An anthropology of war : views from frontline /
As we move deeper into the twenty-first century, power, lethal force, and injustice continue to explode violently into war, and the prospects for lasting peace look even bleaker. The horrors of modern warfare - the death, dehumanization, and destruction of social and material infrastructures - have...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2009.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780857455222 0857455222 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | As we move deeper into the twenty-first century, power, lethal force, and injustice continue to explode violently into war, and the prospects for lasting peace look even bleaker. The horrors of modern warfare - the death, dehumanization, and destruction of social and material infrastructures - have done little to bring an end to armed conflict. In this volume, leading chroniclers of war provide thoughtful and powerful essays that reflect on their ethnographic work at the frontlines. The contributors recount not only what they have seen and heard in war zones but also what is being rea. |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published as a special issue of Social analysis, volume 52, issue 2"--Title page verso |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 191 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Library Staff: | View instance in FOLIO |