Agents of Violence: Non-governmental armed forces in Southwest Asia, North Africa and beyond

The violent conflicts of recent decades in Southwest Asia, North Africa and adjacent regions are often read in terms of the conventional parameters of an international order of sovereign nation states. However, in recent years, non-governmental armed forces have emerged to play an increasingly signi...

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Contributors: Lohlker, Rüdiger 1959- (Editor) ; Ivanyi, Katharina (Editor)
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Published: Leiden Boston Singapore Paderborn Vienna Brill | Schöningh [2024]
In:Year: 2024
Series/Journal:Religion and Transformation in Contemporary European Society 28
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