Los ejércitos secretos de la OTAN

la Operación Gladio y el terrorismo en Europa occidental

Este libro relata la historia de los ejércitos secretos anticomunistas de la OTAN creados por la CIA y el MI6 después de la II Guerra Mundial en todos los países de Europa Occidental y que en algunos de ellos acabaron trágicamente unidos con el terrorismo ...

Guantánamo

¿violación de los Derechos Humanos?

El mundo entero sintió pena, ira y frustración tras los atentados terroristas del 11 de septiembre de 2001 y su dolor ha alimentado el deseo de los EEUU de castigar a los responsables y prevenir futuros ataques. Sin embargo, desde entonces, la administración estadounidense, en ...

Western Sahara

the refugee nation

The Western Sahara is the last colony in Africa and the only Spanish- speaking territory in the Arab World. When Francoist Spain abandoned the colony in 1975, Morocco and Mauritania occupied the territory, despite the UN's protest and the resistance of a nascent Saharawi ...

Eclipse of the Sunnis

Power, Exile, and Upheaval in the Middle East

Two million Sunni Muslims displaced or exiled by the conflict in Iraq have spread across the Middle East, unbalancing that sensitive region. This title illuminates the flip-side of the Shia revival, the profound dislocation and destabilization of the Sunni Muslims and its impact on the ...

Palestine Betrayed

The 1947 UN resolution to partition Palestine irrevocably changed the political landscape of the Middle East, giving rise to six full-fledged wars between Arabs and Jews, countless armed clashes, blockades, and terrorism, as well as a profound shattering of Palestinian Arab society. Its origins, and ...

Understanding Counterinsurgency

Doctrin, Operations, and Challenges

Eds. Thomas Rid and Thomas Keaney. This textbook offers an accessible introduction to counterinsurgency operations, a key aspect of modern warfare.Featuring essays by some of the world's leading experts on unconventional conflict, both scholars and practitioners, the book discusses how modern regular armed ...

Georgia

Pawn in the New Great Game

The 2008 Ossetia War underlined the fact that Georgia is caught in a political struggle between East and West. Per Gahrton analyses American and Russian policy towards the country and provides a firsthand account of the Rose Revolution of 2003, its origin and aftermath. The ...

Preguntando entre lágrimas

apuntes sobre Yugoslavia bajo las bombas y en torno al Tribunal de La Haya

Trad. y pról. Cecilia Dreymüller. Ésta es la primera vez que los lectores no alemanes tienen la oportunidad de asomarse a un testimonio insólito, excepcional, que recusa los procedimientos de la prensa y de la justicia internacional y que se enfrenta valientemente al consenso generalizado ...

International conflict resolution

Conflict is at the heart of international relations and as we begin the new millennium it is occurring in new and vexing forms. This new edition looks at conflict both as an important subject in its own right and as a powerful lens through which ...

Seguridad vs Democracia

los controles democráticos en las Fuerzas Armadas y servicios de seguridad

Este libro presenta los diferentes protagonistas y sus funciones en el ámbito de la seguridad y confirma la necesidad de lograr un equilibrio entre una concepción dem ocrática de las libertades fundamentales y las garantías de seguridad, todo ello sobre la base de informes realizados ...

Resistiendo en Gaza

historias palestinas

Pról. Maruja Torres. «Resistiendo en Gaza es un trabajo realizado con el corazón caliente y la cabeza fría. Dos ingredientes que forman parte del bagaje de los mejores reporteros. Otro componente es la frustración, la impotencia. Es un sentimiento que nos hace ir al lugar ...

Palestinian and Israeli Public Opinion

the Public Imperative in the Second Intifada

Palestinian and Israeli Public Opinion is based on a unique project: the Joint Israeli-Palestinian Poll (JIPP). Since 2000, Jacob Shamir and Khalil Shikaki have directed joint surveys among Israelis and Palestinians, providing a rare opportunity to examine public opinion on two sides of an intractable ...

Apartheid contra el pueblo palestino

Informe elaborado por Luciana Coconi ; Nota preliminar de David Bondia García ; Presentación de Raji Sourani. Este informe pretende, desde la distancia y sin ninguna toma de partido preconcebida, determinar si existe un crimen de apartheid contra el pueblo Palestino. Si bien es cierto que la ...

Juego sucio

fútbol y crimen organizado

El libro que ha sentado en el banquillo a cien profesionales del fútbol internacional y ha motivado a Michel Platini para la creación de un departamento anticorrupción en la UEFA. "¡Un libro excelente! Alta investigación, prosa limpia, ritmo impecable" Simon Kuper, Financial Times. Traducido a ...

La Yihad a nuestras puertas

la amenaza de Al Qaeda en el Magreb islámico

Prol. Gustavo de Arístegui y San Román. El reciente secuestro de los tres colaboradores de la ONG catalana Barcelona Acció Solidaria pone de manifiesto la acusada implantación de la organización terrorista Al Qaeda en el Magreb Islámico (AQMI) en el norte de África y los ...

El laberinto afgano

XVII Curso Internacional de Defensa, Jaca, del 21 al 25 de septiembre de 2009

Coordinado por la "Cátedra Miguel de Cervantes", Academia General Militar y la Universidad de Zaragoza.

The Chinese Civil War 1945-49

Out of the ashes of Imperial China arose two new contenders to lead a reformed nation; the Chinese Nationalist Party, the Kuomintang, and the Chinese Communist Party. In 1927, the inevitable clash between these two political parties led to a bitter civil war that would ...

Palestine inside out

an everyday occupation

"Palestine Inside Out" is not about suicide bombers. For ordinary Palestinians, everyday activities such as tending one's fields, visiting a relative or going to hospital require negotiating permits and passes, curfews and closures, 'sterile roads' and 'seam zones' - bureaucratic hurdles ultimately as deadly as ...

The thin blue line

how humanitarism went to war

This is an acclaimed exploration of humanitarianism's emergence as a multibillion-dollar industry that has played a leading role in defining international crises, and shaping the foreign policy of Western governments and the United Nations. Drawing on his own experience as an aid worker in ...

Terrorism and the ethics of waar

Most people strongly condemn terrorism; yet they often fail to say how terrorist acts differ from other acts of violence such as the killing of civilians in war. Stephen Nathanson argues that we cannot have morally credible views about terrorism if we focus on terrorism ...