Stealth Conflicts: How the World's Worst Violence is IgnoredMany of the world's deadliest conflicts are largely ignored - becoming off-the-radar 'stealth conflicts'. Virgil Hawkins reveals and explains the highly distorted and assimilated responses to foreign conflicts by major actors in the world. He examines the |
Contents
The State of World Conflict | 7 |
Conflict Consciousness and Stealth Conflicts | 35 |
Policymakers | 61 |
The Media | 105 |
The Public | 141 |
Academia | 165 |
What Makes Stealth Conflicts? | 187 |
Bibliography | 207 |
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