New And Old Wars
by KALDOR /
2012 / English / PDF
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Mary Kaldor's
Mary Kaldor'sNew and Old Wars
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.
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.
Kaldor's analysis offers a basis for a cosmopolitan political
response to these wars, in which the monopoly of legitimate
organized violence is reconstructed on a transnational basis and
international peacekeeping is reconceptualized as cosmopolitan law
enforcement. This approach also has implications for the
reconstruction of civil society, political institutions, and
economic and social relations.
Kaldor's analysis offers a basis for a cosmopolitan political
response to these wars, in which the monopoly of legitimate
organized violence is reconstructed on a transnational basis and
international peacekeeping is reconceptualized as cosmopolitan law
enforcement. This approach also has implications for the
reconstruction of civil society, political institutions, and
economic and social relations.
This third edition has been fully revised and updated. Kaldor has
added an afterword answering the critics of the New Wars argument
and, in a new chapter, Kaldor shows how old war thinking in
Afghanistan and Iraq greatly exacerbated what turned out to be, in
many ways, archetypal new wars - characterised by identity
politics, a criminalised war economy and civilians as the main
victims.
This third edition has been fully revised and updated. Kaldor has
added an afterword answering the critics of the New Wars argument
and, in a new chapter, Kaldor shows how old war thinking in
Afghanistan and Iraq greatly exacerbated what turned out to be, in
many ways, archetypal new wars - characterised by identity
politics, a criminalised war economy and civilians as the main
victims.
Like its predecessors, the third edition of
Like its predecessors, the third edition ofNew and Old Wars
New and Old Wars
will be essential reading for students of international relations,
politics and conflict studies as well as to all those interested in
the changing nature and prospect of warfare.
will be essential reading for students of international relations,
politics and conflict studies as well as to all those interested in
the changing nature and prospect of warfare.