How Civil Wars Start and How To Stop Them

Public Affairs (Video)

Is the U.S. poised for a civil war? New York Times bestselling author and UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy's Barbara F. Walter, has spent over 30 years studying civil conflict. In her new book "How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them" she examines the dramatic rise in violent extremism around the globe – in Iraq, Ukraine, Ethiopia, Philippines, India, Syria – and reveals how many of the risk factors for civil war are emerging here in the United States. [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 37971]