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"Brutally honest... a deeply extraordinary and original work."
- SEBASTIAN JUNGER.
With an estimated 250,000 people killed in 15 years, the Mexican drug war is the most violent conflict in the Western world. It shows no sign of abating. In this book, Dr Teun A. Voeten analyzes the dynamics of the violence. He argues it is a new type of war called hybrid warfare: multidimensional, elusive and unpredictable, fought at different levels, with different intensities with multiple goals. The war ISIS has declared against the West is another example of hybrid warfare.
Voeten interprets drug cartels as ultra-capitalist predatory corporations thriving in a neoliberal, globalized economy. They use similar branding and marketing strategies as legitimate business. He also looks at the anthropological, individual level and explains how people can become killers. Voeten compares Mexican sicarios, West African child soldiers and Western jihadis and sees the same logic of cruelty that facilitates perpetrating 'inhumane' acts that are in fact very human.
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"Brutally honest... a deeply extraordinary and original work." - SEBASTIAN JUNGER. With an estimated 250,000 people killed in 15 years, the Mexican drug war is the most violent conflict in the Wester...
Specificaties
Auteur
Teun Voeten
Uitgever
Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V.
Taal
Engels
Aantal pagina's
438
Ondertitel
Hybrid Warfare, Predatory Capitalism and the Logic of Cruelty
Formaat
Paperback
Publicatiedatum
29 november 2020
ISBN
9781664134157
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