The SSL ‘Book of the Month’ feature highlights a book in our collection that has been chosen by one of our Subject Consultants. This may be a recent addition to our stock or an existing item that we would like to share with you.
July’s Book of the Month was selected by Sarah Rhodes, Subject Consultant for International Development and Forced Migration.
Guilt by location: forced displacement and population sorting in civil war
Adam Lichtenheld
Cambridge University Press, 2025
It was chosen to highlight the increasingly prevalent issue of insurgent groups forcing civilians to relocate to determine their political loyalties.
Book Overview
Population displacement is a devastating feature of contemporary conflict with far-reaching political and humanitarian consequences. This book demonstrates the extent to which displacement is a deliberate strategy of war, not just a consequence of it.
Reviews
‘In this gripping book, Adam Lichtenheld gives us new tools to understand forced migration. Armed groups displace civilians not only to remove rival sympathizers, but also to identify them to begin with. This insight shows why displacement is such a prevalent form of wartime violence.’
Abby Steele, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Amsterdam
How can I access it?
We have one lending copy of this book, which is located on our New Books Display Area (around the corner from our Issue Desk). Its shelfmark is HV 640.LIC 2025. It is also available as an eBook which can be accessed from a Bodleian Library computer or use it remotely, by logging on to SOLO with your SSO.
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