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War As Risk Management : Strategy and Conflict in an Age of Globalised Risks by Yee-Kuang Heng (2009, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRoutledge
ISBN-100415544998
ISBN-139780415544993
eBay Product ID (ePID)72115447
Product Key Features
Number of Pages224 Pages
Publication NameWar As Risk Management : Strategy and Conflict in an Age of Globalised Risks
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPublic Policy / Military Policy, Terrorism, Decision-Making & Problem Solving, Globalization, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Military / General, Security (National & International), Political Freedom
Publication Year2009
TypeTextbook
AuthorYee-Kuang Heng
Subject AreaPhilosophy, Political Science, Business & Economics, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight12 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal355.0335
Table Of Content1. The Problem at Hand 2. The State of the Art 3. War and Emerging Strategic Principles 4. Risk Management, IR and War 5. The Kosovo Campaign 6. War as a 'Risk Management' Exercise 7. The Afghan Campaign and the 'War' on Terrorism 8. Risk Management Vindicated? 9. Iraq: Textbook Risk Management or Flawed Strategy? Conclusion
SynopsisThis major new study shows how war can be thought of in terms of proactive risk management rather than in terms of conventional threat response. It addresses why the study of 'risk management' has helped fields such as sociology and criminology conceptualize new policy challenges but has made limited impact on Strategic Studies with new case studies of recent Anglo-American military campaigns in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq. The author shows how 'risk' is now a key defining feature of our globalized era, encompassing issues from global financial meltdown, terrorism, infectious diseases, to environmental degradation and how its vocabulary, such as the Precautionary Principle, now permeates the way we think about war, and how it now appears in US and UK defence policy documents, and speeches from both civilian and military staff. This book will be of great interest to all students and scholars of strategic studies, war studies, international relations and globalization.
LC Classification NumberUA646.H394 2009
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