Friend or Foe - (Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics) by Nils Hägerdal (Paperback)

The Friend or Foe book by Nils Hägerdal is a groundbreaking study that sheds new light on the dynamics of ethnic violence in civil wars.

By examining the Lebanese civil war, Hägerdal uncovers a new theory that highlights the interplay between ethnicity and intelligence gathering.

He shows how militias can obtain reliable intelligence to distinguish between neutral and hostile non-coethnics, allowing them to target individual opponents while leaving civilians in peace.

This book is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the complex and multifaceted logic of ethnic violence in civil wars.

With its rich and rigorous account, Friend or Foe offers important insights into how local demographics and intelligence shaped incentives and opportunities for selective violence or ethnic cleansing.

Don't miss out on this innovative and descriptively rich study that sheds new light on the processes that generate violence or coexistence when a diverse society descends into armed conflict.