"This timely book offers an entirely new way to look at recent vicious civil wars, failed states, and the terrorist movements that emerge in their wake."--Jacket.
"This timely book offers an entirely new way to look at recent vicious civil wars, failed states, and the terrorist movements that emerge in their wake."--Jacket
A mere two years after achieving independence, South Sudan in 2013 descended into violent civil war, refuting US government claims that the country2019s succession was a major foreign policy success and would end endemic conflict. Worse was to follow when the international commu…
Deep in the Congo2019s Garamba National Park in the dead of night, Joseph Kony 2013 the notorious warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court 2013 made a shocking admission. Loosened by home-made wine, exposing a vulnerability he could never show the world, Kony looked Ge…
In Rebels without Borders, which will appeal to students of international and civil war and those developing policies to contain the regional diffusion of conflict, Idean Salehyan examines transnational rebel organizations in civil conflicts, utilizing cross-national datasets as…
"Rebellion, insurgency, or civil war--conflict within a society is customarily treated as a matter of domestic politics and analysts generally focus their attention on local causes. Yet fighting between governments and opposition groups is rarely confined to the domestic arena. …