Book Reviews and Book Notes

This page is divided into shorter reviews, known as book notes, and longer book reviews.

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Book Reviews

Peace versus Justice? The Dilemma of Transitional Justice in Africa,
SRIRAM, Chandra Lekha; PILLAY, Suren (eds.), James Currey, 2010, 370 pp. Reviewed on 31/08/2011.

The Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and The New Geography of Violence,
PARENTI, Christian, Nations Book, 2011, 304 pp. Reviewed on 04/08/2011.

Economic Liberalization and Political Violence: Utopia or Dystopia,
GUITIERREZ, Francisco and GERD, Schonwalder (Eds.), Pluto Press, 2010, 341 pp. Reviewed on 31/07/2011.

Arms, Economics and British Strategy: From Dreadnoughts to Hydrogen Bombs. Series: Cambridge Military Histories,
Peden, G.C., Cambridge University Press, 2008, Xiii + 384 pp. Reviewed on 25/09/2008.

A Political Economy of the Middle East.,
Richards, Alan & John Waterbury, Westview Press, 2008, xxi + 474 pp. Reviewed on 17/04/2008.

The History of Terrorism from Antiquity to Al Qaeda,
Chaliand, Gérard & Arnaud Blin, eds, University of California Press, 2007, viii + 474 pp. Reviewed on 17/04/2008.

The United States in Africa: Bush Policy and Beyond,
Copson, Raymond W., Zed Books: Series African Arguments, 2007, 168 pp. Reviewed on 17/04/2008.

China in Africa,
Alden, Chris, Zed Books. Series African Arguments, 2007, xi + 157. Reviewed on 17/04/2008.