Waging War Without Warriors? : The Changing Culture of Military Conflict / Christopher Coker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coker, Christopher, Author.

Series:

IISS Studies in International Security Series

IISS Studies in International Security

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Coker explores the evolution of the Western culture of warfare—characterized by the heroic figure of the warrior—how it is changing today, and the startling significance of that change.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

1 The Warrior’s Dishonor

2 The Origins of the Western Way of Warfare

3 The Western Way of Warfare and the Modern Age

4 The Death of the Warrior Tradition and the American Way of Warfare

5 The West Encounters the Non-Western World

6 The Warrior Tradition and the Non-Western Way of Warfare

7 Posthuman War

Notes

Selected 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:

1-68585-037-5