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The new dogs of war : nonstate actor violence in international politics / Ward Thomas

Author
Thomas, Ward, 1963-
Published
Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Copyright Date
©2021
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 264 pages)
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Contents
The Fall and Rise of Nonstate Violence -- Coherence and Contestation : Explaining International Normative Change -- Partisans, Liberators, and Militias : Normative Change and the Legitimization of Nonstate Violence -- One Man's Freedom Fighter? Normative Change and the Geopolitical Construction of Terrorism -- From Soldiers of Fortune to Fortune 500 : Normative Contestation and the Return of Entrepreneurial Violence -- What's at Stake? The Implications of Nonstate Actor Violence.
Summary
"To an ever greater degree, actors other than states are using military force in ways that affect the international system. Some militias and paramilitary groups, as well as insurgents and rebels, wield greater military power than national governments; armed private contractors perform missions previously reserved for uniformed national troops; and terrorist organizations with global reach now define parts of the security landscape for even the most powerful countries. Ward Thomas explains how contesting state prerogatives reshaped understandings of who could legitimately use force. The question of who is empowered to use force is, he concludes, closely tied to the tractability of international violence."--
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ISBN
9781501758904 electronic book
150175890X electronic book
9781501758911 electronic book
1501758918 electronic book
9781501758898 hardcover
1501758896 (hardcover)
9781501758898
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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