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This article reviews the last 20 years of the struggle to understand the diffuse ISM, highlighting recent changes of fundamental aspects. It then provides a pictorial description consistent with those developments. Various caveats are discussed and a number of areas for future investigation identified. It ends with a hopeful glance toward understanding ISM phase segregation.
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Cox, D.P. (1990). The Diffuse Interstellar Medium. In: Thronson, H.A., Shull, J.M. (eds) The Interstellar Medium in Galaxies. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 161. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0595-5_7
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