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People power: unarmed resistance and global solidarity, edited by Howard Clark, London, Pluto Press, 2009, xiii + 237 pp., $40.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-7453-2901-7 International ethics: a critical introduction, by Richard Shapcott, Cambridge, Polity Press, 2010, xi + 267 pp., $38.00, ISBN 978-0-7456-3143-1 Il Mediterraneo nelle relazioni internazionali, edited by E. Brighi and F. Petito, Milano, Vita e Pensiero, 2009, 215 pp., $28.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-88-343-1362-6 Walled states, waning sovereignty, by Wendy Brown, Cambridge MA, MIT Press, 2010, 168 pp., $34.00 (hardback), ISBN 1-935408-08-9 Singapore in the Malay world: building and breaching regional bridges, by Lily Zubaidah Rahim, London and New York, Routledge, 2009, xvii + 230 pp., $175.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-415-48410-7 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews several books about international security including "The Ethics and Politics of Military Intervention," edited by Tony Coady and Michael O'Keefe, "The UN's Role in Nation-Building: From the Congo to Iraq," by James Dobbins, "Selecting by Origin: Ethnic Migration in the Liberal State," by Christian Joppke and "Free Trade: Myth, Reality and Alternatives," by Graham Dunkley.

Reviews the book "Landscapes of War: The Archaeology of Aggression and Defence," by Paul Hill and Julie Wileman.

The article reviews the book "Die Wahrheit ist auf dem Feld: Eine Wissensgeschichte der deutschen Landwirtschaft," by Frank Uekötter.

A review of the book "A Lethal Obsession: Anti-Semitism From Antiquity to the Global Jihad," by Robert S. Wistrich is presented.

A review of the book "Die Form des Werdens: Eine Kulturgeschichte der Embryologie, 1760-1830," by Janina Wellmann is presented.

The article reviews the book "Nonviolence: An Alternative for Defeating Global Terror(ism)," edited by Senthil Ram and Ralph Summy.

The article reviews the books on German scientist Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) "H.G. Bronn, Ernst Haeckel & the Origins of German Darwinism: A Study in Translation & Transformation," by Sander Gliboff, and "The Tragic Sense of Life: Ernst Haeckel and the Struggle over Evolutionary Thought," by Robert J. Richards.

The article reviews the book "The Great War and Medieval Memory: War, Remembrance, and Medievalism in Britain and Germany 1914-1940," by Stefan Goebel and edited by Jay Winter.

The article reviews the book "Das Deutschlandbild in der britischen Presse 1912-1919" by Martin Schramm.

This article presents a review of the book "Die Fürstin und der Kardinal. Ein Gespräch über Glauben und Tradition" by Joachim Meisner and Gloria von Thurn und Taxis.

The article reviews the books "The Evolution of American Ecology," by Sharon E. Kingsland, and "Ecological Paradigms Lost. Routes of Theory Change," edited by Kim Cuddington and Beatrix Beisner.

The article reviews the book "Holocaust City: The Making of a Jewish Ghetto," by Tim Cole.

The article reviews the book "The German-Jewish Soldiers of the First World War in History and Memory," by Tim Grady.

The article reviews the book "The Impossible Indian: Gandhi and the Temptation of Violence," by Faisal Devji.

The article reviews the book "The Legacy of the Great War: Ninety Years On," edited by Jay Winter.

A review of the book "Stipendienstiftungen und der Zugang zu höherer Bildung in Deutschland von 1800 bis 1960," by Thomas Adam is presented.

The article reviews several books including "Darwins Korallen. Frühe Evolutionsmodelle und die Tradition der Naturgeschichte," by Horst Bredekamp and "Visions of Nature: The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel," by Olaf Breidbach.

The article reviews the books "The Heretic in Darwin's Court: The Life of Alfred Russel Wallace," by Ross A. Slotten and "An Elusive Victorian: The Evolution of Alfred Russel Wallace," by Martin Fichman.

Reviews the book "Peaceful Persuasion: The Geopolitics of Nonviolent Rhetoric," by Ellen W. Gorsevski.

Reviews the book "Migration. The Biology of Life on the Move," by H. Dingle.

The article reviews the book “The Collectors of Lost Souls: Turning Kuru Scientists Into Whitemen,” by Warwick Anderson.

The article reviews the book "Vaccine Anxieties: global Science, Child Health and Society," by Melissa Leach and James Fairhead

Reviews the book "Corporal Hitler and the Great War, 1914-1918: The List Regiment," by John F. Williams.