How Civil Wars Start with Barbara F. Walter

Host Reed Galen is joined by Barbara F. Walter, one of the world's leading experts on civil wars, political violence, and terrorism who is an Author and Professor of International Affairs at UC San Diego. They discuss what sorts of societal/political factors contribute to the dangerous likelihood of civil war, whether or not we’re seeing any of those factors in the United States, and what must be done to restore our democracy which is currently headed in the wrong direction. For more on this, be sure to pick up Barbara’s latest book, How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them at your local bookseller.

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