Nationalist review. (ethnic conflicts around the world)

From: Reason | Date: August 1, 1993| Author: Wooster, Martin Morse | Copyright information

Many countries around the world are engulfed in ethnic strife because of extreme nationalism. Foremost examples include neo-Nazism in Germany and the conflicts in the countries of the former USSR. The US should not get involved in any of these conflicts unless weapons of mass destruction are involved.

From Sarajevo to Sri Lanka, Jerusalem to Djakarta, it seems that much of the world is engaged in a war pitting one ethnic group against its rivals. In fact, a very interesting magazi...

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