The world in conflict
Subtitle: understanding the world's troublespots
By: John Andrews
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9781610396172
Subjects: International relations; World politics; Conflict management
Description: "A journalist who has written for the Economist for almost 30 years tackles head-on the reasons why global conflict is an ever-present in our lives by analyzing today's conflicts continent by continent, considering the causes, participants, impact and likely outcomes,"--NoveList.
Notes: "First published in 2015 by Profile Books Ltd. in Great Britain"--Title page verso.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The reason why; title: Middle East and north Africa: connected by Islam; title: Africa: rich in resources, poor in governance; title: The UK and Europe: bloodied past, complacent present, uncertain future; title: The Americas: faith, drugs and revolution; title: The United States: both superpower and vulnerable; title: Asia: people and potential - for both peace and war; title: War without end?; title: Appendices.