Adaptive Military - Armed Forces in a Turbulent World

When the cold war ended, many hoped it signified enhanced prospects for a more stable world

List of contents

List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction, 1998: Ten Years of New Times
James Burk
1. Thinking Through the End of the Cold War
James Burk
2. Armed Force and Armed Forces in a Turbulent World
James N. Rosenau
3. The Future of Transitional Warfare
William R. Thompson
4. The Shifting Threat and American National Security:
Sources and Consequences of Change
Donald M. Snow
5. A Farewell to Arms? The Military and the Nation-State
in a Changing World
Christopher Dandeker
6. The Postmodern Military
Charles C. Moskos and James Burk
7. Multinational Peacekeeping Operations:
Background and Effectiveness
David R. Segal and Robert J. Waldman
8. The Challenge of Nonviolence in the New World Order
Robert L. Holmes
Contributors
Index

About the author

James Burk

Summary

When the cold war ended, many hoped it signified enhanced prospects for a more stable world

Product details

• Authors: Arthur Asa Berger, Arthur Asa (San Francisco State University Berger, James Burk
• Assisted by: James Burk (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138534070
• ISBN: 978-1-138-53407-0
• No. of pages: 238
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Military vehicles, aircraft, ships; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, Politics & government, Politics and government, Military engineering