Bibliograph

New and old wars, organized violence in a global era, Mary Kaldor

Type

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New and old wars, organized violence in a global era, Mary Kaldor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

New and old wars

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

810278303

Responsibility statement

Mary Kaldor

Sub title

organized violence in a global era

Summary

Mary Kaldor's 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 -- that is to say, war between states in which the aim is to inflict maximum violence -- is 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 by the rules of modern warfare. -- Publisher description

Table Of Contents

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 War' in Iraq -- Governance, legitimacy and security

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