Stealth Conflicts

Many of the world's deadliest conflicts are largely ignored - becoming off-the-radar 'stealth conflicts'. Virgil Hawkins reveals and explains the highly distorted and assimilated responses to foreign conflicts by major actors in the world. He examines the agenda-setting processes of policy makers, the media, the public and academics in relation to foreign conflicts.

Contents: Introduction; The state of world conflict; Conflict consciousness and stealth conflicts; Policymakers; The media; The public; Academia; Conclusions: what makes stealth conflicts?; Bibliography; Index.