Barbara F. Walter is the Rohr Professor of International Relations at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Walter runs the award-winning blog Political Violence at a Glance and has written for the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Reuters and Foreign Affairs.
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*
An absorbing guide ... this book performs a valuable service
*Sunday Times*
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*
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
*The New Yorker*
Polemical and essential
*James A. Robinson, co-author of Why Nations Fail*
A vivid, compelling book on a globally vital issue. Timely,
important and original
*Professor Richard English, author of Does Terrorism Work? A
History*
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*
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