Cities at war : global insecurity and urban resistance / Mary Kaldor, Saskia Sassen, editors.
Cities at war : global insecurity and urban resistance / Mary Kaldor, Saskia Sassen, editors.
Cities at war : global insecurity and urban resistance / Mary Kaldor, Saskia Sassen, editors.
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
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G 2020/2244
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English
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Physical content
vi, 250 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Content type
text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction : Global insecurity and urban capabilities / Mary Kaldor and Saskia Sassen -- Bamako, Mali : Danger and the divided geography of international intervention / Ruben Andersson -- Kabul : Bridging the gap between the state and the people / Florian Weigand -- Baghdad : War and insecurity in...
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2020]
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Summary
"Warfare in the twenty-first century goes well beyond conventional armies and nation-states. In a world of diffuse conflicts taking place across sprawling cities, war has become fragmented and uneven to match its settings. Yet the analysis of failed states, civil war, and state building rarely considers the city, rather than the country, as the ter...
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Cities at war : global insecurity and urban resistance / Mary Kaldor, Saskia Sassen, editors.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2020/2244
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74VKaPzl6aAg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaPzl6aAg
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9780231185387 hardcover
0231185383 hardcover
9780231185394 paperback
0231185391 paperback
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355.426
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991024312216802626
