Transformations of warfare in the contemporary world

Author(s)

• Torpey, John C.
• Jacobson, David

Bibliographic Information

Transformations of warfare in the contemporary world

edited by John Torpey and David Jacobson

（Politics, history, and social change）

Temple University Press, 2016

• : paper

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Today'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 Transformations of Warfare in the Contemporary World show that this shift reflects changes in the technological, strategic, ideological, and ethical realms. The essays in this volume discuss: *the waning connection between citizenship and soldiering; *the shift toward more reconstructive than destructive activities by militaries; *the ethics of irregular or asymmetrical warfare; *the role of novel techniques of identification in military settings; *the stress on precision associated with targeted killings and kidnappings; *the uses of the social sciences in contemporary warfare. In 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. Contributors include: Ariel Colonomos, Roberto J. Gonzalez, Travis R. Hall, Saskia Hooiveld, Rob Johnson, Colonel C. Anthony Pfaff, Ian Roxborough, and the editors

Table of Contents

Abbreviations About the Contributors Preface 1 Warfare Without Warriors? Changes in Contemporary Warfare and the Demise of the Citizen Soldier John Torpey and Saskia Hooiveld 2 The Changing Character and Enduring Nature of War: The Collision of State and Sub-State Polities Rob Johnson 3 Plus Ca Change: War and State-Building Ian Roxborough 4 A Crisis of Norms: Fighting Irregular Wars Well Colonel C. Anthony Pfaff 5 Searching for Red and Blue in the Fog of Gray: The Development and Deployment of US Military Biometrics in Iraq and Afghanistan Travis R. Hall 6 Precision Warfare and the Case for Symmetry: Targeted Killings and Hostage-taking Ariel Colonomos 7 Militarizing Ethnography: The Pentagon's Use and Abuse of Culture Roberto J. Gonzalez Conclusion Postnational Warfare David Jacobson

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB22734687
• ISBN:
  • 9781439913130
• LCCN: 2015044971
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Philadelphia ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 211 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : U21.2
  • DC23 : 355.02
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : War -- History -- 21st century
  • LCSH : Military art and science -- United States
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA67840497