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UNINA9910822475203321 |
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Autore |
Axe David |
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Titolo |
Shadow Wars : Chasing Conflict in an Era of Peace / / David Axe |
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Washington, D.C. : , : Potomac Books, , [2013] |
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Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2013 |
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©[2013] |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (263 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Strategic culture - United States |
Insurgency - Developing countries |
Terrorism - Prevention - History |
Special forces (Military science) - United States - History |
Drone aircraft - History |
Irregular warfare - United States - History |
Counterinsurgency - United States - History |
Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) |
Electronic books. |
United States Military policy Case studies |
Developing countries History, Military Case studies |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Tinkerers, dictators & soldiers of fortune -- Disillusioned -- Balkanization -- Backwaters -- Distracted -- Empowered -- Backlash -- The American way of war -- Full circle -- Epilogue -- Addendum. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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WarfareÆs evolution, especially since 2001, has irrevocably changed the meaning of war. In the twentieth centuryùhumankindÆs bloodiestù231 million people died in armed conflicts. Battlefield deaths since then have been steadily declining, despite the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and by 2012 less than 1 person in a million dies in war every year. This drastic change has led some academics to label our era one of peace, recalling the erroneously named ôHundred YearsÆ Peaceö or ôPax Britannicaö of the nineteenth century, which |
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