Complex emergencies / David Keen.
Material type: TextPublisher: Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2008Description: viii, 293 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780745640198
- 0745640192
- 0745640206
- 9780745640204
- 363.3498 22
- HV639 .K44 2008
- 363.3498
- 89.76
- D58
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book | Joint Command and Staff College General Stacks | HV639 .K44 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 5722/21 | Available | jcsc003434 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-279) and index.
War -- 'Greed' : economic agendas -- Defining the enemy -- Famine -- Aid -- Information -- Peace.
"David Keen questions the model of war as a contest between two sides aiming at political and military victory, and he also rejects the contrasting view that war represents a collapse into anarchy, mindless violence and ethnic hatred. Rather than a contest or a collapse, war is analysed as a system that has significant functions and that yields complex economic, political and psychological benefits. Some may be more interested in prolonging a war than in ending it. War may help elites to derail democracy and suppress dissent; it may be profitable for government and rebel actors; and it may allow armed groups to enjoy a sense of power over unarmed civilians." "This book argues that understanding the complex functions of wars - alongside other forms of human disaster such as famine and ethnic strife - is essential if we are to reduce suffering and move towards lasting peace agreements. Complex Emergencies will be essential reading for students of development, political economy, political science and international relations."--Jacket.
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