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03083aam a2200349 i 4500 001 D6BA59F4EE0211ECABFB385646ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220617010046 008 181217t20212021enkb b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780190949624 020 $a 0190949627 035 $a (OCoLC)1078994828 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d UAB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d DCK $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d SILO 043 $a e-yu--- 050 4 $a DR1313.7.A85 $b F47 2021 100 1 $a Ferguson, Kate, $e author. 245 10 $a Architectures of violence : $b the command structures of modern mass atrocities / $c Kate Ferguson. 264 1 $a Oxford : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2021] 300 $a xxviii, 299 pages : $b maps ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-280) and index. 505 0 $a Proloque: A very short history of the end of Yugoslavia -- Architectures of violence and atrocity -- Constructing an architecture of atrocity : the Serbian model -- An architecture of opportunism : the Croatian model -- An irregular architecture of defense : the Bosnian Muslim model -- Criminal structures -- Cultures of violence, local networks and social complicity. 520 $a Paramilitary or irregular units have been involved in practically every case of identity-based mass violence in the modern world, but detailed analysis of these dynamics is rare. Exploring the case of former Yugoslavia, the genocides in Rwanda and Darfur, and the ongoing violence in Syria, Kate Ferguson exposes the relationships between paramilitaries, state commands, local communities, and organized crime. She presents these 'architectures of violence' as a way of comprehending how the various structures of command and control fit together into domestic and international webs of support enabling and encouraging irregular and paramilitary violence. Visible paramilitary participation in modern mass atrocities has succeeded in masking the continued dominance of the state in a number of violent crises. Irregular combatants have participated so significantly in committing atrocity crimes because political elites benefit from using unconventional forces to fulfil ambitions that violate international law--and international policy responses are hindered when responsibility for violence is ambiguous. Ferguson's inquiry into these overlooked dynamics of mass violence unveils substantial loopholes in current atrocity prevention architecture. Until these are addressed, state authorities will likely continue to use irregular combatants as perpetrators of atrocity. 650 0 $a Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 $x Atrocities. 650 0 $a Paramilitary forces $z Yugoslavia $y 20th century. 650 6 $a Forces paramilitaires $z Yougoslavie $y 20e siecle. 650 7 $a Atrocities. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00820727 650 7 $a Paramilitary forces. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01052998 651 7 $a Yugoslavia. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01279262 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20230517011340.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D6BA59F4EE0211ECABFB385646ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search