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Provides a new analysis for bringing the rules of war into alignment with contemporary means of warfareThese essays explore the overarching phenomenon of how force short of war is being used in modern conflict, and how it impacts just war theory. They show that we need to bring the rules of war into alignment with increasingly digital means of conducting kinetic warfare through the force short of war paradigm.The use of force short of war is now commonplace, in large part owing to casualty averseness and the explosion of emerging technologies, most notably drones, autonomous robotics and cyberwarfare. It often involves the selective or limited use of military force to achieve political objectives and assumes many forms. These include targeted killing, assassination, special-forces raids, limited duration bombing campaigns or missile strikes, and 'low intensity' counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations.Key FeaturesInvestigates innovative normative methods for aligning modern conflict with contemporary ethical and legal expectationsPresents a new way to understand and potentially reconcile a centuries-old theoretical dispute between classical and revisionist accounts of just warProvides a means of better governing the use of emerging military technologies that have plagued governments in recent timesOpens new avenues for thinking about the ethics of robotic, cyber and other novel military technologies in the context of military and political decision-makingContributorsEamon Aloyo, Lecturer at Leiden University and Senior Researcher at The Hague Institute of Global Justice.Christian Braun, Research Fellow in Philosophy at Durham Univeristy.Megan Braun, a Rhodes Scholar pursuing International Relations at Oxford University.Daniel Brunstetter, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine.Helen Frowe, Professor of Practical Philosophy and Director of the Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace. Cassitie Galliott, PhD candidate at the Monash University.Jai Galliott, Research Group Leader – Values in Defence & Security Technology at the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy and Visiting Fellow at Centre for Technology and Global Affairs in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Oxford University.James Gillcrist, Researcher in the Department of Philosophy at The University of Kansas.Shawn Kaplan, Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Adelphi University.Christopher Ketcham, Research Fellow in the Values in Defence & Security Technology Group at the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy.John Lango, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Hunter College, City University of New York.Nick Lloyd, Reader in Military and Imperial History at Kings College, London.Danielle Lupton, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Colgate University.Seumas Miller, Professorial Research Fellow at Charles Sturt University and the 3TU Centre for Ethics and Technology at Delft University of Technology, The Hague.Valerie Morkevicius, Associate Professor of Political Science at Colgate University.

Military art and science. --- Fighting --- Military power --- Military science --- Warfare --- Warfare, Primitive --- Naval art and science --- War

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This phenomenon ranges from arming proxies, to the use of armed drones, to cyber propaganda. Krieg and Rickli bring old, related practices such as war by mercenary or proxy under this new overarching concept. Apart from analyzing the underlying sociopolitical drivers that trigger patrons to substitute or supplement military action, this book looks at the intrinsic trade-offs between substitution and control that shapes the relationship between patron and surrogate. This book will be essential reading for anyone studying contemporary conflict.

Military art and science --- War --- Fighting --- Military power --- Military science --- Warfare --- Warfare, Primitive --- Naval art and science --- Armed conflict (War) --- Conflict, Armed (War) --- Hostilities --- Wars --- International relations --- Peace --- History --- Technological innovations. --- Polemology --- anno 2000-2009 --- anno 2010-2019

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Les berserkir comptent parmi les figures les plus fascinantes de la littérature scandinave médiévale. Ces combattants d’élite, « semblables à des ours ou des loups », manifestent leur « être second » lors de terrifiants accès de sauvagerie. Très appréciés des souverains de l’ancien Nord, les berserkir sont considérés comme les compagnons d’Odin - divinité furieuse, maîtrisant l’art de la métamorphose. Dépassant l’analyse des stéréotypes légendaires, cet ouvrage s’attache à démontrer l’historicité d’une tradition associée aux aspects sacrés de la fonction royale. Les berserkir incarnent un modèle de compagnonnage militaire attesté sous diverses formes dans les sociétés germaniques anciennes. Il s’agit de la première étude complète publiée en France sur le sujet. L’auteur soumet à un rigoureux examen critique l’ensemble des sources médiévales (poèmes, sagas, chroniques, documentation épigraphique, onomastique, archéologique) ainsi que les interprétations proposées depuis deux siècles par les spécialistes scandinaves, allemands ou anglosaxons. L’approche retenue est résolument interdisciplinaire : elle associe la philologie et l’étude des témoignages iconographiques, la mythologie comparée, l’histoire des sociétés et des institutions. Ce livre ne s’adresse pas seulement aux spécialistes de la civilisation des Vikings - linguistes, historiens ou archéologues - mais également aux lecteurs intéressés par les pratiques martiales et les croyances religieuses de l’Europe préchrétienne.

Berserkers. --- Vikings --- Military art and science --- Civilization, Viking. --- Sagas --- Warfare. --- History. --- History and criticism. --- Viking civilization --- Fighting --- Military power --- Military science --- Warfare --- Warfare, Primitive --- Naval art and science --- War --- Northmen --- Legends --- Civilization --- littérature scandinave --- légende --- âge de Vendel --- divinité --- berserkir --- pays nordique --- mythe --- guerrier-fauve --- viking

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This book makes an original contribution to our knowledge of the world's major defence industries. Experts from a wide range of different countries - from the major economies of North America and Western Europe to developing economies and some unique cases such as China, India, Singapore, South Africa and North Korea- describe and analyse the structure, conduct and performance of the defence industry in that country. Each chapter opens with statistics on a key nation's defence spending, its spending on defence R&D and on procurement over the period 1980 to 2017, allowing for an analysis of industry changes following the end of the Cold War. After the facts of each industry, the authors describe and analyse the structure, conduct and performance of the industry. The analysis of structure' includes discussions of entry conditions, domestic monopoly/oligopoly structures and opportunities for competition. The section on conduct' analyses price/non-price competition, including private and state funded R&D, and performance' incorporates profitability, imports and exports together with spin-offs and technical progress. The conclusion explores the future prospects for each nation's defence industry. Do defence industries have a future? What might the future defence firm and industry look like in 50 years' time? This volume is a vital resource and reference for anyone interested in defence economics, industrial economics, international relations, strategic studies and public procurement.

Industrie de l'armement --- Art militaire --- Mondialisation --- Defense industries --- Military art and science --- Armaments industries --- Arms sales --- Military sales --- Military supplies industry --- Munitions --- Sale of military equipment --- Industries --- Arms transfers --- Fighting --- Military power --- Military science --- Warfare --- Warfare, Primitive --- Naval art and science --- War --- Economic aspects. --- DEFENSE INDUSTRIES--ECONOMIC ASPECTS

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Armies of Sand asks, 'why have Arab militaries fought so poorly in the modern era?' It examines the performance of over two-dozen Arab militaries from 1948 to 2017, and compares them to a half-dozen non-Arab militaries, to conclude that politics, economics, and culture all contributed to the past weakness of Arab armies.

Military art and science --- Economic development --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Fighting --- Military power --- Military science --- Warfare --- Warfare, Primitive --- Naval art and science --- War --- History. --- Arab countries --- Arab world --- Arabic countries --- Arabic-speaking states --- Islamic countries --- Middle East --- Armed Forces --- Military policy.