SWJ Book Review

SWJ Book Review − De Gruyter Handbook of Drone Warfare

ZFTWARNING — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 19:26:53 +0000

SWJ Book Review − De Gruyter Handbook of Drone Warfare

Review of the De Gruyter Handbook of Drone Warfare by Future Security Initiative Research Fellow Dr. Robert J. Bunker.

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SWJ Book Review – Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday Massacre

ZFTWARNING — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 19:07:11 +0000

SWJ Book Review – Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday Massacre

On Easter Sunday, 21 April 2019, the Islamic State (IS) ravaged Sri Lanka with multiple, coordinated attacks targeting churches and three international hotels killing at least 290 people and injuring hundreds. The death toll included at least 45 foreign nationals, three police officers, and eight suicide bombers. The anatomy of this deadly sequence is the focus of Professor Rohan Gunaratna’s text "Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday Massacre."

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SWJ Review Essay – Climate Change, Conflict, and (In)Security: Hot War

ZFTWARNING — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 23:13:52 +0000

SWJ Review Essay – Climate Change, Conflict, and (In)Security: Hot War

Book Review Essay by SWJ−El Centro Intern Zachary Z. Horsington on "Climate Change, Conflict, and (In)Security: Hot War." This review essay provides an in-depth examination of this essential book on the critical implications of climate conflict and security.

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SWJ Book Review – Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine

ZFTWARNING — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 01:58:02 +0000

SWJ Book Review – Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine

Book review of Mark Galeotti's "Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine" by Professor Sean Costigan.

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SWJ Book Review – Enemies Near and Far: How Jihadist Groups Strategize, Plot, and Learn

ZFTWARNING — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 21:51:37 +0000

SWJ Book Review – Enemies Near and Far: How Jihadist Groups Strategize, Plot, and Learn

Review of "Enemies Near and Far: How Jihadist Groups Strategize, Plot, and Learn" by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Thomas Joscelyn.

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SWJ Book Review – Sex Trafficking in the United States

ZFTWARNING — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 00:46:30 +0000

SWJ Book Review – Sex Trafficking in the United States ZFTWARNING Mon, 08/22/2022 - 8:46pm

Book review of Andrea J. Nichols, "Sex Trafficking in the United States: Theory, Research, Policy, and Practice by 2022 SWJ–El Centro Intern Mae Key-Ketter.

SWJ Book Review – Terror in Transition: Leadership and Succession in Terrorist Organizations

ZFTWARNING — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 02:19:10 +0000

SWJ Book Review – Terror in Transition: Leadership and Succession in Terrorist Organizations ZFTWARNING Tue, 08/02/2022 - 10:19pm

This timely book review of Tricia L. Bacon and Elizabeth Grimm, "Terror in Transition: Leadership and Succession in Terrorist Organizations" is essential reading for understanding terrorist organizations and leadership succession.

SWJ Book Review – The Vory: Russia’s Super Mafia

ZFTWARNING — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 02:25:00 +0000

SWJ Book Review – The Vory: Russia’s Super Mafia ZFTWARNING Sun, 07/17/2022 - 10:25pm

Book review of Mark Galeotti, "The Very: Russia's Super Mafia." The text provides a valuable overview of Russian organized crime and its influence on Russia's political system.

SWJ Book Review – Insurgent Terrorism: Intergroup Relationships and the Killing of Civilians

ZFTWARNING — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 01:39:08 +0000

SWJ Book Review – Insurgent Terrorism: Intergroup Relationships and the Killing of Civilians

Review of Victor Asal, Brian J. Phillips and R. Karl Rethemeyer, "Insurgent Terrorism: Intergroup Relationships and the Killing of Civilians" by SWJ–El Centro Associate Daniel Weisz. Using data from the "Big, Allied, and Dangerous II" database, the book seeks to explain why insurgent groups sometimes kill civilians.

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SWJ Book Review – Bullets Not Ballots: Success in Counterinsurgency Warfare

ZFTWARNING — Fri, 27 May 2022 02:46:39 +0000

SWJ Book Review – Bullets Not Ballots: Success in Counterinsurgency Warfare ZFTWARNING Thu, 05/26/2022 - 10:46pm

Book Review of Jacqueline L. Hazelton's "Bullets Not Ballots: Success in Counterinsurgency Warfare" by Steven Metz, Professor of National Security and Strategy at the US Army War College and a nonresident fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.