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War time : temporality and the decline of western military power / edited by Sten Rynning, Olivier Schmitt, Amelie Theussen.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Insights: critical thinking on international affairs.
- Insights, Critical Thinking on International Affairs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prolonged war.
- Time perception.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (316 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : Brookings Institution Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "A contributed volume, the book examines three interrelated dimensions of temporality related to war (trajectories, perceptions, and pace), and is a critical assessment of the evolution and future of Western military power"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I: ""Civic Militarism"" and the Trajectory of Western Power
- The Western Experience in Balancing Liberal and Military Virtues
- The Modern State: Rise and Decline of Civic Militarism
- Making Time an Ally: Uncovering the Perils of Tactical Military Speed
- Benefit or Burden? NATO-led Military Missions and Western Cohesion
- The Future of the West: What If the United States Pulls Out of NATO?
- Part II: Western Perceptions of Time and the International Normative Order
- A Normative Order under Pressure
- Civilian Casualties and Contemporary Coalition Operations: The Case of Afghanistan
- Conflicting Norms of Intervention: When and How to Use Military Force?
- In the Shadows: The Challenge of Russian and Chinese Gray Zone Conflict for the West
- Competing Norms: What If China Takes Control of Djibouti to Protect Its People?
- Part III: Military Operations and Temporality
- Speed, Time, and Western Military Power
- Fighting, Fast, and Slow? Speed and Western Ways of War
- War at Information Speed: Multi-Domain Warfighting Visions
- The Limits of Technology: The Impact of Speed and Innovation on Western Military Primacy
- Military Operations: What If Digital Technologies Fail on the Battlefield?
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8157-4338-6
- 0-8157-3895-1
- OCLC:
- 1233013150
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