{"product_id":"transformations-of-warfare-in-the-john-c-torpey-9781439913123","title":"Transformations of Warfare in the Contemporary World","description":"\u003cp\u003eToday's warfare has moved away from being an event between massed national populations and toward small numbers of combatants using high-tech weaponry. The editors of and contributors to the timely collection \u003ci\u003eTransformations of Warfare in the Contemporary World \u003c\/i\u003eshow that this shift reflects changes in the technological, strategic, ideological, and ethical realms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essays in this volume discuss: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-the waning connection between citizenship and soldiering; \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-the shift toward more reconstructive than destructive activities by militaries; \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-the ethics of irregular or asymmetrical warfare; \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-the role of novel techniques of identification in military settings; \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-the stress on precision associated with targeted killings and kidnappings; \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-the uses of the social sciences in contemporary warfare. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his concluding remarks, David Jacobson explores the extent to which the contemporary transformation of warfare is a product of a shift in the character of the combatants themselves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors include: Ariel Colonomos, Roberto J. González, Travis R. Hall, Saskia Hooiveld, Rob Johnson, Colonel C. Anthony Pfaff, Ian Roxborough, and the editors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John C. Torpey,David Jacobson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439913129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439913123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 0.80d","brand":"John C. Torpey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065586921727,"sku":"9781439913123","price":100.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3187ef38-48d3-4db4-8701-067ddf2f9b89.jpg?v=1768675957","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/transformations-of-warfare-in-the-john-c-torpey-9781439913123","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}