Spectator-sport war : the West and contemporary conflict /
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| Author / Creator: | McInnes, Colin, author. |
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| Imprint: | Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002. ©2002 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (195 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Making sense of Global Security Making sense of global security. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11404931 |
Table of Contents:
- Book Title
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1-Introduction
- Note
- 2-Modern War and Total War
- The Idea of Total War
- Escalation
- Table 2.1 Casualty Figures for U.S. Infantry Divisions in Northwestern Europe During World War II
- Participation
- Conclusion
- 3-The Obsolescence of Major War
- The Costs of War
- The Democratic Peace
- Interdependence and Globalization
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 4-The Transformation of War
- New Wars
- From Escalation to Localization
- Figure 4.3 The Five-Ring System
- From Participation to Spectatordom.
- Conclusion: The West's New Way in Warfare
- Notes
- 5-Airpower and the Use of Force
- Land and Sea Power
- The Attraction of Airpower
- The Limits of Airpower
- The Uses of Airpower: Brute Force and Coercion
- Airpower Alone?
- Strategic Versus Theater Strikes
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 6-The Revolution in Military Affairs
- Technology and the "System of Systems"
- The Impact of the RMA
- Table 6.1 The RMA: A Spectrum of Possibilities
- Conclusion: Catching the IT Bug?
- Notes
- 7-Spectator-sport Warfare
- Spectator-Sport War and the Use of Force
- The Media and War.
- Spectators, Sport, and War
- Notes
- Appendix
- The Incidence of War: Explaining the Data
- Acronyms
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Book.