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`Where Ignorant Armies Clash by Night'

2003; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 6; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/13678779030063002

1460-356X

Paul Gilroy,

Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics

In explicit opposition to any explanatory discourse that invokes a `clash of civilisations', this article suggests that the history of Europe's colonial adventures provides a number of worthwhile clues as to the legal and military basis of the emergent new world order.