Author: Robert W. Janes

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 438

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A survey of Washington, D.C., area collections, organizations, and agencies, this Scholars' Guide describes scholarly resources for peace studies and international security studies. Among other topics, coverage includes disarmament, environmental issues, international law, military history, and peace theory and research. Four hundred twenty-one institutions are covered, out of more than 750 surveyed in the course of the project. Collections include libraries, archives, art and museum collections, map, recording, photo, and film collections, and data banks. Organizations include research centers, information offices, university programs, government agencies, and associations. For each, directory information is given, along with a description of relevant resources and activities in terms of size, content, and organization of collections; programs; and products (published and unpublished, classified and unclassified). Scholars' Guide to Washington, D.C., for Peace and International Security Studies is the fifteenth in the series of Scholars' Guides edited by Zdenek V. David, librarian at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. It was prepared in collaboration with the United States Institute of Peace.