end to civil war in both countries. The approach adopted is to study the emergence of these military options within the … context of each country's history and to assess whether the call for war was merely a consequence of the war on terror, or … driven by internal elements. The paper explores the epistemological groundings and pitfalls of the all-out war theory …

By defining political economy and war in the broadest sense, this unique Handbook brings together a wide range of …. These include an analysis of why wars begin, how wars are waged, what happens after war has ceased, and the various … alternatives to war. Other sections explore civil war and revolution, the arms trade, economic and political systems, and post …