Geopolitics
Flattering the Passions ‐ Or, the Bomb and Britain's Bid for a World Role. By Hugh Beach and Nadine Gurr. IB Tauris, London, 1999, 279 pp., £29.50, ISBN 1–86064–168–7.
Superpowers in the Post‐Cold War Era. By Ken Aldred and Martin A. Smith. Macmillan, London, 1999, 205 pp., £42.50, ISBN 0–333–76069–7.
The Balkans 1804–1999: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers. By Misha Glenny. Granta, London, 1999, xxvi + 726pp., £25.00, ISBN 1–86207–050–4.
Conventional war
Landmines and Unexploded Ordnance: A Resource Book. By Rae McGrath. Pluto, London, 2000, 256 pp., £17.99, ISBN 0–7453–1259–4 (pbk), £55.00, ISBN 0–7453–1264–0 (hbk).
Fluid Resuscitation ‐ State of the Science for Treating Combat Casualties and Civilian Injuries. Edited by Andrew Pope, Geoffrey French and David E Longnecker. National Academy Press, Washington DC, 1999, 195pp., £21.95, ISBN 0–309–06481–3.
Population
Beyond Malthus: Nineteen Dimensions of the Population Challenge. By Lester R. Brown, Gary Gardner and Brian Halweil. Earthscan, London, 2000, 167 pp., £12.50, ISBN 1–85383–656–7.
The Reverend Thomas Malthus. AM. FRS. Demi‐devil, Saint or merely Great Benefactor?. By Jack Parsons. Sir David Owen Population Centre, Cardiff University, 2000, 63 pp., no price given.
Evolution
Lucy's Legacy: Sex and Intelligence in Human Evolution. By Alison Jolly. Harvard University Press, Boston and London, 1999, 518 pp., $29.95/£l8.50, ISBN 0–674–00069–2.