Books published by Georgetown University Press

A Just Peace Ethic Primer exemplifies the ecumenical, interfaith, and multicultural aspects of a nonviolent approach to avoiding and transforming violent conflict. It is a vital resource for scholars, advocates, and activists in politics, history, law, philosophy, theology, and conflict resolution.

An absorbing history of George Washington's largely forgotten role in creating America's great capital.

Blended synchronous learning has been gaining momentum and shows great potential for teaching less commonly taught languages. In Teaching Languages in Blended Synchronous Learning Classrooms, Alba Girons and Nicholas Swinehart provide a concise overview of BSL as it pertains to language instruction.

A World Free from Nuclear Weapons, edited by Drew Christiansen, helps readers understand the 2017 UN conference that negotiated the Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons. Christiansen presents the pope's address and testimonies from other luminaries as they make the moral case against nuclear arms.

In Integrating the Digital Humanities into the Second Language Classroom, Melinda A. Cro makes the case for bringing the digital humanities into the language sphere, strengthening students' language skills while furthering their critical thinking and research abilities. This practical guide is an ideal introduction on DH for language educators.

This volume has six essays and one book review. One essay is in Arabic.

Mohssen Esseesy's Al-Munjiz helps learners cultivate strategies for increasing language proficiency while building strong cultural awareness. Esseesy's well-rounded, content-based textbook provides language instruction while promoting critical thinking skills for business competency.

Introduces authentic texts and audio files from a wide variety of media sources. This book helps students develop analytical and translation skills in Arabic and expand their reading, writing, listening, and speaking capabilities. It provides important vocabulary; examples of language in context; exercises for reading and more.

Network-based collaboration between public and private stakeholders may bring about a renaissance in creative governance. The author draws on extensive research to analyze and promote the emerging field of collaborative innovation. His exploration of processes and the roles of specific systems combine the analytical and theoretical.

Policymakers and scholars have long assumed the US must maintain a military presence in the Middle East to protect access to Persian Gulf oil. The authors reconsider this policy based on analyses from a multidisciplinary team of political scientists, historians, and economists.

International Affairs / Communications "The American way of communicating war dates back to the 18th century and has matured alongside the development of the latest media technologies. For anyone wanting a comprehensive overview of how domestic and global publics have been informed about America's role in armed conflict, From Quills to Tweets is indispensable."- Philip Seib, professor of journalism and public diplomacy and professor of international relations, University of Southern CaliforniaWhile today's presidential tweets may seem light years away from the scratch of quill pens during the American Revolution, the importance of political communication is eternal. This book investigates the roles that political narratives, media coverage, and evolving communication technologies have played in precipitating, shaping, and concluding or prolonging wars and revolutions over the course of US history.The case studies begin with the Sons of Liberty in the era of the American Revolution, explore the American wars in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and conclude with a look at the conflict against ISIS in the Trump era. Special chapters also examine how propagandists shaped American perceptions of two earthshaking revolutions: the Russian Revolution and the Chinese Revolution. Each chapter analyzes its subject through the lens of the messengers, messages, and communications media to reveal the effects on public opinion and the trajectory and conduct of the conflict. This book is a unique overview of the history of American strategic communications about wars and revolutions that is essential reading for scholars, students, and communications strategists.Andrea J. Dew is the Maritime Irregular Warfare Forces Chair and Codirector of the Center on Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups at the US Naval War College.Marc A. Genest is the Forrest Sherman Professor of Public Diplomacy in the Strategy and Policy Department at the US Naval War College.S. C. M. Paine is the William S. Sims University Professor of History and Grand Strategy at the US Naval War College.Contributors: Judith Baroody, Troy Bickham, Michael G. Carew, Steven Casey, Andrea J. Dew, Matthew C. DuPée, Bruce A. Elleman, Marc A. Genest, Michelle D Getchell, Haroro J. Ingram, Thomas H. Johnson, David Kaiser, Martin J. Manning, S. C. M. Paine, David J. Silbey, J. Lee Thompson, Craig A. Whiteside

The volume is the product of a series of conferences and workshops, in particular in Copenhagen in November 2015 and in Montreal in December 2017. We also held panels at the International Studies Association (ISA) conferences in New Orleans and Baltimore in 2015 and 2017--Acknowledgments

The idea for Researching National Security Intelligence can be traced to a colloquium held at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in March 2017 and funded by the Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence program--Preface.

Italian Language / Film"Interpretazioni, with its double meaning in Italian, reflects the purpose of this text: to refine students' critical skills in analyzing both the act of performance and the film as a text. This is achieved through an ingenious scaffolding design of exercises that are suitable for their variety and flexibility both for the intermediate and the avanced language class. Interpretazioni fills a void in Italian studies, and will be much welcomed by teachers and students alike."Daniela Bartalesi-Graflecturer, Department of Italian Studies, Wellesley CollegeInterpretazioni is an intermediate- to advanced-level Italian textbook for learning Italian language and culture through film. The textbook focuses on Italian movies from 2010 to 2017 and shows the diversity of Italian culture. Teaching language through cinema engages students in all four main language skills--speaking, listening, reading, and writing--while providing students with ample opportunities to gain intercultural proficiency. Films and activities are grouped by proficiency levels, from Intermediate through Advanced, and progress through the levels and through the book.The recent films featured in Interpretazioni span genres, address a wide range of themes, and are set in various parts of Italy, encouraging students and teachers to more fully engage with the complexity of Italian cinema and culture. The many and various activities for each film are divided into three main categories-- prima (before), durante (during), and dopo (after) viewing the film--and include multiple choice, short answer, open-ended answer, and creative tasks that are both oral and written. An instructor's manual, with answer keys and suggestions for incorporating apps in teaching, is available on the Georgetown University Press website (press.georgetown.edu).Cristina Pausini is senior lecturer and coordinator of the Italian Language Program at Tufts University. Previous books include Italian Through Film, Italian Through Film: The Classics, and Trame.Carmen Merolla is a full-time lecturer of Italian at Tufts University. Previous publications include the testing program of Caleidoscopio.

On tourne! is a one-semester, advanced French textbook (5th/6th semester of instruction) designed to be used as a stand-alone text for a course on French and francophone films or for a French conversation course. This textbook could also be used as a supplementary text in an advanced conversation course, a composition course, or a contemporary culture course. On tourne! guides students to analyze and discuss 13 films from France and the francophone world. Each chapter focuses on a single film and includes pre-viewing activities, vocabulary, information on the cultural and linguistic nuances of the film, and post-viewing activities and discussion points. Moreover, each chapter contains a review of an essential grammatical structure as well as idiomatic expressions used in the film to highlight their pragmatic function. The films included explore a wide array of themes, ranging from family, food, and fashion to politics, religion, and racial/ethnic identities.

This book moves scholarly debates beyond the old question of whether or not international institutions matter in order to examine how they matter, even in a world of power politics. Power politics and international institutions are often studied as two separate domains, but this is in need of rethinking because today most states strategically use institutions to further their interests. Anders Wivel, T.V. Paul, and the international group of contributing authors update our understanding of how institutions are viewed among the major theoretical paradigms in international relations, and they seek to bridge the divides. Empirical chapters examine specific institutions in practice, including the United Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency, and the European Union. The book also points the way to future research. International Institutions and Power Politics provides insights for both international relations theory and practical matters of foreign affairs, and it will be essential reading for all international relations scholars and advanced students.