War Time: Temporality and the Decline of Western Military Power

ISBN-13: 9780815738947 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 334 str.

Sten Rynning; Olivier Schmitt; Amelie Theussen

Spis treści

• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I: “Civic Militarism” and the Trajectory of Western Power: The Western Experience in Balancing Liberal and Military Virtues
• 1. The Modern State Rise and Decline of Civic Militarism
• 2. Making Time an Ally: Uncovering the Perils of Tactical Military Speed
• 3. Benefit or Burden? NATO-led Military Missions and Western Cohesion
• 4. 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
• 5. Civilian Casualties and Contemporary Coalition Operations: The Case of Afghanistan
• 6. Conflicting Norms of Intervention: When and How to Use Military Force?
• 7. In the Shadows: The Challenge of Russian and Chinese Gray Zone Conflict for the West
• 8. 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
• 9. Fighting, Fast and Slow? Speed and Western Ways of War
• 10. War at Information Speed: Multi-Domain Warfighting Visions
• 11. The Limits of Technology: The Impact of Speed and Innovation on Western Military Primacy
• 12. Military Operations: What If Digital Technologies Fail on the Battlefield
• Conclusion
• Contributors
• Index