Wars of plunder : conflicts, profits and the politics of resources / Philippe Le Billon.

From the publisher. From Iraq and Angola to Liberia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, resource-rich countries with high incidences of poverty are prone to devastating outbreaks of war. These conflicts are highly idiosyncratic, and the response of the international community to their occurrences...

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Main Author: Le Billon, Philippe
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2012], ©2012.
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Physical Description:xi, 363 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Format: Book

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