UID:
edocfu_9959242059302883
Format:
1 online resource (195 p.)
ISBN:
1-62637-013-3
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1-58826-047-X
Series Statement:
Making sense of Global Security
Content:
Following a century dominated by global conflict—and despite the unchanging nature of the human suffering it causes—the nature of war itself, argues Colin McInnes, has been transformed for the West. Spectator-Sport War considers the key developments that have led to this metamorphosis, ranging from new geopolitical relationships to new technological advances. McInnes shows that, even in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on the United States and the military action in Afghanistan, war has direct meaning for only a small minority in the West. It is no longer participatory for Western society as a whole; it is something removed, watched from afar. The far-reaching implications of this phenomenon, for both the military and the broader community, are explored in the final chapter of the book.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1-Introduction""; ""Note""; ""2-Modern War and Total War""; ""The Idea of Total War""; ""Escalation""; ""Table 2.1 Casualty Figures for U.S. Infantry Divisions in Northwestern Europe During World War II""; ""Participation""; ""Conclusion""; ""3-The Obsolescence of Major War""; ""The Costs of War""; ""The Democratic Peace""; ""Interdependence and Globalization""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""4-The Transformation of War""; ""New Wars""; ""From Escalation to Localization""; ""Figure 4.3 The Five-Ring System""
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""From Participation to Spectatordom""""Conclusion: The West�s New Way in Warfare""; ""Notes""; ""5-Airpower and the Use of Force""; ""Land and Sea Power""; ""The Attraction of Airpower""; ""The Limits of Airpower""; ""The Uses of Airpower: Brute Force and Coercion""; ""Airpower Alone?""; ""Strategic Versus Theater Strikes""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""6-The Revolution in Military Affairs""; ""Technology and the “System of Systems�""; ""The Impact of the RMA""; ""Table 6.1 The RMA: A Spectrum of Possibilities""; ""Conclusion: Catching the IT Bug?""; ""Notes""
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""7-Spectator-sport Warfare""""Spectator-Sport War and the Use of Force""; ""The Media and War""; ""Spectators, Sport, and War""; ""Notes""; ""Appendix--The Incidence of War: Explaining the Data""; ""Acronyms""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Book""
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English
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781626370135
