Outsmarting technologies: Rhetoric, revolutions in military affairs, and the social depth of warfare

International Politics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 266-280

  Beier, J Marshall ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Combatants; Discriminacy; Legitimacy; Non combatants; Rhetoric; RMA; Simulacra; Warfare

Indexed keywords

MILITARY INTERVENTION;

EID: 33645347726     PISSN: 13845748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ip.8800144     Document Type: Article

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