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In doing so, he draws on upon a remarkably extensive range of interviews and other sources. The hallmark ofWilson's study is the close attention he pays to locality, specificity and even particular personalities involved in the North Maluku conflict. - Asia Pacific Viewpoint  The ingenuity of Wilson's book lies in the way Wilson uses different theoretical perspectives to analyze how the conflict gradually escalated. On each phase he applies a different perspective, familiarizing the reader with resources mobilization theory, instrumentalist theories of violence, identity-related theories and the concept of security dilemma. These different perspectives make sense: Wilson shows how the earlier phases can be understood in the light of power struggles between elites, while in the later stages the fear for the other was so intense that, according to Wilson, people engaged in violent 'pre-emptive' attacks to regain a sense of security. 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