The Ashgate Research Companion to Modern WarfareGeorge Kassimeris, John D. Buckley This collection of essays provides a comprehensive study of important strategic, cultural, ethical, and philosophical aspects of modern warfare. The contents cover strategy and conduct of war, aspects of modern war, morality and law, and perceptions and representations of warfare. |
Contents
STRATEGY AND CONDUCT OF WAR | 9 |
The Western Way of War | 11 |
Strategic Thought The Relevance of Clausewitz | 17 |
Development of Modern Counterinsurgency Theory and Doctrine | 31 |
Air Power The Quest to Remove Battle from War | 49 |
Sea Power | 73 |
Land Warfare Attrition and Manoeuvre | 89 |
ASPECTS OF MODERN WAR | 107 |
MORALITY AND LAW | 239 |
Ethics and the Enduring Relevance of Just War Theory in the TwentyFirst Century | 241 |
Lying Down with Dogs The Inadequacy of Machiavellianism as a Basis for US Foreign Policy | 257 |
Civilization and Savagery | 271 |
International Law Military Force and Armed Conflict | 289 |
Humanitarian Intervention Genocide Crimes against Humanity and the Use of Force | 307 |
Forgetful Warriors Neglected Lessons on Leadership from Platos Republic | 329 |
PERCEPTIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS OF WARFARE | 341 |
After the RMA Contemporary Intelligence Power and War | 109 |
Cyberwar | 123 |
Twentieth Century Military Spending Patterns | 145 |
The Politics of the Contemporary Trade in Major Conventional Weapons | 165 |
Turning War into Business Private Security Companies and Commercial Opportunism | 183 |
Women in the Armed Forces of Western Democracies | 201 |
Women and World War II | 223 |
Land of Ghosts? Memories of War in the Balkans | 343 |
Cinema and the Cold War An International Perspective | 365 |
Music as an Inspiration for Combat among American Soldiers in Iraq | 383 |
Media War and Media Management | 401 |
From Psychological Warfare to Information Operations and Back Again | 419 |
Small Wars and Telecommunication | 433 |
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