Diamonds In Peace And War

Author : Ingrid J. Tamm
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diamonds in Peace and War written by Ingrid J. Tamm and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Diamonds in Peace and War" is the latest word on conflictdiamonds and their contribution to the wars of middle Africa. The report grew out of a conference sponsored by the World Peace Foundation, the Project on Justice, the Carr Center, and the WPF Program on Intrastate Conflict at the Kennedy School of Government in late 2001. Although theconflict diamond problem is but a small part of the much larger world-wide trade in peaceful diamonds, it is the destructive and corrosive part. Tamm places conflict diamonds within this larger context, lays out the technical issues involved, and explores all aspects of the Kimberly Process ? theunparalleled negotiating effort by industry, NGOs, and national governments that produced a standard method of differentiating clean from dirty diamonds. It also helped to produce pending U.S. legislation. Using diamonds to import arms and sponsor war is less likely now that theKimberly Process has produced a near-final agreement. "Diamonds in Peace and War" is the place to learn all about this remarkably successful initiative of conflict prevention and conflict reduction.

Author : David De Vries
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 9781845456337
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diamonds and War written by David De Vries and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on previously unexamined historical documents found in archives in Belgium, England, Israel, the Netherlands, and the United States, this book is the first in English to tell the story of the formation of one of the world's main strongholds of diamond production and trade in Palestine during the 1930s and 1940s. The history of the diamond-cutting industry, characterized by a long-standing Jewish presence, is discussed as a social history embedded in the international political economy of its times; the genesis of the industry in Palestine is placed on a broad continuum within the geographic and economic dislocations of Dutch, Belgian, and German diamond-cutting centers. In providing a micro-historical and interdisciplinary perspective, the story of the diamond industry in Mandate Palestine proposes a more nuanced picture of the uncritical approach to the strict boundaries of ethnic-based occupational communities.

Author : Peter Turchin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780452288195
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War and Peace and War written by Peter Turchin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that the key to the formation of an empire lies in a society's capacity for collective action, resulting from people banding together to confront a common enemy, and describing how the growth of empires leads to a growing dichotomy between rich and poor, increasing conflict instead of cooperation, and inevitable dissolution. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

Author : Brahma Chellaney
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442249285
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water, Peace, and War written by Brahma Chellaney and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in an updated edition, this pioneering and authoritative study considers the profound impact of the growing global water crunch on international peace and security as well as possible ways to mitigate the crisis. Although water is essential to sustaining life and livelihoods, geostrategist Brahma Chellaney argues that it remains the world’s most underappreciated and undervalued resource. One sobering fact is that the retail price of bottled water is already higher than the international spot price of crude oil. But unlike oil, water has no substitute, raising the specter of water becoming the next flashpoint for conflict. Water war as a concept may not mesh with the conventional construct of warfare, especially for those who plan with tanks, combat planes, and attack submarines as weapons. Yet armies don’t necessarily have to march to battle to seize or defend water resources. Water wars—in a political, diplomatic, or economic sense—are already being waged between riparian neighbors in many parts of the world, fueling cycles of bitter recrimination, exacerbating water challenges, and fostering mistrust that impedes broader regional cooperation and integration. The danger is that these water wars could escalate to armed conflict or further limit already stretched food and energy production. Writing in a direct, nontechnical, and engaging style, Brahma Chellaney draws on a wide range of research from scientific and policy fields to examine the different global linkages between water and peace. Offering a holistic picture and integrated solutions, his book has become the recognized authority on the most precious natural resource of this century and how we can secure humankind’s water future.

Author : John L. Hirsch
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781555876982
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sierra Leone written by John L. Hirsch and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 2001 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Hirsch traces Sierra Leone's downward spiral in this book, drawing on his first-hand experience as US amabassador in Freetown in 1995-1998. Hirsch analyzes the historical, social and economic contexts of the ongoing struggle, as well as the impacts of regional and international powers.

Author : Jakkie Cilliers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Angola's War Economy written by Jakkie Cilliers and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Karl Ove Knausgaard
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300240554
Total Pages : 59 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inadvertent written by Karl Ove Knausgaard and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second book in the Why I Write series provides generous insight into the creative process of the award-winning Norwegian novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard “Why I Write” may prove to be the most difficult question Karl Ove Knausgaard has struggled to answer yet it is central to the project of one of the most influential writers working today. To write, for the Norwegian artist, is to resist easy thinking and preconceived notions that inhibit awareness of our lives. Knausgaard writes to “erode [his] own notions about the world. . . . It is one thing to know something, another to write about it.” The key to enhanced living is the ability to hit upon something inadvertently, to regard it from a position of defenselessness and unknowing. A deeply personal meditation, Inadvertent is a cogent and accessible guide to the creative process of one of our most prolific and ingenious artists.

Author : Pema Chöön
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1590305000
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practicing Peace in Times of War written by Pema Chöön and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "War and peace begin in the hearts of individuals," declares Pema Chodron in her inspiring and accessible new book, which draws on Buddhist teachings to explore the origins of aggression and war.

Author : Louise Diamond
Publisher : Conari Press
ISBN 13 : 1609251423
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Courage for Peace written by Louise Diamond and published by Conari Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diamond has traveled the world on her quest to promote peace and end the violence that tears families, towns, and nations apart. Based on her life's work and that of other peace builders, Diamond has uncovered four spiritual principles that create the essential foundation for peace. A fascinating and thoughtful expose, The Courage for Peace deals with peace on every level and takes us from the room of a little boy who sleeps with a toy rifle to the unrest in the Balkans, and finally to the devastating increase of violence in our communities and what we must do about it now. With information on scores of peacemaking organizations, this book is truly a call to save the world, one action at a time. From schoolyards to war zones, the issue of peace has never been more crucial. We are bombarded daily with headlines and televised imagery reminding us that people all over the world are suffering in many different ways, not only in Kosovo and Kashmir.

Author : Michael Klare
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780805055764
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Resource Wars written by Michael Klare and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Klare argues that wars in the near future will be fought over the control of dwindling natural resources like oil and water.