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The post-modern war on terror is more like the pre-modern blood feud than either is like a conventional war. For
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“Those who can think up feminism or structuralism; those who can't apply such insights to "Moby Dick" or "The Cat in the Hat".”
― After Theory
― After Theory
“Killing, and being prepared to send one's own followers to their deaths is an index of seriousness in bargaining.”
― The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa: Money, War and the Business of Power
― The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa: Money, War and the Business of Power
“Indeed, post-colonial theory first emerged in the wake of the failure of the Third World nations to go it alone. It marked the end of the era of Third World revolutions and the first glimmerings of what we now know as globalization.”
― After Theory
― After Theory
“...revolutionary nationalism was by far the most successful radical tide of the the twentieth century.”
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― After Theory
“For the student of war, the Horn of Africa offers a cornucopia of violence and destruction. It has interstate wars and civil wars; international military interventions and maritime piracy; genocidal massacres and non-violent popular uprisings; conventional wars fought in trenches and irregular wars fought by jihadists and followers of a messianic cult.”
― The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa: Money, War and the Business of Power
― The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa: Money, War and the Business of Power
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