Third World War
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Book Description
Third World War examines the patterns of political violence throughout the world during the Cold War and analyzes them collectively as conflict processes within the global system. It shows that warfare was not randomly distributed, but was centered on six protracted conflict regions that together accounted for 80 to 90 percent of all forms of political violence during that time--a magnitude of violence that rivals the destruction of the previous two world wars. Through societal theories of identity, conflict, and development dynamics, supported by a broad range of quantitative evidence, the author explores how armed conflict and the politics of insecurity lead to policy changes, arrested development, and, ultimately, state failure. He concludes with policy implications and a brief assessment of the prospects for peace in the global system.
About the Author
Monty G. Marshall established and directs the Center for Systemic Peace. He is currently a faculty research associate with the Center for International Development and Conflict Management at the University of Maryland where he is working with the Minorities at Risk Project; he is also a consultant with the State Failure Task Force and heads its Intervention Project.
Third World War,Monty G. Marshall,Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.,0847693473,International Relations - General,Military - Other,Modern - 20th Century/Nuclear Age,Peace And Peace Movements,Political Discontent And Violence,Political Science,Political violence,Politics - Current Events,Politics / Current Events,Politics/International Relations,Reference,Social conflict,Sociology - General,Developing countries,International relations,Peace studies,Political Science / International Relations,Violence in society,World history: postwar, from c 1945 -
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