The future of war : the re-enchantment of war in the twenty-first century / / Christopher Coker
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| Autore: |
Coker Christopher
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| Titolo: |
The future of war : the re-enchantment of war in the twenty-first century / / Christopher Coker
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| Pubblicazione: | Malden, Massachusetts ; ; Oxford, England : , : Blackwell Publishers, , [2004] |
| ©2004 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (178 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 355.02 |
| Soggetto topico: | War - Forecasting |
| World politics - 21st century | |
| War | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The Future of war; Contents; Foreword by Michael Evans; Preface; 1 The Re-Enchantment of War; 2 The Warrior of the Future: Memes or Genes?; 3 Towards Post-human Warfare; 4 Beyond the Death Threshold; 5 The Death of Sacrifice; 6 To Be Concluded?; Notes; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In this book, Professor Christopher Coker presents an original and controversial thesis about the future of war.Argues that the biotechnology revolution has given war a new lease of life.Draws on thinkers from Hegel and Nietzsche to the postmodernists.Refers to modern fiction and films.Part of the prestigious Blackwell Manifestos series. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The future of war |
| ISBN: | 0-470-98403-1 |
| 1-282-34249-5 | |
| 0-470-69895-0 | |
| 9786612342493 | |
| 0-470-69840-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910146103003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Blackwell manifestos.