Category: War

Shadows of War, page 184: …The children take great exception to the common statements that children born and bred in war are a “lost generation”…. Illusion, the children respond. We know how we came to live this way. We can see who has and who doesn’t, who gives and who takes. We know we take…

Shadows of War, page 196: I asked him: “If, at the end of the colonial or apartheid era your government asked you to recommend an economic development plan, what would you recommend?” He responded: “My first inclination is to say that the countries must ask their people to continue working in the same way for…

Nordstrom’s book, Shadows of War, will put a spin on the idea that one can develop rules of engagement (ROE) for peace-keeping missions. How can one develop ROE when the soldiers, INGOs, GOs are all involved in every form of trade, resource extraction, etc., that a country can support. Or, are ROE only for highly-trained…