The Hidden Structure of Violence: Who Benefits from Global Violence and War

Acts of violence assume many forms: they may travel by
the arc of a guided missile or in the language of an economic policy, and they
may leave behind a smoldering village or a starved child. The all-pervasiveness
of violence makes it seem like an unavoidable, and ultimately incomprehensible,
aspect of the modern world. But, in this detailed and expansive book, Marc Pilisuk and Jen Rountree demonstrate
otherwise. Widespread violence, they argue, is in fact an expression of the
underlying social o...