{"product_id":"no-peace-no-war-an-anthropology-of-contemporary-armed-conflicts-paperback","title":"No Peace, No War: An Anthropology of Contemporary Armed Conflicts - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Richards\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rash of small wars erupted after the Cold War ended in Africa, the Balkans, and other parts of the former communist world. The wars were in \"inter-zones,\" the spaces left where weak states had withdrawn or collapsed. Consequently the debate over what constitutes war has returned to basics. \u003ci\u003eNo Peace, No War\u003c\/i\u003e departs from the usual analysis that considers the new wars mindless mass actions to offer the paradoxical idea that to understand war one must deny war special status. Rather than leave war to the security specialists, these writers attempt to grasp its character as one among many aspects of social reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Richards\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of technology and agrarian development at Wageningen University, the Netherlands, and a professor of anthropology at University College, London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 9.18 x 6.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 31, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722426617919,"sku":"9780821415764","price":71.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1212dd83177a145b1738fe9711bb7f0b.webp?v=1765095724","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/no-peace-no-war-an-anthropology-of-contemporary-armed-conflicts-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}