New and Old Wars Organized Violence in a Global Era, Third Edition

Name: New and Old Wars Organized Violence in a Global Era, Third Edition
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ISBN: 9780804785495

ISBN-10: 080478549X

ISBN-13: 9780804785495

Edition: 3rd 2012

Authors: Mary Kaldor

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Mary Kaldor'sNew and Old Warshas 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 warthat is to say, war between states in which the aim is to inflict maximum violenceis 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 are fought for particularistic political goals using tactics of terror and destabilization that are theoretically outlawed…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 10/17/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Preface to the Third Edition


Abbreviations



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 Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan



Governance, Legitimacy and Security


Afterword


Notes


Index