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Africa : Postcolonial Conflict / Downing, David 2004  Book
Downing, David Book
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Publication Great Britain, Heinemann Library, 2004.
Description 64pBlack spine
Series Troubled World
Summary/Abstract Describes the conflict in different African countries following colonialism. It examines the causes for conflict and their relative importance, identifies key figures and events, and assesses the resultatnt human and material waste together with the prospects for peace.
Contents Troubled continent Independence TheMuslim/non-Muslim divide Cold war victims : the Horn of Africa Thieves and murderers 1970 - oil prices rise West African civil wars Genocide in Rwanda Africa's great war Independence - forty years later Three leaders The Western media and Africa 2002 - year of peace? Prospects Glossary
Standard Number 431183694 Pb.
Key Words IGCSE  Africa, wars  Africa, postcolonialism 
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ID:   006611


Apartheid in South Africa / Connolly, Sean 2001  Book
Connolly, Sean Book
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Publication Oxford, Heinemann Library, 2001.
Description 64pBlack Spine
Series Troubled World
Summary/Abstract Explains the causes of conflict, brings out themes such as rreligious or ethnic differences and indentifies key figures and events. Also includes an assessment of the human and material costs of each conflict and the prospects for peace.
Contents A rainbow nation Roots of division The modern state Positions harden Apartheid enshrined Resistance grows Sharpeville The ANC on trial Soweto Media attention Mandela's release Healing the wounds The New South Africa
Standard Number 0431118663 Pb.
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ID:   006614


Arab-Israeli conflict / Minnis, Ivan 2001  Book
Minnis, Ivan Book
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Publication Oxford, Heinemann Library, 2001.
Description 64pBlack Spine
Series Troubled World
Summary/Abstract Explains the causes of conflict, brings out themes such as rreligious or ethnic differences and indentifies key figures and events. Also includes an assessment of the human and material costs of each conflict and the prospects for peace.
Contents The Struggle in the Middle East The Holy Land 1 : The Jews The Holy Land 2 : The Arabs The British Mandater and the Creation of Israel The Suez-Sinai War of 1956 The Six-Day War Yom Kippur Camp David War in the Lebanon A Global Conflict Hopes for Peace A False Dawn? The Future
Standard Number 9780431118673 Pb.
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ID:   000797


Conflict : India and Pakistan / Downing, David 2004  Book
Downing, David Book
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Publication Great Britain, Heinemann Library, 2004.
Description 64p
Series Troubled World
Summary/Abstract Every year, thousands of people die around the world as a result of war and terrorism. Each title in this series takes a look at the world's troubled spots now and in the recent past. This volume discusses the issues between Inadia and Pakistan. It seeks to provide answers to questions like - What causes such hostility between India and Pakistan?, Why are Kashmir's boundaries still disputed? and many more delicate and sensitive areas.
Contents Partition Kashmir The war of 1965 The war of 1971 The Kashmir Insurgency Nuclear Weapons Kargil conflict of 1999 September 11
Standard Number 0431183678 pb.
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Saddam Hussein and Iraq / Downing, David 2003  Book
Downing, David Book
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Publication Great Britain, Heinemann Library, 2003.
Description 64pBlack Spine
Series Troubled World
Summary/Abstract This book tackles the Iraq conflict and examines the effect on ordinary people, provides biography of the leading figure Saddam Hussein involved and examines media coverage.
Contents Iraq before Saddam Transforming Iraq Turning point: attacking Iran The Iran-Iraq War Between wars Turning point: the invasion of Kuwait Turning point: Gulf War of 1991 Containment of Saddam and Iraq Turning point: suspending weapons inspection Reporting the conflict between Saddam and the West Prelude to war Turning point: the war in Iraq Iraq after Saddam
Standard Number 0431183708 Pb.
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ID:   006612


Troubles in Northern Ireland - Troubled world / Minnis, Ivan 2001  Book
Minnis, Ivan Book
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Publication Great Britain, Heinemann Library, 2001.
Description 64pBlack Spine
Series Troubled World
Summary/Abstract Explains the causes of conflict, brings out themes such as rreligious or ethnic differences and indentifies key figures and events. Also includes an assessment of the human and material costs of each conflict and the prospects for peace.
Contents A Divided Society The Origins of Conflict Unionism and Nationalism Republicans and Loyalists Northern Ireland and the Wider World Civil Rights Bloody Sunday and the Fall of Stormont Sunningdale and the Ulster Workers Strike The Hunger Strike The Anglo-Irish Agreement Hopes for Peace The Media and the Conflict The Peace Process Counting the Cost : Thirty Years of War
Standard Number 043111868X Pb.
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United Nations: keeping the peace / Connolly, Sean 2001  Book
Connolly, Sean Book
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Publication Oxford, Heinemann Library, 2001.
Description 64pBlack spine
Series Troubled World
Summary/Abstract Explains the causes of conflict, brings out themes such as rreligious or ethnic differences and indentifies key figures and events. Also includes an assessment of the human and material costs of each conflict and the prospects for peace.
Contents What is the UN? Modern warfare Global conflict The Cold War Korea The 'Blue Helmets' Suez The Congo Keeping things cool The Gulf War Yugoslavia The role of the media Counting the cost The future of UN peacekeeping
Standard Number 0431118701 Pb.
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War on terrorism / Downing, David 2004  Book
Downing, David Book
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Publication Oxford, Heinemann Library, 2004.
Description 64pBlack spine
Series Troubled World
Summary/Abstract Chronicles terrorist activity throughout the world in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, particularly the 9/11 attacks and response to them, emphasizing the causes and solutions.
Contents Two declarations of war The rise of fundamentalism the Afghan Civil War Al-Qaeda September 11 The Bali bombing
Standard Number 0431183686 Pb.
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Wars of Former Yugoslavia / Taylor, David 2001  Book
Taylor, David Book
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Publication Great Britain, Heinemann Library, 2001.
Description 64pBlack Spine
Series Troubled World
Summary/Abstract Describes the wars that erupted in Yugoslavia in 1991, soon after the collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War, as well as the events leading to this ongoing clash between ethnic groups in the Balkans.
Contents 1. Yugoslavia and the world 2. Balkan background 3. The birth of Yugoslavia 4. Turning point: the death of Tito 5. Turning point: War in Croatia 6. The road to war in Bosnia 7. Turning point: War in Bosnia 8. Turning point: Conflict in Kosovo 9. A tale of four leaders 10. War and the media 11. The aftermath of war
Standard Number 0431118698 Pb.
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