Modern War and the Utility of Force (eBook, PDF)

Challenges, Methods and Strategy
Redaktion: Duyvesteyn, Isabelle; Angstrom, Jan

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates the use and utility of military force in modern war.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136969614
• Artikelnr.: 43822344

Autorenporträt

Jan Angstrom is a researcher at the Swedish National Defence College. Isabelle Duyvesteyn is Associate Professor at the Department of History of International Relations, Utrecht University in the Netherlands.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by General Sir Rupert Smith 1. War, What is it Good for? Jan
Angstrom 2. From Victory to Success: The Changing Mission of Western Armed
Forces Christopher Dandeker 3. The International Private Security Company:
A Unique and Useful Actor? Christopher Spearin 4. Great Expectations: The
Use of Armed Force to Combat Terrorism Isabelle Duyvesteyn 5. Why does
Peacekeeping Succeed or Fail? Peacekeeping in the Democratic Republic of
Congo and Sierra Leone Sarah Kreps 6. Exploring the Utility of Armed Force
in Peace Operations: German and British Approaches in Northern Afghanistan
Kersti Larsdotter 7. Counterinsurgency Doctrine: the U.S. Experience
Thomas Mockaitis 8. No Simple Formula: The Use of Military Force in
Counterinsurgency James Corum 9. Adapting to Counter-Insurgency; The US
Army in Iraq, July 2004-December 2006 Brian Burton and John Nagl 10.
Inviting the Leviathan: External Forces, War and State Building in
Afghanistan Jan Angstrom 11. Between Reluctance and Necessity: The Utility
of Military Force in Humanitarian and Development Operations Robert Egnell
12. War, What it is Good for ... Isabelle Duyvesteyn