An introduction to civil wars / / Karl Derouen, Jr., University of Alabama

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910149361803321
• Autore: DeRouen Karl R. <1962->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C. : , : CQ Press, , 2015
• ISBN: 1-4833-2270-X; 1-4833-9034-9; 1-4833-1180-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 303.6/4
• Soggetti: Civil war; Conflict management; Peace-building; Intervention (International law)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-275) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: chapter 1. Introduction -- chapter 2. Costs of civil war -- chapter 3. Civil war dynamics -- chapter 4. What causes civil war? -- chapter 5. Natural resources and civil war -- chapter 6. The termination of civil war and post-conflict issues -- chapter 7. International intervention -- chapter 8. Terrorism and civil war -- chapter 9. Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: An Introduction to Civil Wars takes an empirical and thematic approach to the study of civil wars. Since World War II, by far most of the wars that have been fought are civil wars--wars between groups within states, like Darfur, Somalia, Congo, Kosovo, and Chechnya--and not wars between sovereign states. The book is organized thematically to address major topics and findings on civil wars, including causes, duration, recurrence, termination, intervention, post-conflict problems, civilian victimization/terrorism, and resource-related issues. Cases at the end of chapters spotlight specific civil wars.