Healing the Wounds: Essays on the Reconstruction of Societies After War

Book Overview

In recent decades the world has experienced the rise of so-called 'low intensity conflicts'. Unlike conventional wars these very bloody armed conflicts are no longer the affair of state governments and their armies. In their place appear police-like armed units, security services and secret services, groups and organizations of religious, political and social fanatics ready to resort to violence, 'militias', bands of mercenaries, or just gangs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841134694
• ISBN13: 9781841134697
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"