The Nature Of Future Conflict
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The Nature Of Future Conflict
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Author : Richard Connaughton
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 1995-09-11
The Nature Of Future Conflict written by Richard Connaughton and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-09-11 with History categories.
Whilst the collapse of the Soviet Union and, with it, the associated Warsaw Pact, has greatly reduced the threat of a major conflict with Europe, the story of the involvement of the United Nations in so-called 'peace' operations over the past six years makes it abundantly clear that the world-wide incidence of low intensity, intra-state conflict will remain for us as far ahead as we can see and that the resources and procedures which are essential for the success of future UN operations are yet to be produced. Richard Connaughton has already published a philosophical treatise entitled Military Intervention in the 1990s- A New Logic of War in which he validated the nine principles emerging from a study of the conduct of military interventions between 1918 and 1990 against lessons emerging from the Golf War of 1990-91. A subsequent quadripartite conference held at the British Army Staff collage found that those principles applied equally to an intra-state conflict, such as the former Yugoslavia. In this forthright and highly professional study, drawing upon those principles, Richard Connaughton seeks to 'examine the nature of future conflict and knowledge for the benefit of those called upon to make real-time decisions'. He pulls no punches, leaving the reader with a very clear understanding of the defects of our present international machinery of the maintenance of peace. He emphasises the pressing need for a new, free-range study of the UN in it's 50th year, to establish not only the comprehensive reforms to it's organisation and procedures that are so badly needed but also a clear statement of what is required of the organisation's membership as the providers of those resources, without which success is unobtainable
The Changing Nature Of Warfare The Factors Mediating Future Conflict And Implications For Sof
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Author : Joint Special Operations University
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-07-05
The Changing Nature Of Warfare The Factors Mediating Future Conflict And Implications For Sof written by Joint Special Operations University and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-05 with categories.
This paper challenges the prevailing sentiment regarding the nature of war. Designed to generate discussion on topics where little or none has been acceptable, it pushes the envelope of traditional political and military science thinking. It argues that the nature of war has changed at a fundamental level-that of definition. Further, information technology is so pervasive and interpenetrating that its impact cannot be relegated to mere alteration in the techniques by which war is prosecuted. Rather, information technology facilitates new social structures, exacerbates competing hierarchical beliefs, and, combined with other factors, enhances the ability of powerful nations, or other philosophical organizations, to impose their will on adversaries.
The Changing Nature Of Warfare The Factors Mediating Future Conflict And Implications For Special Operations Forces
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Author : Joint Special Joint Special Operations University
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-11-29
The Changing Nature Of Warfare The Factors Mediating Future Conflict And Implications For Special Operations Forces written by Joint Special Joint Special Operations University and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-29 with categories.
This book challenges the prevailing sentiment regarding the nature of war. Designed to generate discussion on topics where little or none has been acceptable, it pushes the envelope of traditional political and military science thinking. It argues that the nature of war has changed at a fundamental level-that of definition. Further, information technology is so pervasive and interpenetrating that its impact cannot be relegated to mere alteration in the techniques by which war is prosecuted. Rather, information technology facilitates new social structures, exacerbates competing hierarchical beliefs, and, combined with other factors, enhances the ability of powerful nations, or other philosophical organizations, to impose their will on adversaries. It is this ability for imposition of will, not the level of violence inflicted, that will determine whether or not a conflict has been won or lost. Other sacred cows are gored in this book by stating: >The nation-state is a failing concept with limited utility and great liability >Boundaries, once thought to be absolute, are in reality arbitrary >Ideology, not materialism, motivates many people and therefore sources of conflict and terrorism cannot be eliminated solely by reducing poverty >Personal allegiance(s) will no longer be assured >Violence, while it will remain prominent, will be optional in future conflicts
The Nature Of Future Conflict
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Author : Brian Bond
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
The Nature Of Future Conflict written by Brian Bond and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Great Britain categories.
Rethinking The Nature Of War
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Author : Isabelle Duyvesteyn
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2005
Rethinking The Nature Of War written by Isabelle Duyvesteyn and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
Interpretations of war as driven by politics and state rationale, formulated most importantly by the nineteenth-century practitioner Carl von Clausewitz, have received strong criticism. Political explanations have been said to fall short in explaining conflicts in the Balkans, Africa, Asia and the attacks of September 11 2001 in the United States. This book aims to re-evaluate these criticisms by not only carefully scrutinising Clausewitz's arguments and their applicability, but also by a careful reading of the criticism itself. In doing so, the contributions on this book present empirical evidence on the basis of several case studies, addressing various aspects of modern war, such as the actors, conduct and purposes of war. The book concludes that while the debate on the nature of war has far from run its course, the interpretation of war as postulated by Clausewitz is not as inapplicable as some have claimed.
Future Wars
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Author : Gurmeet Kanwal
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-01-01
Future Wars written by Gurmeet Kanwal and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-01 with Conflict management categories.
Future Wars: Changing Nature Of Conflict By Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal, Samarjit Ghosh Book Description Today the world is witnessing a paradigm shift in the nature of conflict. This reality has forced a global shift on focusing effort and resources from known and conventional threats to understanding and encountering newer forms of sub-conventional threats - ranging from intra-state conflicts to growing local and international terrorism. A key challenge that confronts policy and decision makers relates to meeting these threats collectively, but without compromising on individual national interests. This book examines the factors influencing the changing nature and character of conflict to arrive at a clear perspective about its emerging contours in a comprehensive manner. It seeks to make a strong contribution to enhancing the understanding of both - strategic and operational level steps necessary to come to grips with sub-conventional conflict and to transform the military, other security forces and political decision-making machinery to combat emerging threats, challenges and vulnerabilities. This book will be very helpful in understanding the dimensions, complexity and nature of military force in this era of emerging and unknown enemies and threats, besides appreciating the critical role that it will play in containing or combating them. About The Author Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (Retd) commanded an infantry brigade on the Line of Control (Operation Parakram, 2001-03) and an artillery regiment in counter-insurgency operations in Kashmir Valley (Operation Rakshak, 1993-94). Formerly Director, Security Studies, Observer Research Foundation; Senior Fellow, IDSA; and Senior Fellow, Centre for Air Power Studies; he is currently Director, Centre for Land Warfare Studies, New Delhi. Brig Kanwal has authored several books, including Nuclear Defence: Shaping the Arsenal; Indian Army: Vision 2020; Pakistan's Proxy War; Heroes of Kargil; Kargil '99; Blood, Guts and Firepower and Artillery: Honour and Glory and writes on security issues for leading national newspapers. Samarjit Ghosh is Associate Fellow and Deputy Editor at the Centre for Land Warfare Studi es, New Delhi. In 2010, he was Bagri Fellow at the Asia Research Centre of the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research interests include post-modern conceptions of warfare and the future character of conflict; politico-military developments in the Islamic Republics of Afghanistan and Pakistanand the participation of the international community in it. He is the author of Fourth Generation Warfare: Retrospect and Prospect (forthcoming) and is currently working on Counterinsurgency Operations: Lessons from Afghanistan. He holds degrees in political science, and defence and strategic studies.
International Security A Very Short Introduction
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Author : Christopher S. Browning
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-10-24
International Security A Very Short Introduction written by Christopher S. Browning and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-24 with History categories.
An accessible, succinct introduction to the complicated issues surrounding today's international security considers such factors as climate change, migration, poverty, health and international terrorism while exploring the nature of key debates as reflected by a broad range of international examples. Original.
If War Comes Tomorrow
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Author : General Makhmut Akhmetovich Gareev
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-11-05
If War Comes Tomorrow written by General Makhmut Akhmetovich Gareev and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-05 with History categories.
Military affairs have been affected by major changes in recent years. The bipolar world of two superpowers has gone. The Cold War and the global military confrontation that accompanied it have ended. A new military and political order has emerged in the world, but the world has not become more stable; indeed, wars and armed conflict have become much more common. Forecasting the contours of future armed conflict is no easy task at such times, but this is the primary objective of If War Comes Tomorrow? Focusing on the impact of new technologies, General Gareev considers whether war is still a continuation of politics by other means' or whether the political, ideological, and technical transformation have broken that connection. He explores the linkage between threats to Russian national interests and war as an instrument of policy in great detail and concludes that there is very little prospect either of nuclear war or widespread conventional war. However, he does see local armed conflicts and local wars increasing, with greater emphasis on subversion. He argues that coming decades will see a shift towards a reliance upon indirect means to accomplish limited political ends, and analyses both information warfare and the revolution in military affairs from this perspective.
Armed Conflict In The 21st Century
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Author : Steven Metz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Armed Conflict In The 21st Century written by Steven Metz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Information warfare categories.
The Future Of War
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Author : Lawrence Freedman
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2017-10-05
The Future Of War written by Lawrence Freedman and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-05 with History categories.
A new approach to ideas about war, from one of the UK's leading strategic thinkers In 1912 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a short story about a war fought from underwater submersibles that included the sinking of passenger ships. It was dismissed by the British admirals of the day, not on the basis of technical feasibility, but because sinking civilian ships was not something that any civilised nation would do. The reality of war often contradicts expectations, less because of some fantastic technical or engineering dimension, but more because of some human, political, or moral threshold that we had never imagined would be crossed. As Lawrence Freedman shows, ideas about the causes of war and strategies for its conduct have rich and varied histories which shape predictions about the future. Freedman shows how looking at how the future of war was conceived about in the past (and why this was more often than not wrong) can put into perspective current thinking about future conflicts. The Future of War - which takes us from preparations for the world wars, through the nuclear age and the civil wars which became the focus for debate after the end of the Cold War, to present preoccupations with hybrid and cyber warfare - is filled with fascinating insights from one of the most brilliant military and strategic historians of his generation.