Roberts, Sir (Edward) Adam

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ROBERTS, Sir (Edward) Adam

ROBERTS, Sir (Edward) Adam. British, b. 1940. Genres: International relations/Current affairs. Career: Peace News Ltd., Assistant Ed., 1962-65; London School of Economics, Noel Buxton Fellow in International Relations, 1965-68, Lecturer in International Relations, 1968-81, Hon. Fellow, 1997-; St. Antony's College, Oxford, Reader in International Relations, 1981-86; British Academy, Fellow, 1990; Oxford University, Montague Burton Professor of International Relations, and Fellow of Balliol College, 1986-. Knight Commander of St Michael and St George, 2002. Publications: (ed.) The Strategy of Civilian Defence: Non-Violent Resistance to Aggression, 1967; (with P. Windsor) Czechoslovakia 1968; Reform, Repression and Resistance, 1969; (trans. with A. Lieven) End of a War: Indochina 1954, by P. Devillers and J. Lacouture, 1969; Nations in Arms: The Theory and Practice of Territorial Defence, 1976, 1986; (with R. Guelff) Documents on the Laws of War, 1982, 3rd ed., 2000; (with F. Newman and B. Joergensen) Academic Freedom Under Israeli Military Occupation, 1984; (with B. Kingsbury) United Nations, Divided World, 1988, 1993; (with H. Bull and B. Kingsbury) Hugo Grotius and International Relations, 1990; Humanitarian Action in War, 1996. Address: Balliol College, Oxford OX1 3BJ, England.

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