02675cam a2200541Ma 4500 ocn841912537 OCoLC 20241205103138.0 m o d cr |n||||||||| 130505s2012 enk ob 001 0 eng d 0745663036 (electronic bk.) 9780745663036 (electronic bk.) 9780745655635 (pbk.) 0745655637 (pbk.) 9780745655628 0745655629 9780745676166 (electronic bk.) 0745676162 (electronic bk.) 080478549X 9780804785495 DEBSZ 431410410 DEBSZ 449357708 NLGGC 357446380 (OCoLC)841912537 (OCoLC)842929820 (OCoLC)903053496 eng GAFCSC LIBRARY U240 .K11 Kaldor, Mary. New and old wars / Mary Kaldor. 3rd ed. Cambridge [England] ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2012. 1 online resource (xii, 268 pages) "Organized violence in a global era"--Cover Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- Old wars -- Bosnia-Herzegovina: a case study of a new war -- The politics of new wars -- The globalized war economy -- Towards a cosmopolitan approach -- The 'New War' in Iraq -- Governance, legitimacy and security. Mary Kaldor's New and Old Wars has fundamentally changed the way both scholars and policy-makers understand contemporary war and conflict. In the context of globalization, this path-breaking book has shown that what we think of as war - that is to say, war between states in which the aim is to inflict maximum violence - is becoming an anachronism. In its place is a new type of organized violence or 'new wars', which could be described as a mixture of war, organized crime and massive violations of human rights. The actors are both global and local, public and private. The wars ar. Print version record. Since 1989 fast Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) World politics 1989- HISTORY Modern 20th Century. bisacsh Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) fast Electronic books. Print version: Kaldor, Mary. New and old wars. 3rd ed. Cambridge [England] ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2012 9780745655635 0745655637 ebrary http://site.ebrary.com/id/10695857 lcc BK U240 K11 0 NO HOLDINGS IN GHUCC - 91 OTHER HOLDINGS 2783 2783 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF GAFC GAFC GEN 2024-12-05 0 U240 .K11 2024-4284 2024-12-05 10:32:30 C.1 2024-12-05 BK