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ID:
000297
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Great Britain, Heinemann Library, 2004.
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64pBlack spine
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Troubled World
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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.
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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
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431183694 Pb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
002758 | 960/DOW | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
006611
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Oxford, Heinemann Library, 2001.
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Description |
64pBlack Spine
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Series |
Troubled World
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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.
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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
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0431118663 Pb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
007113 | 968.05/CON | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
006614
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Publication |
Oxford, Heinemann Library, 2001.
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Description |
64pBlack Spine
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Series |
Troubled World
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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.
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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
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9780431118673 Pb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
007111 | 956.04/MIN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
015606 | 956.04/MIN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
000797
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Publication |
Great Britain, Heinemann Library, 2004.
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Description |
64p
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Series |
Troubled World
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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.
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Partition
Kashmir
The war of 1965
The war of 1971
The Kashmir Insurgency
Nuclear Weapons
Kargil conflict of 1999
September 11
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0431183678 pb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
002590 | 327.54/DOW | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
006616
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Publication |
Great Britain, Heinemann Library, 2003.
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Description |
64pBlack Spine
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Series |
Troubled World
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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.
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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
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0431183708 Pb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
007115 | 956.7044/DOW | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
006612
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Publication |
Great Britain, Heinemann Library, 2001.
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Description |
64pBlack Spine
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Series |
Troubled World
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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.
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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
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043111868X Pb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
007112 | 941.60824/MIN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
006615
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Publication |
Oxford, Heinemann Library, 2001.
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Description |
64pBlack spine
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Series |
Troubled World
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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.
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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
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Standard Number |
0431118701 Pb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
007110 | 341.23/CON | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
003715
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Publication |
Oxford, Heinemann Library, 2004.
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Description |
64pBlack spine
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Series |
Troubled World
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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.
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Two declarations of war
The rise of fundamentalism
the Afghan Civil War
Al-Qaeda
September 11
The Bali bombing
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Standard Number |
0431183686 Pb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
002464 | 303.625/DOW | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
006613
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Publication |
Great Britain, Heinemann Library, 2001.
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Description |
64pBlack Spine
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Series |
Troubled World
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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.
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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
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0431118698 Pb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
007114 | 949.7103/TAY | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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