Terrorism, Civil War, and Revolution

Peter Calvert is Emeritus Professor of Comparative and International Politics at the University of Southampton, UK.

• Preface; 1. Challenges to the State; 2. Use of Force in the International System; 3. Wars of National Liberation; 4. Leadership and Recruitment; 5. Aid and Intervention; 6. Counterinsurgency; Bibliography; Index.

"Words are prostitutes. Any terminology useful to the powerful or ambitious will be garbled and reinterpreted, often to counter its original meaning. Terms relating to conflict, or the use of violence and fear, are particularly vulnerable to such abuse. Thus Peter Calvert's latest book should be a must read not only for scholars and policy makers but also for all who are lost in the bewildering cacophony that passes these days for public discourse. Drawing upon extraordinarily broad and deep familiarity with the history of social change and its concomitant social struggle, Calvert salvages the integrity of abused concepts and sorts out fact from fiction, And he offers guidance that we must hope will lead to sounder analysis and policy decisions." --Jan Knippers Black, Professor, Monterey Institute of International Studies and author of The Politics of Human Rights Protection (2010)