Barbara F. Walter
Autor(a) de How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them
About the Author
Barbara F. Walter is Professor of Political Science in the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California, San Diego. She is the author of Committing to Peace: The Successful Settlement of Civil Wars (2001) and cohyphen;editor of Territoriality and mostrar mais Conflict in an Era of Globalization (Cambridge, 2006) and Civil Wars, Insecurity and Intervention (1999). mostrar menos
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- Obras
- 6
- Membros
- 324
- Popularidade
- #73,085
- Avaliação
- 4.2
- Críticas
- 9
- ISBN
- 24
In the second half the author warns that the United States may be in danger of dropping into the anocracy zone and risks civil war. It has been clear for a long time that US politics is becoming more adversarial, but I'm was not quite convinced about the risk of civil war. The author argues that civil war in the United States could take the form of domestic terrorism perpetrated by white supremacist militias. However, it seems to me that these militias would have to experience massive growth in numbers and strength to challenge the rule of law. I don't see that happening without some kind of economic catastrophe or internal splintering of police and military forces, neither of which is on the horizon.
I think the US chapters are a false alarm, but I would recommend this book just for the civil war framework it presents in the first half.… (mais)