War in a Changing World

Name: War in a Changing World
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ISBN: 9780472111855

ISBN-10: 047211185X

ISBN-13: 9780472111855

Edition: 2001

Authors: Zeev Maoz, Azar Gat

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The world has gone through a number of major changes in the last decade of the twentieth century: political, social, technological, and cultural. How have these changes affected the nature of war and other violent conflicts? To what extent has war shaped some of these changes? The contributors to this volume address the interaction between war and key changes on the global and regional levels. The issues addressed include relationships between demographic changes and war, global democratization and war, strategic thinking and war, and leadership survival and war. Zeev Maoz is Professor of Political Science, Tel Aviv University. Azar Gat is Professor and Chair of Political Science, Tel…

Book details

List price: $84.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 2/28/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.37" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English



Contributors


Preface


Global Change and the Transformation of War



Continuity and Change in the Evolution of Warfare



Blood and Computers: The Crisis of Classic Military Power in Advanced Postindustrialist Societies and the Scope of Technological Remedies



Isolationsim, Appeasement, Containment, and Limited War: Western Strategic Policy from the Modern to the "Postmodern" Era



Hot Wars, Cold Peace: An International-Regional Synthesis



Democratic Networks Connecting National, Dyadic, and Systemic Levels of Analysis in the Study of Democracy and War



Political Survival and International Conflict



Forecasting the Future of War: Foundations for an Algorithm



Author Index


Subject Index