| Description |
1 online resource (172 pages) |
| Series |
What is it for? |
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What is it for?
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| Contents |
Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- War in the Contemporary World -- War in Theory and Practice -- The Changing Context and Character of War -- The Problems of War -- The Future of War -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Index |
| Summary |
How does armed conflict shape global politics? When states wage war on their neighbours while denying its existence, what chance do we have to regulate it, and how will we ever achieve a more peaceful world? This book examines how changes to social rules - such as interpretations of international law - reshape how states explain their military actions, and changes to technology and society transform the activities that constitute contemporary warfare. Analysing the role that war serves in global politics, it outlines the multiple ways that war affects the contemporary world, from international relations to our day-to-day lives. Focusing on two competing visions of war - that war can and should be eliminated, and that war is a permanent problem to be managed - it takes the second path as a necessary step towards the first, in the maybe vain hope that it is ever achievable |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
War.
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Military art and science.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
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Military art and science
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War
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781529228403 |
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1529228409 |
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9781529228397 |
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1529228395 |
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