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1 online resource (xviii, 257 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
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At the interface, probing the bondaries ; v. 80
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At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 80.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Transformations of War; Part I New Concepts of War and Terror; Fighting for Peace: From the Social War to Armed Democracy; Foucault and the Continuation of War; Why There is No Such Thing as Political Terrorism; Part II Confronting the New Wars: Law, Security and Diplomacy; The Legality of Targeted Killing as an Instrument of War: The Case of the US Targeting of Qaed SalimSinan al-Harethi; Insecurity by Impreciseness: Towards a Specific Concept of Security. |
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Towards an Enhanced Understanding of Diplomacy as the Business of PeacePart III New Wars, History and Cultural Change; The Changing Ottoman Perception of War: From the Foundation of the Empire to Its Disintegration; Youth and Peace: Alternative Voices in Lebanon; The Correspondent's Experience of War; Part IV Waging the New Wars; 'Like a Phoenix from the Ashes': The IRA as a Multi-Generational Movement and its Relevancefor the War on Terror; Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright; From Manifest Degradation to Latent Anticipation: Military Boredom in the First World War and Afghanistan. |
| Summary |
In the last few decades the practice, purpose and the very language of warfare have been radically transformed. This volume mobilizes the resources of a range of disciplines across the social sciences and humanities in combination with the insights of military practitioners to understand the metamorphosis of war. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
War.
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War. |
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War (Philosophy)
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War (Philosophy) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Plaw, Avery, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Metamorphosis of war. Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2012 9789042035713 (OCoLC)810999450 |
| ISBN |
9789401208468 (electronic book) |
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9401208468 (electronic book) |
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6613969370 |
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9786613969378 |
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9789042035713 |
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9042035714 |
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9781283656870 |
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1283656876 |
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