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The books for understanding each conflict.

History, field reporting and theory the team uses to read the conflicts it follows. A curated selection, organised by region and by conflict.

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76 books · 17 conflicts

Selected for October 2026

Book

Escape from Violence

Zolberg, A., Suhrke, A. & Aguayo, S.

Cuts across the 20 conflicts IAW tracks.

To understand each conflict

For reading any war

Theory that serves every shelf: why wars start, how they are fought and whom they reach.

How this library is built

A work belongs here if it helps make sense of a conflict: historical context, testimony, field reporting, theory that holds up outside the classroom. The test is not how recent or famous it is, but whether it leaves the reader better equipped to read tomorrow’s news.

Where there is a review, it is signed. An unsigned recommendation commits no one; a signed one does. When somebody argues with a review here, they are arguing with a person.

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The list is curated and partial, and will stay that way. A work missing from it is not a verdict on that work.

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