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Book SynopsisIn the last few decades the practice, purpose and the very language of warfare have been radically transformed. This volume mobilizes the resources of a range of disciplines across the social sciences and humanities in combination with the insights of military practitioners to understand the metamorphosis of war.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Avery Plaw and Axel Augé: Introduction: The Transformations of War New Concepts of War and Terror Nick Mansfield: Fighting for Peace: From the Social War to Armed Democracy Jason Edwards: Foucault and the Continuation of War Bob Brecher: Why There is No Such Thing as Political Terrorism Confronting the New Wars: Law, Security and Diplomacy Avery Plaw: The Legality of Targeted Killing as an Instrument of War: The Case of the US Targeting of Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi Benjamin Rampp: Insecurity by Impreciseness: Towards a Specific Concept of Security Stuart Murray: Towards an Enhanced Understanding of Diplomacy as the Business of Peace New Wars, History and Cultural Change Mustafa Serdar Palabıyık: The Changing Ottoman Perception of War: From the Foundation of the Empire to Its Disintegration Pamela Chrabieh Badine: Youth and Peace: Alternative Voices in Lebanon Tim Markham: The Correspondent’s Experience of War Waging the New Wars Timothy D. Hoyt: ‘Like a Phoenix from the Ashes’: The IRA as a Multi-Generational Movement and its Relevance for the War on Terror Graeme Goldsworthy, Toby Chesson and Erica Pasini: Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright Bård Mæland: From Manifest Degradation to Latent Anticipation: Military Boredom in the First World War and Afghanistan
