New and old wars

New and old wars

by Kaldor, Mary

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Mary Kaldor's New and Old Wars has fundamentally changed the way both scholars and policy-makers understand contemporary war and conflict. In the context of globalization, this path-breaking book has shown that what we think of as war - that is to say, war between states in which the aim is to inflict maximum violence - is becoming an anachronism. In its place is a new type of organized violence or 'new wars', which could be described as a mixture of war, organized crime and massive violations …

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Title Statements

  • Full title :New and old wars / Mary Kaldor.

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Mary Kaldor's New and Old Wars has fundamentally changed the way both scholars and policy-makers understand contemporary war and conflict. In the context of globalization, this path-breaking book has shown that what we think of as war - that is to say, war between states in which the aim is to inflict maximum violence - is becoming an anachronism. In its place is a new type of organized violence or 'new wars', which could be described as a mixture of war, organized crime and massive violations of human rights. The actors are both global and local, public and private. The wars ar.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2012.
  • Edition:3rd ed

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Polity Press
  • Place of Publication:Cambridge [England]
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2012.

Notes

"Organized violence in a global era"--Cover

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xii, 268 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0745663036, 9780745663036
  • oclc:ocn841912537
  • LC Classification:U240
  • Dewey Decimal:303.66

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Old wars -- Bosnia-Herzegovina: a case study of a new war -- The politics of new wars -- The globalized war economy -- Towards a cosmopolitan approach -- The 'New War' in Iraq -- Governance, legitimacy and security.

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Subjects

Conflits de basse intensité Low-intensity conflicts (Military scien… Politique mondiale -- 1989- Since 1989 World politics World politics -- 1989-

Writers

Kaldor, Mary

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