{"product_id":"no-peace-no-war-paul-richards-9780821415764","title":"No Peace, No War: An Anthropology of Contemporary Armed Conflicts","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rash of small wars erupted after the Cold War ended in Africa, the Balkans, and other parts of the former communist world. The wars were in \"inter-zones,\" the spaces left where weak states had withdrawn or collapsed. Consequently the debate over what constitutes war has returned to basics. \u003ci\u003eNo Peace, No War\u003c\/i\u003e departs from the usual analysis that considers the new wars mindless mass actions to offer the paradoxical idea that to understand war one must deny war special status. Rather than leave war to the security specialists, these writers attempt to grasp its character as one among many aspects of social reality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Richards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082141576X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821415764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 6.54w x 0.66d","brand":"Paul Richards","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947345445119,"sku":"9780821415764","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_814c9ce9-0114-43e3-8c16-ef2536038ea6.jpg?v=1681518173","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/no-peace-no-war-paul-richards-9780821415764","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}