Author profile: Manus Midlarsky

Manus I. Midlarsky is Moses and Annuta Back Professor of International Peace and Conflict Resolution and Director, Center for the Study of Mass Violence, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

Rationality, Emotion, and Protracted Civil War Violence

Manus Midlarsky • Sep 23 2013 • Articles

Why do some people initiate or prolong conflict when the odds are decidedly against them? An emotion-based theory provides an explanation of behavior at the onset of or during civil war.

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