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What Is War For?

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How does armed conflict shape global politics? And, critically, can it ever be regulated, a necessary first step to achieving a more peaceful world? This book examines the factors that define and s...
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How does armed conflict shape global politics? And, critically, can it ever be regulated, a necessary first step to achieving a more peaceful world?

This book examines the factors that define and shape war in the contemporary world, and how changes to technology and society are transforming warfare.

Focusing on efforts to regulate and eliminate war, it provides a guide to the complex problems it poses now – and threatens in the future.

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Price: $13.95
Pages: 172
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Series: What Is It For?
Publication Date: 28 March 2023
ISBN: 9781529228380
Format: Paperback
BISACs:

POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International relations, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, Political science and theory, Theory of warfare and military science
Jack McDonald is Senior Lecturer in War Studies at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. He is the author of two books examining the relationship between the law and ethics of war, and emerging technology.

1. War in the Contemporary World

2. War in Theory and Practice

3. The Changing Context and Character of War

4. The Problems of War

5. The Future of War

6. Conclusion