The hidden structure of violence : who benefits from global violence and war /

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Acts of violence assume many forms: they may travel bythe arc of a guided missile or in the language of an economic policy, and theymay leave behind a smoldering village or a starved child. The all-pervasivenessof violence makes it seem like an unavoidable, and ultimately incomprehensible, aspect of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Pilisuk, Marc (Author), Rountree, Jennifer Achord (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Monthly Review Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Violence.
War, Cost of.
War.
Guerre > Coût.
Guerre.
violence.
armed conflicts.
wars.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Violence
War
War, Cost of
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The costs of modern war
  • Killing : war and the minds of men
  • The hidden structure of violence
  • People, farmland, water, and narcotics
  • Networks of power
  • Realpolitik: strategies and tactics for winning
  • Disinformation
  • Values and habits that maintain a violent system
  • The evolution of corporate power to inflict
  • Violence and injustice : dangers and hopes.

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