- Published: 8 August 2023
- ISBN: 9780241988398
- Imprint: Penguin General UK
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 320
- RRP: $24.99
How Civil Wars Start
And How to Stop Them
- Published: 8 August 2023
- ISBN: 9780241988398
- Imprint: Penguin General UK
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 320
- RRP: $24.99
A vivid, compelling book on a globally vital issue. Timely, important and original
Professor Richard English, author of Does Terrorism Work? A History
When one of the world's leading scholars of civil war tells us that a country is on the brink of violent conflict, we should pay attention . . . This is an important book
Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, authors of How Democracies Die
How Civil Wars Start is a stop sign for us. What an imperative book for our time. Read and act
Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist
Polemical and essential
James A. Robinson, co-author of Why Nations Fail
Barbara F. Walter has drawn on decades of experience and unparalleled expertise to write a powerful and indispensable book. How Civil Wars Start brilliantly illuminates the history of civil wars and the profound dangers to our union today, serving as both a warning about the stakes in our politics and a call to action for those who want to preserve multiethnic democracy and the values that America is supposed to stand for
Ben Rhodes, author of After the Fall
An absorbing guide ... this book performs a valuable service
Sunday Times
A bracing manual . . . . Indispensable
Financial Times
Like those who spoke up clearly about the dangers of global warming decades ago, Walter delivers a grave message that we ignore at our peril
David Remnick, The New Yorker