VOLUME 1: Africa VOLUME 2: Europe, Central Asia, and Other Regions 'This is a superb manuscript, and one that will become a standard reference in the field for students of conflict and civil war.' -Robert Bates, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Harvard University The two volumes of Understanding Civil War build upon the World Bank's prior research on conflict and violence, particularly on the work of Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler, whose model of civil war onset has sparked