King George’s Generals: How the British Army Lost America, 1774-1781 …that of the United States today. Its army had significant experience with irregular warfare from the Seven Years’ War and Jacobite Rebellions, along with conventional operations against comparable opponents. But…
Fighting and Bargaining Across Two Centuries of International Conflict …hundred wars. The battle data help challenge assumptions held by many scholars and practitioners that it “cannot hurt” for third-party actors and institutions to promote diplomacy during war, and that…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Renames Three Signature Awards …Foundation. The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation is a leader in creating and disseminating knowledge on the nature, consequences, and reduction of violence in its many forms, including war, crime, and…
“Conflict and Climate: How Global Warming Leads to Global Violence” …how these factors contribute to violence often attributed to climate change. The speakers challenged dominant narratives about climate-induced conflict; noted the impact of war and conflict on the environment itself,…
The World Crisis: 1635–1665 …At the same time, a worldwide wave of violence, aggression, rebellion and war toppled or threatened governments around the world. To cite just the most prominent events: in China, the…
The Nazi Concentration Camps …for the wartime period, when the camps descended into mass death and genocide. The basic outline of the SS camps had been drawn before the war and the camps proved…
Dying to Save: Youth Vigilantism, Civilian Joint Task Force, and Counterterrorism in Nigeria …JTF in 2013, and its replacement with the 7th infantry division as the umbrella command for the war on Boko Haram, indiscriminate attacks on civilians continued to be widespread and…
“This Isn’t Just a Normal Political Fight”: A Conversation with Lilliana Mason …left-wing political violence, including the killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO, as well as acts of violence against Jews that seem to have been motivated by the war in Gaza. Are…
In the Name of Christ: Religious Violence and Its Legitimacy in Mexico (1920–2020) …answer this question, I analyze the complex and contentious relationship between religion and violence during the foundational decades between 1920 and 1960, a period that witnessed the Cristero War (1926–1929),…
Political Violence during the German Occupation of France 1940-44: A Micro-Level Analysis In the aftermath of World War II, the French government commissioned multiple organizations to study the defeat, the occupation, and the Resistance. The most ambitious of these was the Committee…