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Author Prins, Gwyn.

Title The heart of war : on power, conflict and obligation in the twenty-first century / Gwyn Prins.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 308 pages) : illustrations, maps
data file
Physical Medium polychrome
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents pt. 1. Our intimate relationships with war -- 1. War, peace and the future of history -- 2. Cold wars : the phantom menace : part 1 -- 3. Outside and the inside of civil and uncivil war -- 4. A brief (and critical) encounter with academic security studies -- pt. 2. Rights, duty and the uses of force -- 5. Intervention in contention -- 6. Strategic raiding -- 7. Command in the new era -- pt. 3. Nuclear issue in the new era -- 8. Some pointers towards thinking about the nuclear issue in the century.
Summary Military forces are now confronted, not only with the non-conventional threats of terrorism, but with the moral dilemmas of humanitarian intervention and human rights. This is a controversial look at the changing face of war and the role of the military in the 21st century.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Security, International.
Security, International.
World politics -- 1989-
World politics.
Chronological Term 1989-
Subject Humanitarian intervention.
Humanitarian intervention.
Human rights.
Human rights.
Strategy.
Strategy.
Chronological Term Since 1989
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Human rights.
Other Form: Print version: Prins, Gwyn. Heart of war. London ; New York : Routledge, 2002 0415369614 0415369606 (OCoLC)50585534
ISBN 0203302141 (electronic book)
9780203302149 (electronic book)
9780415369619 (paperback)
0415369614 (paperback)
9780415369602
0415369606
0415369606 (hardback)