Spectator-Sport War : : The West and Contemporary Conflict / / Colin McInnes.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: McInnes, Colin,
• MitwirkendeR: Bellamy, Alex,; Jones, Rebecca,; McInnes, Colin,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Making Sense of Global Security
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (187 p.)

Following a century dominated by global conflict—and despite the unchanging nature of the human suffering it causes—the nature of war itself, argues Colin McInnes, has been transformed for the West. Spectator-Sport War considers the key developments that have led to this metamorphosis, ranging from new geopolitical relationships to new technological advances. McInnes shows that, even in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on the United States and the military action in Afghanistan, war has direct meaning for only a small minority in the West. It is no longer participatory for Western society as a whole; it is something removed, watched from afar. The far-reaching implications of this phenomenon, for both the military and the broader community, are explored in the final chapter of the book.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Modern War and Total War -- 3. The Obsolescence of Major War -- 4. The Transformation of War -- 5. Airpower and the Use of Force -- 6. The Revolution in Military Affairs -- 7. Spectator-Sport Warfare -- Appendix: The Incidence of War: Explaining the Data -- Acronyms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book