Friend or Foe: Militia Intelligence and Ethnic Violence in the Lebanese Civil War

by Nils Hgerdal

Book Overview

When civil conflicts break out in plural societies, violence often occurs along group divides--running the risk of spiraling into ethnic cleansing. Yet for militants who do not seek ethnic separation as a political goal, indiscriminate attacks are detrimental to their cause. Under what circumstances are such combatants more or less likely to commit ethnic violence?

Nils H gerdal examines the Lebanese civil war to offer a new theory that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023120065X
• ISBN13: 9780231200653
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"