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WW Norton & Co Forged Through Fire: War, Peace, and the
Book SynopsisPeace, many would agree, is a goal that democratic nations should strive to achieve. Considering the question of whether democracy is dependent on war, two celebrated political scientists trace the ways in which governments have mobilised armies since antiquity. They find that our modern form of democracy not only evolved in a brutally competitive environment but also was quickly excised when the powerful no longer needed their citizenry to defend against existential threats. Bringing to life many of the battles that shaped our world, the authors show how centralised monarchies replaced feudalism, why dictatorships can mobilise large forces but often fail at long-term military campaigns and how drone warfare has weakened democracy. In the spirit of Francis Fukuyama and Niall Ferguson, Forged Through Fire has far-reaching implications and will become the centrepiece of the democratic debate.
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University of Calgary Press Secession and Separatist Conflicts in Postcolonial Africa
Book SynopsisWars fought for political separation have become omnipresent in post-colonial Africa. From the division of Sudan, to the continued fragmentation of Somalia, and the protracted struggles of Cabinda and Azawad, conflict over secession and separation continues to the present day.This is the first single volume to examine the historical arc of secession and secessionist conflict across sub-Saharan Africa. Paying particular attention to the development of secessionist conflicts and their evolving goals, Secession and Separatist Conflicts in Postcolonial Africa draws on case studies and rigorous research to examine three waves of secessionist movements, themselves defined by international conflict and change. Using detailed case studies, the authors offer a framework to understand how secession and separation occur, how these are influenced by both preceding movements and global political trends, and how their ongoing legacies continue to shape African regional politics.Deeply engaging and thoroughly researched, this book presents a nuanced and important and important new overview of African separatist and secessionist conflicts. It addresses the structures, goals, and underlying influences of these movements within a broader global context to impart a rich understanding of why these conflicts are waged, and how they succeed or fail.Table of Contents Introduction Part I: The Civil Secessions Chapter One: The Secession of Katanga, 1960-1963 Chapter Two: The Secession of Biafra, 1967-1970 Part II: The Long Wars Chapter Three: The Anomaly of Eritrean Secession, 1961-1993 Chapter Four: The Secession of South Sudan, 1955-2005 Part III: The New Wave of Secessions Chapter Five: De Facto Secession and the New Borders of Africa: Somaliland, 1991-Present Chapter Six: Transnational Communities and Secession: The Azawad Secessionists, 1990-1996 Conclusion: Secession and the Secessionist Motive into the 21st Century
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Edward Elgar Research Handbook on Warfare and Artificial
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Edward Elgar Publishing Research Handbook on Cyberwarfare
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Liverpool University Press Debating Civil-Military Relations in Latin
Book SynopsisThe study of civil-military relations in Latin America produced a rich debate and research agenda prior to 2000. But this agenda was largely abandoned during the past decade as the spectre of military dictatorship has virtually disappeared, with the political role of the military in many countries dramatically diminished. Indeed, in no country that has initiated a process of holding the military accountable to civilian control has the military openly rebelled. Yet, the institutions and public attitudes that guarantee democratic civilian control of the military exist in a general context of political polarisation, citizen insecurity and in many countries a sense of developing ungovernability. The military coup in Honduras (2009), the military response to the police rebellion in Ecuador (2010), and the speculation concerning the Venezuelan military's behaviour in the event that Hugo Chavez is incapacitated or dies (2013), demonstrates the relevance and importance of the civil-military relationship today. In this volume leading scholars from Latin America, the U.S. and Spain debate the ability of contemporary Latin American civil-military relationships to weather these challenges. The authors examine new types of regimes (the rise of participatory democracy), new political orientations (the renaissance of the Left in Latin America), and new missions for the military. Debate centres on the indicators to evaluate the level of consolidation of civilian control, the manner in which these indicators are measured, and the empirical ambiguities that arise. These challenges must be confronted in order to effectively address the question of how much progress has been made in the region in subordinating the military to civilian control, which countries are lagging behind, and why. Published in association with CILAS, University of California, San Diego.
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de Gruyter Violent Alternatives to War
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Leiden University Press Towards a Data-driven Military: A
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Taylor & Francis Ltd EU Security Missions and the IsraeliPalestinian Conflict
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Taylor & Francis War Time
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Warfare in the Twentieth Century Theory and
Book SynopsisThe twentieth century was dominated by war and by preparations for war in a way that is unparalleled in history. Originally published in 1988, this textbook highlights key themes of warfare throughout the world and emphasizes the gulf between the theory of war and its practice.The contributors are professional historians and strategists who consider the impact of war upon society, theories of insurgency and counter-insurgency and nuclear strategy, as well as more traditional topics' such as tactics and strategy on land, the role of sea power, the evolution of strategic bombing, colonial and revolutionary warfare. Each chapter discusses recent research on the topic and provides guides to further reading. Together they give a clear up-to-date overview of the conflicts which dominated the twentieth century.This textbook is useful reading for all students and teachers of strategic and war studies, military history and international relations and for all those concerned witTable of ContentsEditor’s Introduction. Contributors. 1. Total War Ian F. W. Beckett 2. Colonial Warfare 1900–39 Keith Jeffrey 3. Blitzkreig and Attrition: Land Operations in Europe 1914–45 G. D. Sheffield 4. Naval Power Geoffrey Till 5. The Theory and Practice of Strategic Bombing John Pimlott 6. Nuclear Strategy Colin McInnes 7. Limited War Robin Brown 8. Guerrilla Warfare: Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency Since 1945 Ian F. W. Beckett 9. The Battlefield Since 1945 D. J. Pay. Further Reading. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Warfare in the Twentieth Century
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Privatizing War
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare Routledge Companions to History
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Humane Warfare
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Economic Phenomena Before and After War A Statistical Theory of Modern Wars Routledge library editions
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Evolution of Military Strategy Volume 1 Vol 1 Adelphi Papers Reissue Hardback
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Evolution of Military Strategy Volume 2 Vol 2 Adelphi Papers Reissue Hardback
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Development of Strategic Studies Adelphi Papers Reissue Hardback
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Character of War in the 21st Century
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Contemporary Military Innovation
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Taylor & Francis Buddhism and Violence
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Taylor & Francis Routledge Handbook of Ethics and War
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Taylor & Francis Ltd War Ethics and Justice New Perspectives on a Post911 World Contemporary Security Studies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Others War Recognition and the Violence of Ethics Author Tarik Kochi May2010
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Legitimising the Use of Force in International Politics
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Taylor & Francis Ltd War ethics and justice New Perspectives on a Post911 World Contemporary Security Studies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Justice Intervention and Force in International Relations
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Taylor & Francis Civilians and Modern War
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Taylor & Francis Indias Grand Strategy
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Taylor & Francis CivilMilitary Relations in PostConflict Societies
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Taylor & Francis Power Shifts Strategy and War
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Taylor & Francis Ltd US Defence Strategy from Vietnam to Operation Iraqi Freedom Military Innovation and the New American War of War 19732003 Strategy and History
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Taylor & Francis Ltd US Defence Strategy from Vietnam to Operation Iraqi Freedom Military Innovation and the New American War of War 19732003 Strategy and History
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Taylor & Francis Power Shifts Strategy and War
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Preventive Diplomacy Stopping Wars Before They Start
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Preventive Diplomacy Stopping Wars Before They Start
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Taylor & Francis The Social Construction of Man the State and War Identity Conflict and Violence in Former Yugoslavia
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Taylor & Francis Ltd If War Comes Tomorrow The Contours of Future Armed Conflict Soviet Russian Military Theory and Practice
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge Handbook of Ethics and War
Book SynopsisThis new Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of contemporary extensions and alternatives to the just war tradition in the field of the ethics of war. The modern history of just war has typically assumed the primacy of four particular elements: jus ad bellum, jus in bello, the state actor, and the solider. This book will put these four elements under close scrutiny, and will explore how they fare given the following challenges: What role do the traditional elements of jus ad bellum and jus in belloand the constituent principles that follow from this distinctionplay in modern warfare? Do they adequately account for a normative theory of war? What is the role of the state in warfare? Is it or should it be the primary actor in just war theory? Can a just war be understood simply as a response to territorial aggression between state actors, or should other actions be accommodated under legitimate recourse to armed conflict? Trade Review'...the book as a whole covers contemporary just war thinking with a philosophical breadth rarely found in ethics of war treatments. Highly Recommended.'CHOICE Review February 2014Table of ContentsIntroduction: Not Just Wars: Expansions and Alternatives to the Just War Tradition Fritz Allhoff, Nicholas G. Evans and Adam Henschke Part I: Theories of War: Revisiting the Just War Tradition Jus Ad Bellum 1. Can Soldiers be Expected to Know Whether Their War is Just? Jeff McMahan 2. Is Just War Theory Obsolete? Jeff Whitman 3. Just War Theory: Going to War and Collective Self-Deception Richard Werner Jus In Bello 4. The Moral Foundations of the Jus Ad Bellum/Jus In Bello Distinction Steve Viner 5. Jus Ad Vim and the Just Use of Lethal Force-Short-Of-War S. Brandt Ford 6. Revisionist Just War Theory and the Real World: A Cautiously Optimistic Proposal Bradley Jay Strawser Jus Post Bellum 7. The Place of Jus Post Bellum in Just War Considerations Emily Pollard 8. Jus Post Bellum: War Closure in the 21st Century Richard M. O’Meara 9. Reasonable Chance of Success: Analyzing the Postwar Requirements of Jus Ad Bellum Todd Burkhardt 10. Post-War Policy: Lessons for Iraq, Afghanistan, and Beyond Brian Orend Part II: Faces of War: Beyond States and Soldiers Irregular Wars 11. Soft Power and Jus In Bello: What Tactics are Effective and Necessary? Michael Gross 12. Rethinking Legitimate Authority: Who Meets the Criteria? Anne Schwenkenbecker 13. Fighting the Humanitarian War: Justifications and Limitations Jennifer Ang 14. Peacekeeper Violence: Managing the Use of Force Daniel Levine Terrorism and Counterterrorism 15. The War on Terror and the Ethics of Exceptionalism Fritz Allhoff 16. Just War Theory and Counterterrorism Seumas Miller 17. Punitive Warfare, Counterterrorism, and Jus Ad Bellum Shawn Kaplan Warfighters and Moral Agency 18. Re-evaluating the Moral Status of Civilians in Just War Theory and Terrorism Jason P. Blahuta 19. Endangering Soldiers and the Problem of Private Military Contractors Ned Dobos 20. The Agency of Child Soldiers: Rethinking the Principle of Discrimination Tor Arne Berntsen and Bård Mæland Part III: Technologies of War: The Future of Fighting Technology and Just War Theory 21. Emerging Technologies and Just War Theory Braden Allenby 22. Minimizing Harm to Combatants: Nonlethal Weapons, Combatants’ Rights, and State Responsibility Christopher Mayer 23. Educational Implications of the Potential for Hostile Applications of Advances in Neuroscience Malcolm Dando Uninhabited and Autonomous Military Systems 24. Unmanned Drones and the Ethics of War Christian Enemark 25. Autonomous Robots and the Future of Just War Theory Keith Abney 26. Killing in War: Responsibility, Liability, and Lethal Autonomous Robots Heather M. Roff Cyberwarfare 27. Jus in Silico: Moral Restrictions on the Use of Cyberwarfare George Lucas 28. Understanding Just Cause in Cyberwarfare Leonard Kahn 29. Friend or Foe? Perfidy in Cyberwarfare Neil Rowe
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Cambridge University Press The Shadows of Total War
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Cambridge University Press Arms and the University
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Cambridge University Press War and Moral Dissonance
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Cambridge University Press Arms and the University
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Cambridge University Press Nelson English Book 1 Skills x8 Nelson English Skills Book 1
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Cambridge University Press War Crimes and Just War
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Cambridge University Press War Essays in Political Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press The Shadows of Total War
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Cambridge University Press Supplying War Logistics from Wallenstein to Patton
Book SynopsisAexamination of the `nuts and bolts' of war, the vast problems of movement and supply, transportation and administration, from the seventeenth century to the Second World War, offering, in effect, a reinterpretation of modern military history.Trade Review'Military buffs, even those who disagree with the author's conclusions, will find this an original and stimulating work.' Business Week'I recommend this work for every professional army officer, but particularly those in the operational field who are used to moving units with the stroke of a grease pencil.' Major Michael D. Krause, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff'Impeccable scholarship and major new interpretations characterize this work destined to become a classic in military history.' Technology and Culture'This slim volume, unique of its kind, not only iterates the value of the study of logistics to the understanding of any war, any campaign, or any battle, but presents significant historical reinterpretations and revisions on practically every page.' The American Historical Review'… interesting … makes a major contribution to the knowledge of a little researched aspect of warfare … the time span covered by the book from the Marlborough campaign to Patton's advance is undoubtedly a tour de force.' Open HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The background of two centuries; 2. 'An army marches on its stomach!'; 3. When demigods rode rails; 4. The wheel that broke; 5. Russian roulette; 6. Sirte to Alamein; 7. War of the accountants; 8. Logistics in perspective.
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