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Return of the Barbarians - Confronting Non-State Actors from Ancient Rome to the Present (Hardcover)
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Return of the Barbarians - Confronting Non-State Actors from Ancient Rome to the Present (Hardcover)
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Barbarians are back. These small, highly mobile, and stateless
groups are no longer confined to the pages of history; they are a
contemporary reality in groups such as the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, and
ISIL. Return of the Barbarians re-examines the threat of violent
non-state actors throughout history, revealing key lessons that are
applicable today. From the Roman Empire and its barbarian challenge
on the Danube and Rhine, Russia and the steppes to the
nineteenth-century Comanches, Jakub J. Grygiel shows how these
groups have presented peculiar, long-term problems that could
rarely be solved with a finite war or clearly demarcated diplomacy.
To succeed and survive, states were often forced to alter their own
internal structure, giving greater power and responsibility to the
communities most directly affected by the barbarian menace.
Understanding the barbarian challenge, and strategies employed to
confront it, offers new insights into the contemporary security
threats facing the Western world.
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