03556nam 22007454a 450 991095528820332120200520144314.01-134-25749-X1-134-25750-31-283-70799-31-280-10032-X97866101003230-203-00133-810.4324/9780203001332(CKB)1000000000405104(EBL)235347(OCoLC)299570337(SSID)ssj0000237257(PQKBManifestationID)11188317(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000237257(PQKBWorkID)10189424(PQKB)11351510(Au-PeEL)EBL235347(CaPaEBR)ebr10094400(CaONFJC)MIL402049(OCoLC)824528127(OCoLC)60846872(Au-PeEL)EBL5292627(CaONFJC)MIL10032(MiAaPQ)EBC235347(MiAaPQ)EBC5292627(PPN)198462166(EXLCZ)99100000000040510420040602d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRethinking the nature of war /edited by Isabelle Duyvesteyn and Jan AngstromLondon ;New York Frank Cass20051 online resource (260 p.)Cass contemporary security studies seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-35462-5 0-415-35461-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Debating the nature of modern war / Jan Angstrom -- Strategy in an age of 'low-intensity' warfare: why Clausewitz is still more relevant than his critics / M.L.R. Smith -- The concept of conventional war and armed conflict in collapsed states / Isabelle Duyvesteyn -- Warfare in civil wars / Stathis N. Kalyvas -- A different kind of war? September 11 and the United States' Afghan war / Colin Mcinnes -- New wars, old warfare? comparing US tactics in Vietnam and Afghanistan / Kersti Larsdotter -- The wars in former Yugoslavia in the 1990s: bringing the state back in / Bob De Graaff -- International operations to contain violence in a complex emergency / John Mackinlay -- Theories of globalisation and sub-state conflict / Paul B. Rich -- Elaborating the 'new war' thesis / Mary Kaldor -- Rethinking the nature of war: some conclusions / Isabelle Duyvesteyn.Have globalization, virulent ethnic differences, and globally operating insurgents fundamentally changed the nature of war in the last decade? Interpretations of war as driven by politics and state rationale, formulated most importantly by the 19th century practitioner Carl von Clausewitz, have received strong criticism. Political explanations have been said to fall short in explaining conflicts in the Balkans, Africa, Asia and the attacks of 11 September 2001 in the United States.This book re-evaluates these criticisms not only by scrutinising Clausewitz's arguments and theiContemporary security studies.WarWorld politics1989-War.World politics355.0289.83bclDuyvesteyn Isabelle1972-1296678Ångström Jan1863854MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910955288203321Rethinking the nature of war4470540UNINA