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Shadows of War: Violence, Power, and International Profiteering in the Twenty-First Century
Carolyn Nordstrom
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Paperback. An examination of the deep politics of war. It takes us from the immediacy of war-zone survival, through the offices of power brokers, to vast extra-legal networks that fuel war and international profiteering. It captures the human face of the front lines, revealing both the visible and the hidden realities of war in the twenty-first century. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 306 pages, 19 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JM; JP; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
In this provocative and compelling examination of the deep politics of war, Carolyn Nordstrom takes us from the immediacy of war-zone survival, through the offices of power brokers, to vast extra-legal networks that fuel war and international profiteering. She captures the human face of the front lines, revealing both the visible and the hidden realities of war in the twenty-first century. "Shadows of War" is grounded in ethnographic research carried out at the epicenters of political violence on several continents. Its pages are populated not only with the perpetrators and victims of war but also with the scoundrels, silent heroes, ... Read more
In this provocative and compelling examination of the deep politics of war, Carolyn Nordstrom takes us from the immediacy of war-zone survival, through the offices of power brokers, to vast extra-legal networks that fuel war and international profiteering. She captures the human face of the front lines, revealing both the visible and the hidden realities of war in the twenty-first century. "Shadows of War" is grounded in ethnographic research carried out at the epicenters of political violence on several continents. Its pages are populated not only with the perpetrators and victims of war but also with the scoundrels, silent heroes, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
306
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Series
California Series in Public Anthropology
Condition
New
Weight
521g
Number of Pages
306
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520242418
SKU
V9780520242418
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About Carolyn Nordstrom
Carolyn Nordstrom is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of A Different Kind of War Story (1997) and the coeditor of Fieldwork under Fire: Contemporary Studies of Violence and Survival (California, 1995) and The Paths to Domination, Resistance, and Terror (California, 1992).
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