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The Logic of Violence in Civil War (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)

Stathis N. Kalyvas

By analytically decoupling war and violence, this book explores the causes and dynamics of violence in civil war. Against the prevailing view that such violence is an instance of impenetrable madness, the book demonstrates that there is logic to it and that it has much less to do with collective emo...

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The Ezra Klein Show

Ezra highlighted it as a great book that explains why civilians cooperate with insurgents and the dynamics of violence in civil wars.

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There's a great book on this by Stathis Kallides, who's a Greek political scientist. It's called The Logic of Violence in Civil Wars.

— Episode: If Not This, Then What Should Israel Do?

Episode: If Not This, Then What Should Israel Do?

Ezra highlighted it as a great book that explains why civilians cooperate with insurgents and the dynamics of violence in civil wars.

"

There's a great book on this by Stathis Kallides, who's a Greek political scientist. It's called The Logic of Violence in Civil Wars.

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