Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (vii, 311 pages)
ISBN:
030016274X
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0300183712
,
1280780681
,
9780300162745
,
9780300183719
,
9781280780684
Inhalt:
Keen investigates why conflicts are so prevalent and so intractable, even when one side has much greater military resources. He asks who benefits from wars-- whether economically, politically, or psychologically-- and argues that in order to bring them successfully to an end we need to understand the complex vested interests on all sides
Inhalt:
Introduction -- Resource wars -- Aiding resource wars? -- Vietnam: useful enemies and useless allies -- Afghanistan -- The political functions of war -- Wars within wars -- The politics of permanent emergency -- Case study of a permanent emergency: the United States -- Shame and the psychological functions of violence -- Conclusion
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Keen, David, 1958- Useful enemies New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012
Sprache:
Englisch
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