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1. Introduction to Emergency Management

   By Brenda D. Phillips, David M. Neal, Gary R. Webb

   August 2011 | 978-1-4398307-0-3 | Hardback (CRC Press)

2. Al Qaeda

   Edited by Paul Cruickshank

   This new Major Work assembles a four-volume collection of the best research and writing on Al Qaeda terrorism so that students, counter-terrorism specialists, and academics have a 'go-to' resource on the subject matter. The articles are mainly drawn from peer review journals such as Studies in...

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-58174-5 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. Japan's International Relations: Politics, Economics and Security, 3rd Edition

   By Hugo Dobson, Julie Gilson, Glenn D. Hook, Christopher W. Hughes

   The latest edition of this comprehensive and user-friendly textbook provides a single volume resource for all those studying Japan's international relations. It offers a clear and concise introduction to the most important aspects of Japan's role in the globalized economy of the ...

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-58743-3 | Paperback (Routledge)

4. Islamist Radicalisation in North Africa: Politics and Process

   Edited by George Joffe

   In the current climate of political extremism and violence, much attention has been directed towards "radicalisation" as the reasons behind such courses of action, along with a conviction that those who are radicalised represent an irrational deviation from the conventionally accepted...

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-58806-5 | Hardback (Routledge)

5. Mass Fatalities: Managing the Community Response

   By Peter R. Teahen

   August 2011 | 978-1-4398490-2-6 | Hardback (CRC Press)

6. South Asia's Nuclear Security

   By Bhumitra Chakma

   The conditions and context under which nuclear deterrence is to function have drastically altered since the Cold War period. This book examines the dynamics of nuclear deterrence in the Second Nuclear Age. It focuses on South Asia, as it is the most dominant and, to some, the most dangerous case of...

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-49449-6 | Hardback (Routledge)

7. Political Assassinations and International Politics

   By Suchitra Dutta

   This book examines the phenomenon of political assassinations in the contemporary world. It makes a clear distinction between a murder, an assassination and a political assassination although there may indeed be some overlap between the terms. Suchitra Dutta analyzes the various justifications...

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-41800-3 | Hardback (Routledge)

8. The Military Collapse of China's Ming Dynasty, 1620-44

   By Kenneth Swope

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-44927-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

9. Routledge Handbook of Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency

   Edited by Paul Rich, Isabelle Duyvesteyn

   This new handbook provides a wide-ranging overview of the current state of academic analysis and debate on insurgency and counter-insurgency, as well as an-up-to date survey of contemporary insurgent movements and counter-insurgencies. There has been an upsurge of...

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-56733-6 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Security, War and Technology: Paul Virilio and the Global Politics of Disappearance

    By Mark Lacy

    This book analyses some of the key problems explored in Paul Virilio’s theorising on war and security. Virilio is one of the most challenging and provocative critics of technology, war and globalization. While many commentators focus on the new possibilities for mobility and communication in an...

    August 2011 | 978-0-415-57604-8 | Hardback (Routledge)