Non-State Threats and Future Wars

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463080003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Routledge [Imprint], Sept. 2002; Abingdon, : Taylor & Francis Group; Florence, : Taylor & Francis Group [distributor]
• ISBN: 0-203-04586-6; 1-283-83830-3; 1-136-34568-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 p.)
• Disciplina: 355/.033
• Soggetti: National security; Non-governmental organizations; Military art and science - History - 20th century; Military art and science - History - 21st century; Terrorism - Prevention; Subversive activities; Crime prevention; World politics - 1989-; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "First appeared in a special issue ... of Small wars & insurgencies (ISSN 0959-2318) 13/2 (Summer 2002) published by Frank Cass"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references ([p. 185]-190) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Non-State Threats and Future Wars; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface: New Context, Smart Enemies: Phil Williams; Foreword: Netwar Observations: David F. Ronfeldt; Introduction and Strategic Overview: Epochal Change: Robert J. Bunker; Part One: Theory; The Transformation of War Revisited: Martin van Creveld; The New Warrior Class Revisited: Ralph Peters; Part Two: Non-State Threats and Case Studies; Transnational Organized Crime: Law Enforcement as a Global Battlespace: Mark Galeotti; Drug Cartels, Street Gangs, and Warlords: John P. Sullivan and Robert J. Bunker; Private Military Companies: Mercenaries for the 21st Century: Thomas K. AdamsNon-State Actors in Colombia: Threats to the State and to the Hemisphere: Max G. Manwaring; Kashmir, Pakistan and the War by Terror: Jasjit Singh; Part Three: Counter-OPFOR Strategies; Battlespace Dynamics, Information Warfare to Netwar, and Bond-Relationship Targeting: Robert J. Bunker; 'Cleansing Polluted Seas': Non-State Threats and the Urban Environment: Russell W. Glenn; Non-Lethal and Hyper-Lethal Weaponry: John B. Alexander and Charles 'Sid' Heal; Intelligence Preparation for Operations: Matt Begert and Dan LindsayNetworked Force Structure and C4I: John P. Sullivan; Part Four: Archives; The Structure of War: Early Fourth Epoch War Research: T. Lindsay Moore; View from the Wolves' Den: The Chechens and Urban Operations : David P. Dilegge and Matthew Van Konynenburg; Selected Bibliography; Abstracts; About the Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Annotation