Navigating Terrains Of War
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Author |
: Henrik E. Vigh |
Publisher |
: Berghahn Books |
Total Pages |
: 268 |
Release |
: 2006-05-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781782387275 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1782387277 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis Navigating Terrains of War by : Henrik E. Vigh
Through the concept of "social navigation," this book sheds light on the mobilization of urban youth in West Africa. Social navigation offers a perspective on praxis in situations of conflict and turmoil. It provides insights into the interplay between objective structures and subjective agency, thus enabling us to make sense of the opportunistic, sometimes fatalistic and tactical ways in which young people struggle to expand the horizons of possibility in a world of conflict, turmoil and diminishing resources.
Author |
: Henrik Vigh |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 258 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:654263795 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis Navigating Terrains of War by : Henrik Vigh
Author |
: Henrik Vigh |
Publisher |
: Berghahn Books |
Total Pages |
: 274 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 184545149X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781845451493 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (9X Downloads) |
Synopsis Navigating Terrains of War by : Henrik Vigh
Through the concept of "social navigation," this book sheds light on the mobilization of urban youth in West Africa. Social navigation offers a perspective on praxis in situations of conflict and turmoil. It provides insights into the interplay between objective structures and subjective agency, thus enabling us to make sense of the opportunistic, sometimes fatalistic and tactical ways in which young people struggle to expand the horizons of possibility in a world of conflict, turmoil and diminishing resources.
Author |
: Harold A. Winters |
Publisher |
: JHU Press |
Total Pages |
: 563 |
Release |
: 2020-04-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781421440255 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1421440253 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Battling the Elements by : Harold A. Winters
Throughout history, from Kublai Khan's attempted invasions of Japan to Rommel's desert warfare, military operations have succeeded or failed on the ability of commanders to incorporate environmental conditions into their tactics. In Battling the Elements, geographer Harold A. Winters and former U.S. Army officers Gerald E. Galloway Jr., William J. Reynolds, and David W. Rhyne, examine the connections between major battles in world history and their geographic components, revealing what role factors such as weather, climate, terrain, soil, and vegetation have played in combat. Each chapter offers a detailed and engaging explanation of a specific environmental factor and then looks at several battles that highlight its effects on military operations. As this cogent analysis of geography and war makes clear, those who know more about the shape, nature, and variability of battleground conditions will always have a better understanding of the nature of combat and at least one significant advantage over a less knowledgeable enemy.
Author |
: Danny Hoffman |
Publisher |
: Duke University Press |
Total Pages |
: 322 |
Release |
: 2011-09-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780822350774 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0822350777 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis The War Machines by : Danny Hoffman
Based on ethnographic research among militias in Sierra Leone and Liberia, Danny Hoffman considers how young men are made available for violent labor on battlefields and in dangerous unregulated industries.
Author |
: P. Doyle |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 246 |
Release |
: 2013-03-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789401715508 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9401715505 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis Fields of Battle by : P. Doyle
Terrain has a profound effect upon the strategy and tactics of any military engagement and has consequently played an important role in determining history. In addition, the landscapes of battle, and the geology which underlies them, has helped shape the cultural iconography of battle certainly within the 20th century. In the last few years this has become a fertile topic of scientific and historical exploration and has given rise to a number of conferences and books. The current volume stems from the international Terrain in Military History conference held in association with the Imperial War Museum, London and the Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham, at the University of Greenwich in January 2000. This conference brought together historians, geologists, military enthusiasts and terrain analysts from military, academic and amateur backgrounds with the aim of exploring the application of modem tools of landscape visualisation to understanding historical battlefields. This theme was the subject of a Leverhulme Trust grant (F/345/E) awarded to the University of Greenwich and administered by us in 1998, which aimed to use the tools of modem landscape visualisation in understanding the influence of terrain in the First World War. This volume forms part of the output from this grant and is part of our wider exploration of the role of terrain in military history. Many individuals contributed to the organisation of the original conference and to the production of this volume.
Author |
: Adam Baczko |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 340 |
Release |
: 2018-02-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108372701 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108372708 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis Civil War in Syria by : Adam Baczko
In 2011, hundreds of thousands of Syrians marched peacefully to demand democratic reforms. Within months, repression forced them to take arms and set up their own institutions. Two years later, the inclusive nature of the opposition had collapsed, and the PKK and radical jihadist groups rose to prominence. In just a few years, Syria turned into a full-scale civil war involving major regional and world powers. How has the war affected Syrian society? How does the fragmentation of Syria transform social and sectarian hierarchies? How does the war economy work in a country divided between the regime, the insurgency, the PKK and the Islamic State? Written by authors who have previously worked on the Iraqi, Afghan, Kurd, Libyan and Congolese armed conflicts, it includes extensive interviews and direct observations. A unique book, which combines rare field experience of the Syrian conflict with new theoretical insights on the dynamics of civil wars.
Author |
: Gunner Lind |
Publisher |
: Museum Tusculanum Press |
Total Pages |
: 255 |
Release |
: 2014 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9788763540636 |
ISBN-13 |
: 8763540630 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis Civilians at War by : Gunner Lind
Det er en udbredt antagelse, at krig skaber to slags mennesker: soldater og civile. Men har historien ikke vist os, at denne forsimplede antagelse er smertelig uklar? Civilians at War behandler en række spørgsmål, der knytter sig til de måder, hvorpå en krigs sociale grupperinger – og særligt de grupper, som fordrer aktiv deltagelse – tager sig ud i forskellige historiske og geografiske sammenhænge. Ved hjælp af casestudier fra Europa, Afrika og Sydamerika fra det 15. århundrede til nutiden belyser antologiens bidragydere den traditionelle modsætning mellem civil og soldat og tilbyder herigennem nye forståelser af den komplekse mellemposition, civile befinder sig i under krig. Gunner Lind er professor i tidlig moderne historie ved afdeling for Historie på Saxo-Instituttet, Københavns Universitet. Bidragydere: Steffen Jensen er seniorforsker ved DIGNITY – Dansk Institut Mod Tortur Lars Bo Kaspersen er professor ved Institut for Statskundskab, Københavns Universitet Gunner Lind er professor ved Saxo-Instituttet, Københavns Universitet Jeppe Büchert Netterstrøm er lektor ved Institut for Kultur og Samfund, Aarhus Universitet Palle Roslyng-Jensen er lektor ved Saxo-Instituttet, Københavns Universitet Robin May Schott er seniorforsker ved Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier Finn Stepputat er seniorforsker ved Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier We often think of war as creating two different kinds of people: soldiers and civilians. But hasn’t history taught us that this distinction is painfully nebulous? The contributors to this volume, writing from different disciplinary vantages, address a number of important issues connected to the ways in which the social distinctions and divisions surrounding war — especially those that determine participation — play out across different historical and geographical settings. Contextualizing the dichotomy of civilian and combatant against these larger complexities, this book offers a new understanding of the problematic middle ground that civilians occupy during wartime. Gunner Lind is professor of early modern history at the University of Copenhagen. He is the author of many books in Danish and a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. Contributors: Steffen Jensen is Senior Researcher at DIGNITY – Danish Institute Against Torture Lars Bo Kaspersen is Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen Gunner Lind is Professor in the Department of History at the University of Copenhagen Jeppe Büchert Netterstrøm is Associate Professor at the Section of History, Aarhus University Palle Roslyng-Jensen is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Copenhagen Robin May Schott is Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies Finn Stepputat is Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies
Author |
: Jason Hart |
Publisher |
: Berghahn Books |
Total Pages |
: 338 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1845455282 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781845455286 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis Years of Conflict by : Jason Hart
Recent years have witnessed a significant growth of interest in the consequences of political violence and displacement for the young. However, when speaking of "children" commentators have often taken the situation of those in early and middle childhood as representative of all young people under eighteen years of age. As a consequence, the specific situation of adolescents negotiating the processes of transition towards social adulthood amidst conditions of violence and displacement is commonly overlooked. Years of Conflict provides a much-needed corrective. Drawing upon perspectives from anthropology, psychology, and media studies as well as the insights of those involved in programmatic interventions, it describes and analyses the experiences of older children facing the challenges of daily life in settings of conflict, post-conflict and refuge. Several authors also reflect upon methodological issues in pursuing research with young people in such settings. The accounts span the globe, taking in Liberia, Afghanistan, South Africa, Peru, Jordan, UK/Western Europe, Eastern Africa, Iran, USA, and Colombia. This book will be invaluable to those seeking a fuller understanding of conflict and displacement and its effects upon adolescents. It will also be welcomed by practitioners concerned to develop more effective ways of providing support to this group.
Author |
: Mark A. Drumbl |
Publisher |
: Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 576 |
Release |
: 2019 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781788114486 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1788114485 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Research Handbook on Child Soldiers by : Mark A. Drumbl
Child soldiers remain poorly understood and inadequately protected, despite significant media attention and many policy initiatives. This Research Handbook aims to redress this troubling gap. It offers a reflective, fresh and nuanced review of the complex issue of child soldiering. The Handbook brings together scholars from six continents, diverse experiences, and a broad range of disciplines. Along the way, it unpacks the life-cycle of youth and militarization: from recruitment to demobilization to return to civilian life. The overarching aim of the Handbook is to render the invisible visible – the contributions map the unmapped and chart new directions. Challenging prevailing assumptions and conceptions, the Research Handbook on Child Soldiers focuses on adversity but also capacity: emphasising the resilience, humanity, and potentiality of children affected (rather than ‘afflicted’) by armed conflict.