The changing character of war /

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Over the last decade (and indeed ever since the Cold War), the rise of insurgents and non-state actors in war, and their readiness to use terror and other irregular methods of fighting, have led commentators to speak of 'new wars'. They have assumed that the 'old wars' were waged...

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Gespeichert in:
Hauptverfasser:
Strachan, Hew, Scheipers, Sibylle
Körperschaft:
Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War (Content Provider)
Weitere Verfasser:
Strachan, Hew (HerausgeberIn), Scheipers, Sibylle (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Zusammenfassung:
Over the last decade (and indeed ever since the Cold War), the rise of insurgents and non-state actors in war, and their readiness to use terror and other irregular methods of fighting, have led commentators to speak of 'new wars'. They have assumed that the 'old wars' were waged solely between states, and were accordingly fought between comparable and 'symmetrical' armed forces. Much of this commentary has lacked context or sophistication. It has been bounded by norms andtheories more than the messiness of reality. Fed by the impact of the 9/11 attacks, it has privileged some wars and certain
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1 online resource (575 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-180354-5
0-19-161889-6
Schlagworte:
War (Philosophy)
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