Photographs and text explore the reasons for and the way in which wars have been fought over the last half of the twentieth century. It covers the peasant uprising that led to revolution in China, the guerrilla warfare of Vietnam, the terror tactics used to varying effect in Palestine, Algeria, and Latin America. It examines the role played by outsiders in Korea and the tribal and factional loyalties that have resulted in endemic violence of sub-Saharan Africa and the conflicts that continue to rage on the peripheries of the former Soviet Union.