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This fascinating atlas takes a visual approach to explaining the state of war and peace in the beginning of the twenty-first century. Packed with expert data analysis and essential political and historical background, it covers the causes of war; the costs of war; and trends in peace, from Afghanistan to Northern Ireland to Kosovo to the Middle East; as well as topics such as international terrorism, the arms trade, and NATO and the United Nations.

Dan Smith has been the director of the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) and chairman of the board for the Institute for War & Peace Reporting in London.

Introduction	p. 6
The Causes of War	p. 8
Poverty	p. 10
Rights	p. 12
Political Systems	p. 14
Ethnicity	p. 16
The Military World	p. 18
Under Arms	p. 20
Military Service	p. 22
Military Spending	p. 24
Mass Destruction	p. 26
The International Arms Trade	p. 28
Small Arms Trade	p. 30
Terrorism	p. 32
US Power	p. 34
War and People	p. 36
Deaths	p. 38
Atrocities	p. 40
Refugees	p. 42
Landmines	p. 44
Young Soldiers	p. 46
Europe	p. 48
Northern Ireland	p. 50
The Break-up of Yugoslavia	p. 52
Kosovo and the War on Yugoslavia	p. 54
Ex-Yugoslavia and the Future	p. 56
The Caucasus	p. 58
Middle East and North Africa	p. 60
The Kurds	p. 62
Israel and Palestine	p. 64
Israelis and Palestinians	p. 66
North Africa	p. 68
The Gulf	p. 70
Asia	p. 72
Central Asia	p. 74
Afghanistan	p. 76
South Asia	p. 78
Sri Lanka	p. 80
Southeast Asia	p. 82
Africa	p. 84
Colonial History and Dispossession	p. 86
West Africa	p. 88
Congo	p. 90
Burundi and Rwanda	p. 92
Horn of Africa	p. 94
Sudan	p. 96
Southern Africa	p. 98
Latin America	p. 100
Colombia and Its Neighbors	p. 102
Central America	p. 104
Peacebuilding	p. 106
Peace Agreements	p. 108
Peacekeeping	p. 110
Peace Processes	p. 112
Table of Wars	p. 115
References	p. 122
Index	p. 126
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The Penguin Atlas of War and Peace

The Penguin Atlas of War and Peace

0142002941

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