Bordieuan Field Theory as an Instrument for Military Operational Analysis / by Håkan Gunneriusson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gunneriusson, Håkan., Author.

Series:

New Security Challenges, 2731-0337

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Politics and war.

Political Theory.

Military and Defence Studies.

Local Subjects:

Political Theory.

Military and Defence Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XV, 123 p. 6 illus., 5 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2017.

Place of Publication:

2017.

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book uses Pierre Bourdieu's field theory as a lens through which to examine military operations. Novel in its approach, this innovative text provides a better, more nuanced understanding of the modern 'battlespace', particularly in instances of prolonged low-intensity conflict. Formed in two parts, this book primarily explores the scope of Bourdien theory before secondly providing a detailed case study of the Yugoslavian succession war of 1990-1992. Gunneriusson suggests that although theories do not necessarily provide answers, they do help us ask better questions. This volume suggests news lines of interdisciplinary investigation that will be of interest to members of armed forces, practitioners from NGOs, and policymakers.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Terms in Search for a Theoretical Definition

Chapter 2: Field Theory

Chapter 3: The Political Field in the Operational Area

Chapter 4: Field Operations as Information Warfare and Operationalisation of Theory

Chapter 5: The Pre-War Strategic Situation in the Balkans from a Field Theory Perspective

Chapter 6: The Events in 1990

Chapter 7: The Events in 1991

Chapter 8: The Events in 1992

Chapter 9: Epilogue: Beyond 1992

Chapter 10: Conclusions of the Empirical Example

Chapter 11: Post Scriptum: Hybrid Warfare and the Yugoslavian Blueprint. .

Notes:

CC BY

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9783319653525

3319653520

OCLC:

1008877271

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access