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ISBN-13: 9781442268791
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
By Walter C. Opello
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Local release date: 14/12/2016
Format: Hardback (100.00mm X 100.00mm) 324 pages Weight: 660g
Categories: Military history [HBW]

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Google Preview: Throughout history, innovations in military technology have transformed warfare, which, in turn, affected state formation. This interplay between warfare, military technology, and state formation is the focus of this text. Theoretically grounded in the bellicist approach to the study of war and state, which posits that war is a normal part of human experience, the book argues that the threat of war by powerful, predatory neighbors has been, until relatively recently, the prime mover of state formation. Using a historical approach, it explains how advances in military technology have transformed war, and how new modes of war in turn have transformed forms of politico-military rule, especially with regard to the relationship between the state, armed force, and the people.; Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction: War, State Formation, and Transformation Chapter 2: Private War and the Feudal "State" Chapter 3: Disciplined War and the Centralized Kingly State Chapter 4: People's War and the National State Chapter 5: Industrial War and the Managerial Welfare State Chapter 6: Air-Atomic War and the National Security State Chapter 7: Unmanned War and the Neoliberal State Chapter 8: Internal War and the Weak State Chapter 9: Conclusion: War and State Deformation Bibliography Index About the Author; Google Preview content