The Problem of Force : Grappling with the Global Battlefield / Simon W. Murden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murden, Simon W., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In the context of the US-led global war on terror, Murden explores the contradictions inherent in attempting to combat global terrorist networks by intervening in complex, local social settings.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 War and Warfare in the Early Twenty-First Century

2 Mapping Contemporary Insurgency

3 Mapping Contemporary Intervention

4 The Origins of the War on Terror, 1991–2001

5 The War in Afghanistan

6 Planning the Iraq War

7 What Went Wrong in Iraq?

8 The Surge Experiment in Iraq

9 Whither the War on Terror?

Bibliography

Index

About the Book

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)

ISBN:

1-62637-212-8

OCLC:

1334344070