Security, Strategy, and the Quest for Bloodless War
Security, Strategy, and the Quest for Bloodless War
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Bind: Hardbound
Year: 2006
Pages: 228
Size: . mm
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Published in India by: Viva Books
Exclusive Distributors: Viva Books
Sales Territory: India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Description:
In recent decades, government and military officials alike have pushed increasingly in the direction of "bloodless wars," where confrontations are undertaken—and ultimately won—with minimum loss of human life. Robert Mandel provides the first comprehensive analysis of this trend.
After exploring the moral, legal, military, and political bases of the desire to minimize wartime casualties, Mandel examines the actual strategies and tools involved; here, the focus is on nonlethal weapons, precision-guided munitions, and information warfare. He then addresses the sobering practical constraints on aspirations to minimize casualties. His concluding review of policy options draws lessons from premodern patterns of warfare and calls for a more realistic understanding of the strategies available in today's security environment.
Contents:
Introduction.
The Quest for Bloodless War.
Means of Pursuing Bloodless War.
Precision-Guided Munitions.
Nonlethal Weaponry.
Information Warfare.
What Can Go Wrong.
Toward Effective Casualty Aversion.
Security Policy Implications.
About the Author:
Robert Mandel is professor of international affairs at Lewis and Clark College.His numbers publications include Armies Without States. The Privatization of Security and Deadly Transfers and the Global Playground: Transnational Security Threats in a Disorderly World .
About the Author:
Robert Mandel is professor of international affairs at Lewis and Clark College.His numbers publications include Armies Without States. The Privatization of Security and Deadly Transfers and the Global Playground: Transnational Security Threats in a Disorderly World .
