Bøker av David Keen

Examines the political, economic and psychological functions of the 'war on terror' -- arguing that war is often an end in itself.

First paperback edition with a new and updated author's introduction, and a Foreword by Douglas H. Johnson..

Was the Iraq war really an act of goodwill to liberate people from injustice? Or was it a strategic move to maintain US dominance globally? *BR**BR*This book casts a critical light on the real motives behind war and conflict. David Keen explores how winning war is rarely an end in itself; rather, war tends to be part of a wider political and economic game that is consistent with strengthening the enemy. Keen devises a radical framework for analysing an unending war project, where the 'war on terror' is an extension of the Cold War.*BR**BR*The book draws on the author's detailed study of wars in Sudan, Sierra Leone, as well as in a range of other conflicts.

There are currently between twenty and thirty civil wars worldwide, while at a global level the Cold War has been succeeded by a "e;war on drugs"e; and a "e;war on terror"e; that continues to rage a decade after 9/11. Why is this, when we know how destructive war is in both human and economic terms? Why do the efforts of aid organizations and international diplomats founder so often?In this important book David Keen investigates why conflicts are so prevalent and so intractable, even when one side has much greater military resources. Could it be that endemic disorder and a "e;state of emergency"e; are more useful than bringing conflict to a close? Keen asks who benefits from wars--whether economically, politically, or psychologicallyand argues that in order to bring them successfully to an end we need to understand the complex vested interests on all sides.