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War Time : Temporality and the Decline of Western Military Power /

"A contributed volume, the book examines three interrelated dimensions of temporality related to war (trajectories, perceptions, and pace), and is a critical assessment of the evolution and future of Western military power"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Theussen, Amelie (Editor ), Schmitt, Olivier, 1987- (Editor ), Rynning Sten (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, US : Brookings Institution Press, 2021.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I: ""Civic Militarism"" and the Trajectory of Western Power
  • The Western Experience in Balancing Liberal and Military Virtues
  • The Modern State: Rise and Decline of Civic Militarism
  • Making Time an Ally: Uncovering the Perils of Tactical Military Speed
  • Benefit or Burden? NATO-led Military Missions and Western Cohesion
  • The Future of the West: What If the United States Pulls Out of NATO?
  • Part II: Western Perceptions of Time and the International Normative Order
  • A Normative Order under Pressure
  • Civilian Casualties and Contemporary Coalition Operations: The Case of Afghanistan
  • Conflicting Norms of Intervention: When and How to Use Military Force?
  • In the Shadows: The Challenge of Russian and Chinese Gray Zone Conflict for the West
  • Competing Norms: What If China Takes Control of Djibouti to Protect Its People?
  • Part III: Military Operations and Temporality
  • Speed, Time, and Western Military Power
  • Fighting, Fast, and Slow? Speed and Western Ways of War
  • War at Information Speed: Multi-Domain Warfighting Visions
  • The Limits of Technology: The Impact of Speed and Innovation on Western Military Primacy
  • Military Operations: What If Digital Technologies Fail on the Battlefield?
  • Conclusion.