Useful enemies : when waging wars is more important than winning them /

Keen investigates why conflicts are so prevalent and so intractable, even when one side has much greater military resources. He asks who benefits from wars-- whether economically, politically, or psychologically-- and argues that in order to bring them successfully to an end we need to understand th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Keen, David, 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
War > Causes.
Protracted conflicts (Military science)
War > Psychological aspects.
War crimes.
Violence > Social aspects.
Politics and war.
Guerre > Causes.
Conflits de longue durée (Science militaire)
Guerre > Aspect psychologique.
Crimes de guerre.
Violence > Aspect social.
Politique et guerre.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
Warfare and Defence.
Politics and war
Violence > Social aspects
War > Causes
War crimes
War > Psychological aspects
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Resource wars
  • Aiding resource wars?
  • Vietnam: useful enemies and useless allies
  • Afghanistan
  • The political functions of war
  • Wars within wars
  • The politics of permanent emergency
  • Case study of a permanent emergency: the United States
  • Shame and the psychological functions of violence
  • Conclusion.

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