War time : temporality and the decline of western military power /: temporality and the decline of western military power. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sten Rynning, Olivier Schmitt, Amelie Theussen.
• Authors: Rynning Sten
• Contents: Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: ""Civic Militarism"" and the Trajectory of Western Power -- The Western Experience in Balancing Liberal and Military Virtues -- The Modern State: Rise and Decline of Civic Militarism -- Making Time an Ally: Uncovering the Perils of Tactical Military Speed -- Benefit or Burden? NATO-led Military Missions and Western Cohesion -- 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 -- Civilian Casualities and Contemporary Coalition Operations: The Case of Afghanistan -- Conflicting Norms of Intervention: When and How to Use Military Force? -- In the Shadows: The Challenge of Russian and Chinese Gray Zone Conflict for the West -- 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 -- Fighting, Fast, and Slow? Speed and Western Ways of War War at Information Speed: Multi-Domain Warfighting Visions -- The Limits of Technology: The Impact of Speed and Innovation on Western Military Primacy -- Military Operations: What If Digital Technologies Fail on the Battlefield? -- Conclusion -- Contributors -- Index -- Back Cover
• Publisher Details: Washington, US : Brookings Institution Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 355.02708045; Prolonged war; Time perception; Time Perception; Guerre prolongée; Perception du temps; Prolonged war; Time perception
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780815738954; 0815738951
• Related ISBNs: 0815738943; 9780815738947
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed March 1, 2021).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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