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050 4 _aJZ6385.K577 2016
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100 1 _aKissane, Bill.
245 1 0 _aNations Torn Asunder :
_bThe Challenge of Civil War.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aOxford :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2016.
264 4 _c©2016.
300 _a1 online resource (298 pages)
336 _atext
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505 0 _aCover -- NATIONS TORN ASUNDER: The Challenge of Civil War -- Copyright -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF MAPS -- 1: INTRODUCTION -- Not thinking about civil war -- Thinking about civil war in history -- Thinking about civil war in social science -- 2: CIVIL WAR IN HISTORY -- Words for civil war -- Civil war -- Internal war -- New wars -- Should we abandon the concept of civil war? -- Conclusion -- 3: PATTERNS OF CIVIL WAR SINCE 1945 -- Violent modernity -- Patterns of internal war in the new states -- Patterns across geographical regions -- Patterns within conflict zones -- Summary -- Conclusion -- 4: CAUSES -- Structural theories -- Process-based theories -- The case of Algeria -- Conclusion -- 5: CONSEQUENCES -- Consequences -- The conflict trap -- Material and moral harm -- State failure and state collapse -- Should Hobbes be our guide? -- Conclusion -- 6: RECOVERY -- An age of reconstruction -- The evaluation of peace-building missions and reconstruction projects -- Reconstruction and reconciliation -- Conclusion -- EPILOGUE: CIVIL WAR AND HUMAN DIVISIVENESS -- Two perspectives on human divisiveness -- Human divisiveness as fragmentation -- The question of definition -- Conclusion -- APPENDIX 1: EXTERNAL INVOLVEMENT AND PEACE AGREEMENTS 1989-2014 -- APPENDIX 2: APPROACHES TO PEACE AND THE CONTENT OF PEACE AGREEMENTS 1989-2014 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Periodicals and newspapers -- Specific media sources -- INDEX.
520 _aFocusing on the explosion of civil wars since 1945, Bill Kissane asks what makes the contemporary challenge posed by civil wars different to that of past periods - and looks at what the insights from the historical literature, going back to the ancient Greeks, can add to our understanding of this tragic phenomenon.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aCivil war--History--20th century.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aKissane, Bill
_tNations Torn Asunder
_dOxford : Oxford University Press,c2016
_z9780199602872
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4700357
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