Useful Enemies - When Waging Wars Is More Important Than Winning Them

There are currently between twenty and thirty civil wars worldwide, while at a global level the Cold War has been succeeded by a "war on drugs" and a "war on terror" that continues to rage a decade after 9/11. This title investigates why conflicts are so

About the author

David Keen, professor of complex emergencies at the London School of Economics, is the author of Endless War?, The Benefits of Famine, and Complex Emergencies. He lives in Oxford.

Product details

• Authors: David Keen, Keen David
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2012
• EAN: 9780300162745
• ISBN: 978-0-300-16274-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science