New Wars
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: October 1, 2004
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780745633374
Subjects: International Law; Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle; Theory of warfare & military science; Politics / Current Events; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; International Relations - General; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Political Science / International Relations; WAR ON TERRORISM, 2001-; WAR_HISTORY; WORLD POLITICS_21ST CENTURY; Public Policy - Social Policy; 21st century; History; International relations; Terrorism; War
First sentence: Nearly all wars that have claimed our attention for a shorter or longer time over the past ten to twenty years have developed in the margins and breaches of the former empires that ruled and divided the world until the early part of the last century.