Dear @Politics_Oxford International & Security Conflict students, following my hint on @janetilewis ' "How Insurgency Begins", hereafter a selection of recent books by scholars working on different dimensions of civil war. They profoundly influenced how we understand civil wars.

Why do some military and rebel groups commit many types of violence, whereas others carefully control violence against civilians? @HooverGreen in her "The Commander's Dilemma" shows how political education and rebels' institutions make a difference. https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501726477/the-commanders-dilemma/#bookTabs=1

Do rebels organize wartime social order? And how and why? @anamarjona with her "Rebelocracy. Social Order in the Colombian Civil War" gives an innovative & essential reading for who wants to understand dynamics of conflict & governance during civil wars. https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/latin-american-government-politics-and-policy/rebelocracy-social-order-colombian-civil-war?format=HB&isbn=9781107126039

Do elections have unexpected consequences during civil war? And is civilians' displacement a mere byproduct of conflict or a possible tactic? @abbey_st in "Democracy and Displacement in Colombia's Civil War" answers masterly these critical questions. https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501713736/democracy-and-displacement-in-colombias-civil-war/#bookTabs=1

Why do rebels remilitarize after a peace agreement? @sarahzdaly provides in "Organized Violence after Civil War. The Geography of Recruitment in Latin America" a systematic analysis how variation in recruitment patterns within, & between, groups matters. https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/latin-american-government-politics-and-policy/organized-violence-after-civil-war-geography-recruitment-latin-america?format=PB

What explains violence against civilians in civil wars? @laiabalcells in "Rivalry & Revenge.The Politics of Violence during Civil War" studies the politics before the war & the role of emotions to explain civilians victimisation. Terrific historical data. https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/comparative-politics/rivalry-and-revenge-politics-violence-during-civil-war?format=PB