Middle East/Central Asia. Afghanistan/Pakistan ; Iraq ; Iran ; Israel and friends ; Turkey ; Bonus stress: Sorting out the Stans -- Africa. D.R. Congo : the great African war ; Sudan ; Somalia ; Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Côte d'Ivoire: blood diamond land ; Zimbabwe ; Western Sahara/Sahrawi Republic ; Bonus stress: You got Ghana in my Guinea -- South Asia. Sri Lanka ; Burma ; Kashmir ; Nepal (with Bhutan added for extra enlightenment) -- East and Southeast Asia. North Korea ; Thailand ; Laos ; Indonesia ; East Timor ; The Philippines -- Americas. Colombia ; Mexico ; Haiti ; Central America -- Europe. Chechnya ; Kosovo ; United Kingdom ; Spain ; Germany ; Bonus stress: How to start a war in 10 easy steps.
Summary:
The news gives you events but rarely context. So what do al-Qaeda, North Korea, and Iran really want? Which faction is which in Iraq and who's arming whom? What's the deal with Somalia, Darfur, and Kashmir? Fatah, Hamas, and Hezbollah? Finally, here's a handy, often stunning guide to the world's recent conflicts, from the large and important to the completely absurd. Detailed with more than fifty original maps, photographs, and illustrations, Who Hates Whom summarizes more than thirty global hotspots with concise essays, diagrams, and (where possible) glimmers of kindness and hope.--From publisher description.
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