{"product_id":"the-conduct-of-war-in-the-21st-century-9780367515287","title":"The Conduct of War in the 21st Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the key dimensions of 21st century war, and shows that orthodox thinking about war, particularly what it is and how it is fought, needs to be updated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccelerating societal, economic, political and technological change affects how we prepare, equip and organise for war, as well as how we conduct war  both in its low-tech and high-tech forms, and whether it is with high intensity or low intensity. The volume examines changes in warfare by investigating the key features of the conduct of war during the first decades of the 21st century. Conceptually centred around the terms kinetic', connected' and synthetic', the analysis delves into a wide range of topics. The contributions discuss hybrid warfare, cyber and influence activities, machine learning and artificial intelligence, the use of armed drones and air power, the implications of the counterinsurgency experiences in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria, as well as the consequences for law(fare) and decision making.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword \u003ci\u003eFrank Hoffman \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Introduction: The Conduct of War in the 21st Century \u003c\/b\u003e1. Introduction, \u003ci\u003eRob Johnson, Tim Sweijs and Martijn Kitzen \u003c\/i\u003e2. Strategic Underperformance: The West and Three Decades of War, \u003ci\u003eFrans Osinga\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II: New Strategies in the Conduct of Contemporary Warfare \u003c\/b\u003e3. Hybrid Warfare and Counter-Coercion, \u003ci\u003eRob Johnson \u003c\/i\u003e4. Strategies for Communicating Information and Disinformation in War: Managing and Exploiting Uncertainty in Social Media, \u003ci\u003eFilippo Tansini and Yakov Ben Haim \u003c\/i\u003e5. Control from the Ground Up: Embedding Influence Activities in the Conduct of War, \u003ci\u003eRick Breekveldt and Martijn Kitzen \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: New Technologies and their Impact on Warfare \u003c\/b\u003e6. Humans and Hardware: An Exploration of Blended Tactical Workflows using John Boyd’s OODA Loop, \u003ci\u003eDave Blair, Joseph O. Chapa, Scott Cuomo and Jules Hurst \u003c\/i\u003e7. Cyber Countermeasures for Democracies at War, \u003ci\u003eNori Katagiri \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: War from Above \u003c\/b\u003e8. Air Power 2010-2020: from Helmand to Hypersonics, \u003ci\u003eJohnny Stringer \u003c\/i\u003e9. Armed Drones, Technological Momentum, and the Character of War, \u003ci\u003eJohannes G. Postma \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: War from the Ground Up \u003c\/b\u003e10. The Challenge of Territory-governing Insurgencies on War and Peace Strategies, \u003ci\u003ePaula Cristina Roque \u003c\/i\u003e11. Security Force Assistance as a Preferred Form of 21st Century Warfare: The Unconventional Becomes the Conventional, \u003ci\u003eJahara Matisek and Ivor Wiltenberg \u003c\/i\u003e12. Learning and Forgetting Counterinsurgency, \u003ci\u003eMartijn van der Vorm \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Law and War \u003c\/b\u003e13. Fighting A War Without Violence: The Rules of International Humanitarian Law for Military Operations Below the Threshold of ‘Attack’, \u003ci\u003eBart van der Bosch \u003c\/i\u003e14. Cyber Operations and Targeting Rules, \u003ci\u003eRaïssa van den Essen \u003c\/i\u003e15. Contemporary Urban Warfare: Does International Humanitarian Law offer Solutions?, \u003ci\u003eJeroen van den Boogaard \u003c\/i\u003e16. The Conduct of Lawfare: The Case of the Houthi Insurgency in the Yemeni Civil, \u003ci\u003eSandra de Jongh and Martijn Kitzen \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII: Decision Making and War \u003c\/b\u003e17. Command in the Operational Dimension: Challenges of the Information Age, \u003ci\u003eRob Johnson \u003c\/i\u003e18. The Emotions of Adversarial Interaction, \u003ci\u003eLukas Milevski \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII: Conclusion: Lessons for Thinking About War \u003c\/b\u003e19. Conclusion: Assessing Change and Continuity in the Character of War, \u003ci\u003eTim Sweijs, Rob Johnson and Martijn Kitzen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51455982928215,"sku":"9780367515287","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367515287.jpg?v=1755033313","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-conduct-of-war-in-the-21st-century-9780367515287","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}