War amongst the people : critical assessments / edited by David Brown, Donette Murray, Malte Riemann, Norma Rossi, Martin A. Smith.
Contributor(s): Brown, David [editor.]
| Murray, Donette [editor.] | Riemann, Malte [editor.] | Rossi, Norma (Senior lecturer in defense and international affairs) [editor.] | Smith, Martin A [editor.].Series: Sandhurst trends in international conflict: Publisher: Havant : Howgate Publishing Limited, 2019Description: xviii, 270 pages : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781912440023; 9781912440030; 9781912440184.Subject(s): Military art and scienceDDC classification: 355 Summary: "Recent conflicts have required the armed forces to engage in what has been termed ‘war amongst the people’. Such conflicts increasingly require a type of soldier deployed to function as an ‘armed social worker’, as was seen most recently in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. If this increased focus on societal relations has – and should – become the area of prime concern for contemporary armed forces, this poses a series of conceptual and practical questions regarding the ‘people’ concerned and the nature of the society amongst which war is conducted. Scholars and practitioners come together in this volume to explore how armed forces can make sense of such complexity in conceptual terms and how military actors have practically interacted with local power structures and relations, with both positive and negative effects. It examines armed forces’ engagement at the local level in a contemporary context, and contextualises this within the broader political, strategic, tactical and legal implications this engagement has had at home and overseas."-- Taken from back cover.
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| 355 UNC The Uncertain course : | 355 UNI Maintaining outer space for peaceful uses : | 355 VAN Supplying war : | 355 WAR War amongst the people : critical assessments / | 355 WEI Fighting for peace : | 355 WIL Tommy Atkins' children : | 355 WIN The rite of war / |
"Recent conflicts have required the armed forces to engage in what has been termed ‘war amongst the people’. Such conflicts increasingly require a type of soldier deployed to function as an ‘armed social worker’, as was seen most recently in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. If this increased focus on societal relations has – and should – become the area of prime concern for contemporary armed forces, this poses a series of conceptual and practical questions regarding the ‘people’ concerned and the nature of the society amongst which war is conducted. Scholars and practitioners come together in this volume to explore how armed forces can make sense of such complexity in conceptual terms and how military actors have practically interacted with local power structures and relations, with both positive and negative effects. It examines armed forces’ engagement at the local level in a contemporary context, and contextualises this within the broader political, strategic, tactical and legal implications this engagement has had at home and overseas."-- Taken from back cover.