Small Wars Journal

SWJ Book Review

SWJ Book Review − De Gruyter Handbook of Drone Warfare ZFTWARNING Mon, 09/16/2024 - 3:26pm
Review of the De Gruyter Handbook of Drone Warfare by Future Security Initiative Research Fellow Dr. Robert J. Bunker.
SWJ Book Review – Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday Massacre ZFTWARNING Sun, 07/07/2024 - 3:07pm
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."
SWJ Review Essay – Climate Change, Conflict, and (In)Security: Hot War ZFTWARNING Tue, 03/05/2024 - 6:13pm
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.
SWJ Book Review – Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine ZFTWARNING Fri, 11/10/2023 - 8:58pm
Book review of Mark Galeotti's "Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine" by Professor Sean Costigan.
SWJ Book Review – Enemies Near and Far: How Jihadist Groups Strategize, Plot, and Learn ZFTWARNING Sat, 02/04/2023 - 4:51pm
Review of "Enemies Near and Far: How Jihadist Groups Strategize, Plot, and Learn" by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Thomas Joscelyn.
SWJ Book Review – Insurgent Terrorism: Intergroup Relationships and the Killing of Civilians ZFTWARNING Mon, 06/20/2022 - 9:39pm
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.