TY - BOOK AU - Misra,Amalendu TI - Politics of civil wars: conflict, intervention and resolution SN - 0415403456 AV - JC328.6 .M57 2008 U1 - 303.64 22 PY - 2008/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Civil war KW - Conflict management KW - Violence N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-175) and index; Theorising civil war -- Poverty of nationalism -- Erotics of violence -- Impasse in intervention -- Responsibility to rebuild : tasks for Sisyphus -- Governing the ungovernable -- Realms of reconciliation -- Closing the conflict cycle N2 - Civil war is one of the critical issues of our time. Although intrastate in nature, it has a disproportionate and overwhelming effect on the overall peace and stability of contemporary international society. This book investigates why civil wars have become so widespread and how can they be contained? ER -