Restructuring the Global Military Sector: New Wars - Couverture rigide

 
9781855674271: Restructuring the Global Military Sector: New Wars
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ISBN 10 : 1855674270 ISBN 13 : 9781855674271
Editeur : Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 1998

Synopsis

Since the mid-1980s there have been substantial cuts in military spending everywhere except Pacific Asia. The reasons are both political, such as the end of the Cold War, democratization in Africa and Latin America, and economic, with structural adjustment programmes, debt and cuts in public spending. This is the first volume of a study by the United Nations University to investigate the changes taking place world-wide in armed forces, arms industries and all other military-related activity. The main conclusion of the study is that a fundamental transformation is taking place in the nature of warfare. It argues that recent wars arose from the disintegration of state structures. Participation in wars is low, compared with earlier wars, as are casualties. However, the new wars are very disruptive in social terms. The book argues that it is possible to identify a certain logic to the new wars which can be analyzed so as to provide a basis for alternative forms of conflict prevention and resolution.

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Éditeur
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1855674270
ISBN 13 
9781855674271
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
368
Éditeur
Kaldor Mary, Vashee Basker
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
WordUnited GmbH
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