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Complex Emergencies by Keen, David J. is a politics available to read on EtoBox.
What is Complex Emergencies about?
If you thought the point of war was to win, this book will make you think again. <p>David Keen questions the model of war as a contest between two sides aiming at political and military victory, and he also rejects the contrasting view that war represents a collapse into anarchy, mindless violence and ethnic hatred. Rather than a contest or a collapse, war is analysed as a system that has significant functions and that yields complex economic, political and psychological benefits. Some may be mo
Who reads Complex Emergencies?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Keen, David J.
- Publisher
- Polity; Wiley-Interscience
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780745640204
- Category
- politics
- Subjects
- Social Science, Political Science, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.96 / 5 (47 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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