The Logic of Violence in Civil War
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The Logic of Violence in Civil War
| Author | Stathis N. Kalyvas |
|---|---|
| Published | 2006 |
| Pages | 510 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Stathis Kalyvas’s account of why civil-war violence is selective where control is contested and indiscriminate where it is not, built on micro-level data including denunciation records from the Greek civil war. Its central finding is that much wartime killing is settled by private local scores rather than by ideology. |
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @SpencrGreenberg — named in the answers to his question “What non-fiction book taught you the most about how the world (or how humanity or society) really works?” (the thread, June 2025). The full list of replies is on A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet).
Connections
- A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- War — the subject.
- People Over Politics — the portfolio idea this sits closest to.
What links here
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