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War is not about defeating the enemy,
This review is from: The Risk Society at War: Terror, Technology and Strategy in the Twenty-First Century (Paperback)
In the twenty-first century people in Western societies are more secure than ever in history. But the standards by which we measure our safety have changed in a fundamental way. In The Risk Society at War Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen depicts the emerging dangers in a globalising world. New threatening actors are appearing. Non- state acors with a different set of values and a different rationality are the new kids in town. The Cold War was waged in a rational means-end framework. Technological innovations, new actors seem to challenge the traditional strategic environment of the Western powers. Rasmussen explores in a highly theoretical way this change in warfare. But in the end you have got a fairly good impression of the new doctrines governing the use of armed force. Strategy is no longer a question of definitely defeating the enemy, total victory is not possible. Strategy is about managing risks and acknowledging that eliminating one risk can cause other unexpected boomeranging effects. Rasmussen wrote an illuminating theoretical analysis of modern warfare. You better be aware of it!!
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The Risk Society at War: Terror, Technology and Strategy in the Twenty-First Century by Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen (Hardcover - January 15, 2007)
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