Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Contributors
Chapter 1
Introduction: The Issue of Social Sciences and “the Barbarous” in the Face of War
(Khaled Taktek, Anne Guibert-Lassalle, Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada, and others)
Chapter 2
Education and its Role in Conflict Prevention and Peacekeeping: Toward an Inclusive Definition of Sustainable Peace
(Khaled Taktek, Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada)
Chapter 3
Transactional Analysis: Principal Attributes and Effects of the Dynamic of Ego States on Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Relationships
(Khaled Taktek, Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada)
Chapter 4
The United States’ Hegemony and the Military Occupation of Iraq: War, Aggression, and State Crime
(Khaled Taktek, Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada and Salah Basalamah, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Chapter 5
The Radical Motives for the American Invasion of Iraq: Political Ideology, Economic Reality, and Cultural Philosophy
(Khaled Taktek, Robert St-John, Houchang Hassan-Yari, Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada, and others)
Chapter 6
The United States-Led Intervention in Iraq: A Troubling Signal for the World
(Khaled Taktek, Aurélie Lacassagne, Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada)
Chapter 7
The Canadian Mission in Afghanistan: An Integrated Strategy to Peacebuilding and the Transformation of Canada’s Defense Policy
(Khaled Taktek, Robert St-John, Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada, and others)
Chapter 8
The Israel-Palestine Conflict: The Zionist Land Re-conquest and Expropriation
(Khaled Taktek, Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada and Salah Basalamah, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Chapter 9
Israel’s Attack on Lebanon: Is it “Just War Theory” or War of Aggression?
(Khaled Taktek, Aurélie Lacassagne, Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada)
Chapter 10
Iran’s Nuclear Programme: A Drastic Shift in the Policy of the United States
(Khaled Taktek, Aurélie Lacassagne, Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada)
Glossary
Index
Audience: Students, academics, military officers, and political leaders will find an effective communication framework for both understanding geopolitical interactions, and addressing frequently encountered communication issues and challenges at all stages of interpersonal, group, and/or state dynamic development.