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Description for Distant Thunder
Paperback. This revised edition brings the problem of Third-World conflict into the post-Cold War era. It asks when and how should the developed countries intervene in internal wars outside of their traditional geopolitical interest - and what can such intervention realistically accomplish? Num Pages: 256 pages, tables, figures, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 331. Library markings to spine, with usual markings inside. However, remains in a good to very good condition
The main locu of instability, conflict and violence in the post-Cold War world is the periphery - particularly the poorest regions of what used to be called the Third World. Internal wars of secession, struggles for power and chaos in failed or failing states are the dominant forms, expressed in intercommunal or ethnic violence, domestic and international acts of terrorism, and, increasingly, essentially criminal insurgencies with no political objective. This completely revised edition of Distant Thunder brings the problem of Third-World conflict into the post-Cold War era. Now that the periphery is no longer the site of surrogate ... Read more
The main locu of instability, conflict and violence in the post-Cold War world is the periphery - particularly the poorest regions of what used to be called the Third World. Internal wars of secession, struggles for power and chaos in failed or failing states are the dominant forms, expressed in intercommunal or ethnic violence, domestic and international acts of terrorism, and, increasingly, essentially criminal insurgencies with no political objective. This completely revised edition of Distant Thunder brings the problem of Third-World conflict into the post-Cold War era. Now that the periphery is no longer the site of surrogate ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
M E Sharpe Inc
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Armonk, United States
ISBN
9781563249853
SKU
KLJ0006501
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
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