{"product_id":"reconceptualizing-war-chiara-libiseller-9780198972365","title":"Reconceptualizing War: The Rise and Fall of Fashionable Concepts in Strategic Studies","description":"The field of Strategic Studies, which studies the use and threat of force for political purposes, has seen the repeated rise of concepts to dominate discourses and research agendas, only to eventually fall to the margins again. What explains this cyclical pattern? What are the consequences for our understanding of war? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eReconceptualizing War\u003c\/em\u003e examines these questions by likening the coming and going of theories to \u003cem\u003efashions\u003c\/em\u003e. While in vogue, fashionable concepts are used widely, becoming broader and vaguer until essentially stripped of meaning. At the same time, they are bestowed with authority and power that allows them to withstand criticism and marginalizes alternative perspectives. These characteristics severely affect the quality, depth, and diversity of research by narrowing and siloing the field of inquiry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTracing three concepts--revolution in military affairs, counterinsurgency, and hybrid warfare--through their fashion lifecycle, Chiara Libiseller demonstrates how fashionability affects the concepts themselves, related research, and the field more generally. Embedded within a discussion of the history and dynamics of Strategic Studies, the book calls for more reflexivity in the study of war and strategy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chiara Libiseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198972369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198972365\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Chiara Libiseller","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47930605863167,"sku":"9780198972365","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_37aabccc-5895-40c4-bcde-7808f1d42d52.jpg?v=1766343000","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reconceptualizing-war-chiara-libiseller-9780198972365","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}