Theorising Future Conflict - War Out to 2049

This book explores the changing tactics, technologies and terrains of 21st century war.

List of contents

1. Introduction: A Mug’s Game Part I: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century 2. The Liberal Way of Future Warfare 3. The Lethal State of Modernity Part II: The Tactics, Terrains and Technologies of Future Warfare 4. The Impure 1: On the Sub-Threshold of Modernity and War 5. The Impure 2: Glitches in the Digital War Machine—The (Hu)Man, the State and (Cyber)War 6. The Granular 1: The Changing Scale in Conflict 7. The Granular 2: The Granularity of Future War 8. The Machinic 1: The Battle Angels of Our Better Nature 9. The Machinic 2: The Great Accelerator? AI and the Future of Warfare 10. Cyberpunk International Politics? Enter the Shimmer

About the author

Mark Lacy is a senior lecturer in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University, UK, and author of Security, Technology and Global Politics: Thinking with Virilio (2014) and Security and Climate Change (2005).

Summary

This book explores the changing tactics, technologies and terrains of 21st century war.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Lacy, Mark (Lancaster University Lacy, Mark (University of Durham Lacy, Lacy Mark
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.12.2023
• EAN: 9781032113661
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3211366-1
• No. of pages: 242
• Series: Routledge Studies in Conflict, Security and Technology
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, International Relations, Warfare & defence, Warfare and defence