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Keen, David, 1958-
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War -- Causes.
Low-intensity conflicts (Military science)
War -- Psychological aspects.
War crimes.
Violence -- Social aspects.
Politics and war.
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Useful enemies : whe...
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Useful enemies : when waging wars is more important than winning them / David Keen.
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Keen, David, 1958-
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2012.
Subjects
War -- Causes.
Low-intensity conflicts (Military science)
War -- Psychological aspects.
War crimes.
Violence -- Social aspects.
Politics and war.
ISBN:
9780300162745 (cl : alk. paper) :
030016274X (cl : alk. paper)
Description:
vii, 311 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Introduction -- Resource wars -- Aiding resource wars? -- Vietnam: useful enemies and useless allies -- Afghanistan -- The political functions of war -- Wars within wars -- The politics of permanent emergency -- Case study of a permanent emergency: the United States -- Shame and the psychological functions of violence -- Conclusion.
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Keen investigates why conflicts are so prevalent and so intractable, even when one side has much greater military resources. He asks who benefits from wars-- whether economically, politically, or psychologically-- and argues that in order to bring them successfully to an end we need to understand the complex vested interests on all sides.
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