusses five strategic waterways (Strait of Hormuz, Mandab Strait, Suez Canal, Strait of Malacca, South China Sea) which are geopolitically vital as petroleum trade routes from the Middle East. … | John Foster | 24 | 2018 | $2.40 Add |
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From ![]() MediationFrom: Are We Done Fighting? |
The author explains the role of mediation in conflict resolution, and distinguishes it from negotiation. He examines the challenges of mediation, including mistrust in the mediator or the process … | Matthew Legge | 10 | 2019 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() Methodology to Minimize an Avoid-threat Reflex When Asking QuestionsFrom: The Mediator's Toolkit |
This chapter covers the methodology and approach that need to be employed when asking questions so that an avoid-threat reflex response to any stimulus will not be inadvertently experienced by … | Gerry O'Sullivan | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 Add |
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From ![]() Murmuring and Discontent |
1780s. An analysis of the discontent amoung the first arrivals to New Brunswick, including specific people and events | David Bell | 33 | 2013 | $3.30 Add |
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From ![]() Nakba |
Chapter Three focuses on the Nakba or ‘catastrophe’ in Arabic. The chapter explores the creation of the colonial settler state of Israel, aided by the British after the First World … | Stephen Gowans | 13 | 2019 | $1.30 Add |












