Lauren Benton

Quotes

• “Historical actors on all sides were engaging in what I call “legal politics”—that is, they were using and citing law strategically while enmeshed in multi-sided conflicts and relationships. In the process, they were creating and reinforcing regimes of limited violence with very specific openings to extreme violence.”
• “We should heap skepticism on any group launching a small war or brief attack claiming that they possess workable mechanisms for keeping small wars small.”

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