MA - International Conflict Studies [Updated July 2015]
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Ulrich Beck, World at Risk (Polity, 2009).
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Michel Foucault, Security, Territory, Population (Palgrave 2007)
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Derek Gregory, The Colonial Present (Blackwell, 2004).
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Vivienne Jabri, War and the Transformation of Global Politics (Palgrave Macmillan,
2007/2010).
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Mary Kaldor, New and Old Wars (Polity, 1999/2006)
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Kenneth Waltz, Man, the State and War (Columbia University Press, 1959/ 2001)
Core Reading: conflict security and development [updated July 2015]
 Berdal, Mats and David Malone, eds., Greed and Grievance: Economic Agendas in Civil Wars
(Boulder/ London: Lynne Rienner, 2000)
 Berdal, Mats R., Building peace after war, Adelphi Paper 407, (2009).
 The World Bank Development Report 2011: Conflict, Security and Development.
 Currie-Alder, Bruce, Ravi Kanbur, David M. Malone and Rohinton Medhora, International
Development: Ideas, Experience, and Prospects (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014).
 Autesserre, Séverine, Peaceland: conflict resolution and the everyday politics of
international intervention (Cambridge University Press: 2014)
Core Reading: History of Warfare
 Black, Jeremy, Rethinking Military History (London: Routledge, 2004)
 Gardiner, Juliet, ed., What is History Today? (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1988), esp.
chapter one, 'What is Military History?'
 Geyer, Michael, 'War and the Context of General History in an Age of Total War', Journal
of Military History, 57 (1993), 145-163.
 Howard, Michael, 'The Use and Abuse of Military History', in his The Causes of War
(London: Temple Smith, 1983)
 Hughes, Matthew and William Philpott, eds, Palgrave Advances in Modern Military
History (Basingstoke: Palgrave, forthcoming). This is the central text for the course.
 Lynn, John A., 'The Embattled Future of Academic Military History', Journal of Military
History 61 (1997), 777-789
Core Reading: Intelligence and International Security [updated July 2015]
 Christopher Andrew, Richard Aldrich and Wesley Wark, eds., Secret Intelligence: A
Reader (Routledge, London, 2009)
 Michael Herman, Intelligence Power in Peace and War (Cambridge University Press,
1996)
 Mark Lowenthal, Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy, 4th Edition (CQ Press, New York,
2008)
Core Reading: South Asia and Global Security [updated July 2015]
 Robert McMahon, Cold War on the Periphery: The United States, India and Pakistan
(New York: Columbia University Press, 1994)
 Ramchandra Guha, India After Gandhi (London: Harper Collins 2007)
 Srinath Raghavan, War and Peace in Modern India (London: Palgrave, 2010)
 Ayesha Jalal, Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia (Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1995)
 Strobe Talbot, Engaging India: Diplomacy, Democracy And The Bomb (Washington D.C:
Brookings Institution Press 2006)
 Rudra Chaudhuri, Forged in Crisis: India and the United States since 1947 (New York:
Oxford University Press, 2014)
 Anatol Lieven, Pakistan: A Hard Country (London: Allen Lane, 2011)
 Shuja Nawaz, Crossed Swords: Pakistan, It’s Army, and the Wars Within (New York:
Oxford University Press, 2008)
Core Reading: War Studies [updated July 2015]
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Porter, Patrick. The Global Village Myth: Distance, War, and the Limits of Power.
London: Hurst, 2015.
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Sanger, David E. Confront and Conceal: Obama’s Secret Wars and Surprising Use of
American Power. New York: Broadway, 2015.
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Stone, John. Military Strategy: The Politics and Technique of War. London:
Continuum, 2011 / Bloomsbury, 2013.
Core Reading: Terrorism and Security Studies
 Bruce Bognor, Lisa M. Brown, Larry E. Beutler, James. N. Breckenridge, Philip G.
Zimbardo (eds.), Psychology of Terrorism (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007)
 Bruce Hoffman, Inside Terrorism, 2nd ed. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2006)
 Paul K. David and Kim Cragin (eds.), Social Science for Counterterrorism: Putting the
Pieces Together (Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2009) (Download for free
at: http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG849/)
 Peter Neumann, Old and New Terrorism (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2009)
 Marc Sageman, Understanding Terrorist Networks (Philadelphia: Pennsylvania
University Press, 2004)
 Robert J. Ursano, Carol S. Fullerton and Ann E. Norwood (eds.), Terrorism and Disaster:
Individual and Community Mental Health Interventions. (Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2003)
Core Reading: Science and Security
 Collins, Alan. ‘Introduction: What is Security Studies?’ in Collins, Alan, ed. Contemporary
Security Studies 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009,
 Holsti, Ole R. ‘Models of International Relations and Foreign Policy.’ Diplomatic History,
13, 1
 Jervis, Robert. ‘Cooperation Under the Security Dilemma.’ World Politics , Vol. 30, No. 2
(Jan., 1978)
 Sterling-Folker, Jennifer. ‘Chapter 1: Making Sense of International Relations Theory’
from Making Sense of International Relations Theory. Ed. Jennifer Sterling-Folker.
Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2006
Core Reading: Non-proliferation & International Security
 Scott Sagan and Kenneth Waltz, The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed
(New York: Norton, 2002).
 Ganguly, Sumit and S Paul Kapur. India, Pakistan and the Bomb: Debating Nuclear
Stability in South Asia. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010.
 Solingen, Etel (2012). Sanctions, Statecraft, and Nuclear Proliferation. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Core Reading: International Peace and Security
 Bull, H. The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics, (London, Macmillan,
1977)
 Gow, J., Defending the West, (Polity, 2005)Henkin, L. International Law: Politics and
Values (1995), Chs. 1 and 3Higgins, R. Problems and Process: International Law and
How We Use It (1994), Chs. 1 and 3Holsti, K.J. International Politics: A Framework for
Analysis, 5th ed. (New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1988), esp. Part IIMüllerson, R. Ordering
Anarchy: International Law in International Society (2004)
 Waltz, K. Theory of International Politics, (London: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.,
1979)
Core Reading: International Relations [updated July 2015]
 John Bayliss, Steve Smith and Patricia Owens The Globalization of World Politics, any
edition including the 5th (Oxford University Press, 2011)
 Ken Booth and Steve Smith, eds. International Relations Theory Today
(Cambridge, Polity Press, 1995)
 Chris Brown with Kirsten Ainley Understanding International Relations, 4th
edition (Basingstoke, Palgrave, 2009)
 Chris Brown, T. Nardin and N.J.Rengger (eds) International Relations in
Political Thought (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2002)
 Walter Carlsnaes Handbook of International Relations (London: Sage, 2003)
Martin Hollis and Steve Smith, Explaining and Understanding International
Relations (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1990)
 Robert Jackson and Georg Sorenson Introduction to International Relations
(Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2003)
 Josef Lapid and Friedrich Kratochwil, The Return of Culture and Identity to
International Relations Theory (Boulder, Lynne Rienner, 1996)
 Andrew Linklater, The Transformation of Political Community (Columbia,
University of South Carolina Press, 1998)
 Hans, Morgenthau Politics Among Nations (Boston, McGraw Hill Education,
2005)
 Mark Neufeld, The Restructuring of International Relations Theory (Cambridge
University Press, 1994)
 Steve Smith, Ken Booth and Marysia Zalewski, International Relations
Theory:Postmodernism and Beyond (Cambridge University Press 1996)
 Christine Sylvester, Feminist Theory and International Relations in a Post Modern
Era (Cambridge University Press, 1994)
 Rob Walker, Inside/Outsider: International Relations as Political Theory
(Cambridge University Press, 1993)
 Kenneth Waltz Theory of International Politics (London, Addison Wesley, 1979)
Alexander Wendt, Social Theory of International Politics (Cambridge University
Press 1999)
 Brian White, Richard Little and Michael Smith Perspectives on World Politics
(London, Routledge, 3rd Edition updated, 2005)