Counterinsurgency has staked its claim in the new century as the new American way of war.
Yet, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have revived a historical debate about the costs …

Is military intervention effective in spreading democracy? Existing studies disagree.
Optimists point to successful cases, such as the transformation of West Germany and Japan …

A survey of more than 125 works illuminate the resurgence of the American political novel in
the twenty-first century. Caren Irr follows Junot Díaz, Helon Habila, Aleksandar Hemon, Hari …

The Democratic Peace Thesis holds that democracies rarely make war on other
democracies. Political scientists have advanced numerous theories attempting to identify …

This book critiques the conceptualization of security found in mainstream and critical
theoretical debates, and applies this to the empirical case of the 2003 Iraq War. The Iraq War …

In recent years there has been a proliferation of international rules, laws, and institutional
fora in world politics. The 2008 financial crisis and subsequent Great Recession have …

This book raises critical questions about the explanatory framework guiding sports coaching
research and presents a new conceptualization for research in the field. Through mapping …

Since 2003, scholars and pundits alike have vigorously debated the role of neoconservatism
in the run-up to the US invasion of Iraq. Few, however, have examined the power of …

The fact that balance of power-a crucial concept for realism in international relations
theoryhas failed to actualize in world politics continues to undermine the theoretical validity …

The uniqueness of America has been alternately celebrated and panned, emphasized and
denied, for most of the country's history--both by its own people and by visitors and …