From paras to twitchers: a quarter of a century ago, the war with Argentina thrust the Falkland Islands into the nation's consciousness. But how has this remote sub-Antarcitc archipelago fared since the end of hostilities?
Twenty five years ago, they were a war zone; today, the Falkland Islands are growing into an increasingly popular ecotourism destination. In the intervening years, these windswept southerly islands have transformed a domestic economy once wholly dependent on sheep farming into a mixed economy centred on commercial fishing and...

Emaciation or emasculation: photographic images, white masculinity and captivity by the Japanese in World War Two.
At the Peace Memorial in Hiroshima visitors wind their way through the galleries devoted to depicting the consequences, both to humans and the environment, of nuclear warfare. For a Westerner, it is an uncomfortable and revealing experience. Revealing, since there is no mention here of Japan's aggression of the...

A soldier's blog: balancing service members' personal rights vs. national security interests.
I. INTRODUCTION II. RESTRICTIONS ON PRESS COVERAGE DURING THE WAR A. Pre- Vietnam Press Coverage During War B. Open Access: Press Coverage During the Vietnam War C. Post- Vietnam Press Coverage: Striking a Balance III. FREE SPEECH WITHIN THE MILITARY FORUM A. Clear and Present Danger Standard B. Military...

Apocalypse not: much of Washington assumes that leaving Iraq will lead to a bigger bloodbath. It's time to question that assumption.
The administration famously based its argument for invading Iraq on best-case assumptions: that we would be greeted as liberators; that a capable democratic government would quickly emerge; that our military presence would be modest and temporary; and that Iraqi oil revenues would pay for everything. All these assumptions, of...

The unbearable inanity of Tim Russert.
On May 27, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson appeared on Meet the Press hoping, no doubt, to get a question about Iraq policy. Richardson was advocating the complete withdrawal of all U.S. forces, an important policy distinction at a time when his rivals all favored retaining a substantial "residual"...

The Negotiation Process and the Resolution of International Conflicts. (Book Reviews).
P. Terrence Hopmann Columbia South Carolina Press, 1998 365 pages, paper, $24.95 In recent years, especially after the fall of the Soviet Union, there has been a deluge of studies on conflict, its management, prevention and resolution. Some have focused on real conflict...

Eisenhower and Ballistic Missile Defense the formative years, 1944-1961.
Behind all these other changes in the middle years of the 1950s loomed the changes of science, remaking the world and bringing new problems. More and more, the jet aircraft, the nuclear power plant, the hydrogen bomb, the ballistic missile were coming into the consciousness of all of us....

Vietnam/Korean Air Combat Re-Enactments at 2001 Air Show.
DAYTON, Ohio, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- One-of-a-kind aerial combat re- enactments and demonstrations highlight America's involvement in the Vietnam and Korean Wars at the Vectren Dayton Air Show presented by Kroger, July 21-22. (Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010709/CLM004 ) The Army Aviation Heritage Foundation brings...

The relevance of the concepts of war and armed conflict to the law of neutrality.
I. INTRODUCTION The law of neutrality is the regime regulating the relations between two or more states waging a war and the states wishing to retain friendly relations with the war-waging parties. It therefore comprises the rules pertaining to the duties and rights of neutrals, and the...

Civil Wars: greed not grief.
The World Bank (WB) has recently published a report on Civil Wars: "Breaking the Conflict Trap. Civil War and Development Policy" by Paul Collier and others. The report examines all the world's civil wars since 1960 and is well worth reading, even for those of us who are normally...