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The Character of War in the 21st Century
Series: LSE International Studies Series
This edited volume addresses the relationship between the essential nature of war and its character at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The focus is on the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, situations that occupy a central role in international affairs and that have become highly...
Published July 25th 2011 by Routledge
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Ethics and War in the 21st Century
Series: LSE International Studies Series
This book explores the ethical implications of war in the contemporary world. The author, a leading theorist of warfare, explains why it is of crucial importance that Western countries should continue to apply traditional ethical rules and practices in war, even when engaging with international...
Published January 30th 2008 by Routledge
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The Warrior Ethos
Military Culture and the War on Terror
Series: LSE International Studies Series
This is the first scholarly book to look at the role of the 'warrior' in modern war, arguing that warriors' actions, and indeed thoughts, are increasingly patrolled and that the modern battlefield is an unforgiving environment in which to discharge their vocation. As war becomes ever more...
Published April 18th 2007 by Routledge
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Globalisation and Insecurity in the Twenty-First Century
NATO and the Management of Risk
Series: Adelphi series
Discusses the impact of globalisation on security in the West and in particular the way it has changed the nature of NATO as well as its security agenda....
Published February 14th 2005 by Routledge
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Humane Warfare
The decision to fight 'humanitarian wars' - such as Kosovo - and the development of technology to make war more humane, illustrates the trend in the West to try to humanise war, and thereby humanise modernity. This highly controversial and cutting-edge book asks whether the attempt to make war '...
Published August 22nd 2001 by Routledge
