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Download or read book The Geography of War and Peace written by Colin Flint and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our world of increasing and varied conflicts is confusing and threatening to citizens of all countries, as they try to understand its causes and consequences. This book takes advantage of a diversity of geographic perspectives as it analyzes the political processes of war and their spatial expression.

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