{"product_id":"transformations-of-warfare-in-the-contemporary-world","title":"Transformations of Warfare in the Contemporary World","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday’s warfare has moved away from being an event between massed national populations and toward small numbers of combatants using high-tech weaponry. The editors of and contributors to the timely collection \u003ci\u003eTransformations of Warfare in the Contemporary World \u003c\/i\u003eshow that this shift reflects changes in the technological, strategic, ideological, and ethical realms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe essays in this volume discuss:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e·the waning connection between citizenship and soldiering; \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e·the shift toward more reconstructive than destructive activities by militaries; \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e·the ethics of irregular or asymmetrical warfare; \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e·the role of novel techniques of identification in military settings; \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e·the stress on precision associated with targeted killings and kidnappings; \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e·the uses of the social sciences in contemporary warfare. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his concluding remarks, David Jacobson explores the extent to which the contemporary transformation of warfare is a product of a shift in the character of the combatants themselves. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors include: Ariel Colonomos, Roberto J. González, Travis R. Hall, Saskia Hooiveld, Rob Johnson, Colonel C. Anthony Pfaff, Ian Roxborough, and the editors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"John C. Torpey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53614422589820,"sku":"9781439913123","price":86.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781439913123_8796cfcf-fd24-4625-9342-20fcace7e81c.jpg?v=1727778463","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/transformations-of-warfare-in-the-contemporary-world","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}