The cosmopolitan military : armed forces and human security in the 21st century

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    • Gilmore, Jonathan

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The cosmopolitan military : armed forces and human security in the 21st century

Jonathan Gilmore

(New security challenges series / series editor, Stuart Croft)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-232) and index

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Description

What role should national militaries play in an increasingly globalised and interdependent world? This book examines the often difficult transition they have made toward missions aimed at protecting civilians and promoting human security, and asks whether we might expect the emergence of armed forces that exist to serve the wider human community.

Table of Contents

1. A Cosmopolitan Renaissance in the Theory and Practice of International Relations 2. Military Orthodoxy and the Warfighting Tradition 3. The Troubled Cosmopolitan Present 4. Re-imagining Cosmopolitanism as Military Practice 5. The United Nations: Concepts, Capability and the Cosmopolitan Military 6. Constructing the 'Cosmopolitan-Minded' National Military Conclusion

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