1st Edition

Global Insurgency and the Future of Armed Conflict Debating Fourth-Generation Warfare

Edited By Aaron Karp, Terry Terriff Copyright 2008
316 Pages
by Routledge

316 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

This volume covers a timely debate in contemporary security studies: can armed forces adjust to the rising challenge of insurgency and terrorism, the greatest transformation in warfare since the birth of the international system?  Containing essays by leading international security scholars and military professionals, it explores the Fourth-Generation Warfare thesis and its implications for... Read more

1. Introduction  2. The Re-Discovery of Fourth Generation Warfare  3. Evaluating Fourth Generational Warfare Theory  4. Fourth Generation Wars  5. The Global Implications of Fourth Generation Warfare  6. Conclusion

Biography

Aaron Karp is Director of Studies on the Graduate Program for International Studies at Old Dominion University, Virginia. He is co-Editor of the journal Contemporary Security Policy.

Regina Karp is Director of the Center for Regional and Global Studies at Old Dominion University. She is co-Editor of the journal Contemporary Security Policy.

Terry Teriff is Senior Lecturer in International Security in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at Birmingham University, UK.