Conflict, Culture, and History: Regional Dimensions

Author: By Stephen J. Blank, et al, Karl P. Magyar
Conflict, Culture, and History: Regional Dimensions
University Press of the Pacific
2002
Pages: 376
ISBN: 1410200485 , 1585660434
Format: pdf
Size: 19 mb
Language: English
Quality: Good

Five specialists examine the historical relationship of culture and conflict in various regional societies. The authors use Adda B. Bozeman's theories on conflict and culture as the basis for their analyses of the causes, nature, and conduct of war and conflict in the Soviet Union, the Middle East, Sinic Asia (China, Japan, and Vietnam), Latin America, and Africa. Drs. Blank, Lawrence Grinter, Karl P. Magyar, Lewis B. Ware, and Bynum E. Weathers conclude that non-Western cultures and societies do not reject war but look at violence and conflict as a normal and legitimate aspect of sociopolitical behavior.