Historical conflict legacies remain live resources for contemporary political mobilization

Evidence

A historical legacy of conflict exists to be exploited and used by those who see reason to do so. In these relationships history is alive, well, and terrifying. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 719

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Inherited legacies shape politics by constraining, framing, and shortcutting — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 133; War damages persist for generations in bodies and land beyond official victory — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 585