No friends but the mountains : dispatches from the world's violent highlands
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Published
New York : Basic Books, 2017.
Physical Desc
vii, 253 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Status
Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
355.009 MATLOF 2017
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355.009 MATLOF 2017
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Civil war -- History.
Ethnic conflict -- History.
Matloff, Judith -- Travel.
Military history, Modern -- 20th century
Military history, Modern -- 21st century
Mountain life -- Political aspects -- History.
Mountains -- Political aspects -- History.
Social conflict -- History.
Uplands -- Political aspects -- History.
Violence -- History.
Ethnic conflict -- History.
Matloff, Judith -- Travel.
Military history, Modern -- 20th century
Military history, Modern -- 21st century
Mountain life -- Political aspects -- History.
Mountains -- Political aspects -- History.
Social conflict -- History.
Uplands -- Political aspects -- History.
Violence -- History.
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Published
New York : Basic Books, 2017.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"A veteran war correspondent journeys to remote mountain communities across the globe--from Albania and Chechnya to Nepal and Colombia--to investigate why so many conflicts occur at great heights. Mountainous regions are home to only ten percent of the world's population yet host a strikingly disproportionate share of the world's conflicts. Mountains provide a natural refuge for those who want to elude authority, and their remoteness has allowed archaic practices to persist well into our globalized era. As Judith Matloff shows, the result is a combustible mix we in the lowlands cannot afford to ignore. Traveling to conflict zones across the world, she introduces us to Albanian teenagers involved in ancient blood feuds; Mexican peasants hunting down violent poppy growers; and Jihadists who have resisted the Russian military for decades. At every stop, Matloff reminds us that the drugs, terrorism, and instability cascading down the mountainside affect us all. A work of political travel writing in the vein of Ryszard Kapuscinski and Robert Kaplan, No Friends but the Mountains is an indelible portrait of the conflicts that have unexpectedly shaped our world"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Matloff, J. (2017). No friends but the mountains: dispatches from the world's violent highlands . Basic Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Matloff, Judith. 2017. No Friends but the Mountains: Dispatches From the World's Violent Highlands. Basic Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Matloff, Judith. No Friends but the Mountains: Dispatches From the World's Violent Highlands Basic Books, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Matloff, Judith. No Friends but the Mountains: Dispatches From the World's Violent Highlands Basic Books, 2017.
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