MODERN WAR AND THE UTILITY OF FORCE: CHALLENGES, METHODS AND STRATEGY/Jan Angstrom and Isabelle Duyvesteyn (Eds)

dc.creator	Gerhard Louw
dc.date	2011-11-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:09:57Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:09:57Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/39-2-116
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/08e9c6c7f69d4d0b8612d9faf3f7410a
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/9407
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/08e9c6c7f69d4d0b8612d9faf3f7410a
dc.description	The utility of military force in general, and that of military forces in particular, has been the subject of much debate since the end of the Cold War in 1989. At the same time, as the threat and incidence of state-on-state war receded, along with its associated conventional force strategies, structures and doctrine, governments were increasingly calling upon their armed forces to carry out missions that they were not trained and equipped for. These tasks included peace support, state-building, humanitarian aid, counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism, all of which engendered a plethora of arguments pointing to a new paradigm of war. <em>The Utility of Force</em>, produced by General Sir Rupert Smith in 2005, is still one of the seminal works in this regard – and the ideas contained therein stand central to the arguments contained in Angstrom and Duyvesteyn’s book. Since the latter is concurrently a critique, an elaboration and a validation of Smith’s tome, one should preferably have read <em>The Utility of Force</em> before tackling <em>Modern War</em>. This is not essential, though: <em>Modern War</em> is perfectly able to stand on its own, especially since it targets those academics that would be conversant with its main themes anyway.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/116
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 39, Iss 2 (2011)
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	MODERN WAR AND THE UTILITY OF FORCE: CHALLENGES, METHODS AND STRATEGY/Jan Angstrom and Isabelle Duyvesteyn (Eds)
dc.type	Article