New & old wars : organized violence in a global era / Mary Kaldor.

By:

Kaldor, Mary

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TextPublisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2012Edition: Third editionDescription: xii, 268 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780804785495

Other title:

New and old wars [Spine title]

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DDC classification:

355.0218

Contents:

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Old wars -- Ch. 3. Bosnia-Herzegovina: a case study of a new war -- Ch. 4. The politics of new wars -- Ch. 5. The globalized war economy -- Ch. 6. Towards a cosmopolitan approach -- Ch. 7. The new war in Iraq and Afghanistan -- Ch. 8. Governance, legitimacy and security.

Summary: 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 is becoming an anachronism. In its place is a new type of organized violence or 'new wars'—a mixture of war, organized crime, and massive violations of human rights. This new edition has been fully revised and updated, and includes an afterword answering the critics of the New Wars argument. A new chapter shows how old war thinking in Afghanistan and Iraq greatly exacerbated what turned out to be, in many ways, archetypal new wars—characterized by identity politics, a criminalized war economy, and civilians as the main victims. The third edition of New and Old Wars will be essential reading for students of international relations, politics, and conflict studies, as well as to all those interested in the changing nature and prospect of warfare.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Marbella International University Centre Library	355.0218 KAL new (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	11949

Cover: "Organized violence in a global era"

Includes index.

Ch. 1. Introduction --
Ch. 2. Old wars --
Ch. 3. Bosnia-Herzegovina: a case study of a new war --
Ch. 4. The politics of new wars --
Ch. 5. The globalized war economy --
Ch. 6. Towards a cosmopolitan approach --
Ch. 7. The new war in Iraq and Afghanistan --
Ch. 8. Governance, legitimacy and security.

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 is becoming an anachronism. In its place is a new type of organized violence or 'new wars'—a mixture of war, organized crime, and massive violations of human rights.

This new edition has been fully revised and updated, and includes an afterword answering the critics of the New Wars argument. A new chapter shows how old war thinking in Afghanistan and Iraq greatly exacerbated what turned out to be, in many ways, archetypal new wars—characterized by identity politics, a criminalized war economy, and civilians as the main victims. The third edition of New and Old Wars will be essential reading for students of international relations, politics, and conflict studies, as well as to all those interested in the changing nature and prospect of warfare.

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