The World in Conflict: Understanding the World's Troublespots

by John Andrews

Book Overview

In the last decade, the USA and its allies have invaded Afghanistan; Russia has sent troops into Ukraine; Britain and France helped topple a regime in Libya; the militant group ISIS has emerged in the Middle East; and across West Africa, the quest for precious minerals has both financed and caused conflicts. Other conflicts are less bloody, but still dangerous - the nervous stand-off between India and Pakistan in Kashmir, for instance, or the continuing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610396170
• ISBN13: 9781610396172
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Economist
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 8.4"