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Who Owns War? : The State and the Role of Non-State (Armed) Actors in Modern Warfare.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boer, Monica den.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (450 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden : Leiden University Press, 2025.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This book provides an important new perspective on the role of non-state (armed) actors in war.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Figures and Tables
- Introduction
- Jan Willem Honig, Monica den Boer, Marten Zwanenburg &
- Joep Aarts
- PART I: Categories of Non-State (Armed) Actors in War
- Chapter 1. The Strategic Cohesion of Organised Armed Groups: Towards a Historically Informed Socio-Normative Approach
- Jan Willem Honig
- Chapter 2. The Diversification of Civilian Agency in Armed Conflict and the Protection of Civilians under International Humanitarian Law
- Arjen Vermeer &
- Steven van der Put
- Chapter 3. The Resistance Operating Concept: Towards Modern-Day People's War
- Martijn Rouvroije
- Chapter 4. Fuelling Instability in the Ukraine War: The Questionable Loyalty of Non-State Actors in Cyberspace
- Peter Pijpers and Lotte Nietzman
- Chapter 5. How Iranian Weapons' Technology Increases Ansar Allah's Reach
- Ralph Savelsberg, Mark Voskuijl &
- Frederik Mertens
- Chapter 6. Information and Communications Technology Companies on the Battlefield: Explanations and Implications
- Eric Pouw, Paul Ducheine, Peter Pijpers &
- Kraesten Arnold
- Chapter 7. Private Non-State Actors as Norm-Keepers in Armed Conflict: The Role of the Private Sector in Ensuring Compliance with International Humanitarian Law
- Marten Zwanenburg
- Chapter 8. Navigating Non-State Dynamics: A Literature Review on Private Military and Security Companies
- Erik de Waard, Bart Wielders, Michael Rustenhoven and Chiel Conijn
- Chapter 9. Expansion or Restraint? China's Use of Private Military and Security Companies along the 'Belt and Road Initiative' in Asia and Africa
- Thijs Cremers and Maarten Rothman
- Chapter 10. Can the Impact of Non-State Actors Be Predicted? Impressions of Contemporary Approaches to War Forecasting
- Hans Melissen and Peter Schuur.
- PART II: Cases of Non-State (Armed) Actors in War
- Chapter 11. Fighting or Writing? Dutch Volunteers in the Anglo-Boer War: Motivation, Loyalty, Effectiveness and Self-Representation
- Henk de Jong
- Chapter 12. The Pope's Divisions on the March: Soft Power and the Catholic Church
- Theo Brinkel
- Chapter 13. The Battle for Recognition: National Liberation Movements and Military Assistance during the Decolonisation of Southern Africa
- Tycho van der Hoog
- Chapter 14. Fighting the State: The Comparative Advantages and Disadvantages of the Tamil Tigers in Their Separatist Struggle against the Sri Lankan Government
- Georg Frerks
- Chapter 15. Cohesion and Conflict Outcomes in Nagorno-Karabakh
- Feike Fliervoet
- General Bibliography
- About the Editors
- About the Authors.
- Notes:
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 94-006-0545-5
- 94-006-0501-3
- 9789400605015
- OCLC:
- 1550238557
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