The Three Image of ETHNIC WAR

The Three Images of Ethnic War identifies the causes of ethnic war at three levels of analysis; the group, the state, and the international. These are the three images of ethnic war. This book places the outbreak of violence within context of the state and the international system in which the violence unfolds. Hanlon examines three violent ethnic wars in Yugoslavia, NagornoKarabakh, and Iraq. Yugoslavia`s violent ethnic wars, the war over NagornoKarabakh, and the violent conflict between Kurds and Arabs in Iraqi Kurdistan demonstrate that ethnic violence is a complex and multifaceted occurrence. Hanlon argues that the numerous reasons why groups adopt violent means can only be understood through a multilevel framework of the three images of ethnic war and the interrelationship among them.