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Useful enemies when waging wars is more important than winning them

There are currently between twenty and thirty civil wars worldwide, while at a global level the Cold War has been succeeded by a "war on drugs" and a "war on terror" that continues to rage a decade after 9/11. Why is this, when we know how destructive war is in both human and eco...

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Main Author:	Keen, David
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven, CT Yale University Press 2012
Subjects:	War > causes Protracted conflicts (Military science) War > Psychological aspects War crimes Politics and war Violence > Social aspects
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