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Paperback / softback. New. For centuries international order has been troubled by small wars, insurrections, and revolts--low intensity conflicts. With the implosion of the Soviet empire many thought such violence could be eradicated through the growth of democracy, open societies, and increased productivity and education. Instead the world remains filled with turmoil, pogroms, famine, civil war, rebellion, and terror, often instigated by armed and dangerous zealots. To Americans such killers seem alien and inexplicable, fanatics without reason, beyond the reach of conventional containment or retaliation. J. Bowyer Bell here explores the psychological and strategic ecosystems (which he terms dragon worlds) of modern political violence and suggests how America might effectively deal with it.Dragonwars combines analysis with historical examples drawn from America's involvement with armed struggle in Lebanon, Central Am-erica, Greece, and Vietnam. In each instance, Bell argues, American policy was…
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Dragonwars: Armed Struggle and the Conventions of Modern War Paperback - 2018
by J. Bowyer Bell (Editor)
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- Title Dragonwars: Armed Struggle and the Conventions of Modern War
- Author J. Bowyer Bell (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 474
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge
- Date 2018-02-06
- ISBN 9781138509313 / 1138509310
- Weight 1.38 lbs (0.63 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.95 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.41 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 355.02
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