- 1996/177 pages
UnCivil Wars:
International Security and the New Internal Conflicts
Ebook: $42.00
ISBN: 978-1-68585-9367
UnCivil Wars examines the new pattern of internal, or civil, war that has emerged in the post-Cold War world.
Donald Snow points out that the new internal wars tend to occur in the least developed countries, the so-called failed states. He argues that, compared with participants in the internal wars of the Cold War era, the new combatants are more likely to narrow their appeal to a specific ethnic group. They are less restrained in their use of brutality and terror—and less inclined to seek broader popular and international support for their causes. Their ideological or political objectives are often vague; they may be less interested in the installation of a new government than the profit they derive from continuing instability and lawlessness. The book examines how changes in the international system have encouraged the development of the new internal wars, the dominant form of conflict in the post-Cold War world. He considers how the wars may affect the security of the larger global system, as well as the role that the U.S., other nations, and international organizations may have in moderating their occurrence.
Donald Snow points out that the new internal wars tend to occur in the least developed countries, the so-called failed states. He argues that, compared with participants in the internal wars of the Cold War era, the new combatants are more likely to narrow their appeal to a specific ethnic group. They are less restrained in their use of brutality and terror—and less inclined to seek broader popular and international support for their causes. Their ideological or political objectives are often vague; they may be less interested in the installation of a new government than the profit they derive from continuing instability and lawlessness. The book examines how changes in the international system have encouraged the development of the new internal wars, the dominant form of conflict in the post-Cold War world. He considers how the wars may affect the security of the larger global system, as well as the role that the U.S., other nations, and international organizations may have in moderating their occurrence.
