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Politics of civil wars : conflict, intervention and resolution

Civil war is one of the critical issues of our time. Although intrastate in nature, it has a disproportionate and overwhelming effect on the overall peace and stability of contemporary international society. This book investigates why civil wars have become so widespread and how can they be contained?
Print Book, English, 2008
Routledge, London, 2008
xiii, 183 pages ; 24 cm
9780415403450, 9780415403467, 9780203927342, 9781134141302, 0415403456, 0415403464, 0203927346, 1134141300
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Theorising civil war
Poverty of nationalism
Erotics of violence
Impasse in intervention
Responsibility to rebuild : tasks for Sisyphus
Governing the ungovernable
Realms of reconciliation
Closing the conflict cycle