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Q&A with Cynthia Enloe, author of Twelve Feminist Lessons of War
Sep 19 2023
Author and activist Cynthia Enloe ©Kristinn Ingvarsson"Twelve Feminist Lessons of War should be treated as a celebration of Enloe’s groundbreaking work."—Megan MacKenzie for The World TodayNamed a "Top 10 Book for International Women's Day" by International AffairsRenowned scholar-activi
How Ukraine Fights Back (And What It Means for Russia)
Oct 14 2022
While characterizing this annexation as the start of the partition of Ukraine, Moscow in fact has contributed to the consolidation of Ukrainian society around the goal of returning these and other areas lost since 2014.
The Environmental and Health Dimensions of the Ukraine War
Mar 16 2022
by Erika Weinthal and Jeannie Sowers, authors of "Health and Environmental Tolls of Protracted Conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa" Current History (2021) 120 (830): 339–345.The Russian invasion of Ukraine has exposed the brutal strategy of seeking to bombard cities into submission
What Policing in Iraq Reveals About the Failed U.S. Reconstruction Efforts
Nov 11 2021
By Jesse Wozniak, author of Policing Iraq: Legitimacy, Democracy, and Empire in a Developing StateDuring my first research trip to the Lead Police Training Academy on the outskirts of Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, I observed a class of recruits on their last day of training finally get their highly antici
On Recognition and Denial of Injustice in Times of Human Rights Hegemony: Minneapolis and Washington
Apr 27 2021
By Joachim J. Savelsberg, author of Knowing about Genocide: Armenian Suffering and Epistemic StrugglesThe past week marked historic recognition of injustice and suffering. In Minneapolis on April 20, a jury found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murdering George Floyd, one of many k
Watch: Why is the U.S. Always at War?
Oct 13 2020
The United States has been fighting wars constantly since invading Afghanistan in 2001. This nonstop warfare is far less exceptional than it might seem: the United States has been at war or has invaded other countries almost every year since independence. In his new book, The United States of Wa
The Chilling Truth: Post-9/11 Wars Have Displaced 37 Million People
Sep 11 2020
by David Vine, author of The United States of War: A Global History of America's Endless Conflicts, from Columbus to the Islamic State.This week, in recognition of the nineteenth anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001 and the twentieth consecutive year of U.S. war, a team of students
Fourth of July: Challenging Freedom
Jul 04 2020
This Independence Day—as our nation is grappling with radical upheaval around health equity, inequality, and necessary social change—UC Press has chosen to feature titles that challenge the traditional ideas of freedom in the United States. The following books range in topics from immigration to the