The new western way of war : risk-transfer war and its crisis in Iraq /
Martin Shaw.
- Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2005.
- vii, 183 p. : 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [168]-174) and index.
The new western way of war from Vietnam in Iraq -- Theories of the new western way of war -- The global surveillance mode of warfare -- Rules of risk-transfer war -- Iraq: risk economy of a war -- A way of war in crisis.
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Just war doctrine. Iraq War, 2003-2011. Civilian war casualties. War--Moral and ethical aspects. War (Philosophy) Strategic culture--Europe, Western. Strategic culture--United States.
United States--Military policy. Europe, Western--Military policy.