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Shadow Wars : Chasing Conflict in an Era of Peace / / David Axe



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Autore: Axe David Visualizza persona
Titolo: Shadow Wars : Chasing Conflict in an Era of Peace / / David Axe Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : Potomac Books, , [2013]
Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2013
©[2013]
Edizione: First edition.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 p.)
Disciplina: 355.02/15
Soggetto topico: 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)
Soggetto geografico: United States Military policy Case studies
Developing countries History, Military Case studies
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Tinkerers, dictators & soldiers of fortune -- Disillusioned -- Balkanization -- Backwaters -- Distracted -- Empowered -- Backlash -- The American way of war -- Full circle -- Epilogue -- Addendum.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 nonetheless saw many violent conflicts. But war hasnÆt gone extinct
Titolo autorizzato: Shadow Wars  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-61234-571-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910462685403321
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