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"This book examines the key dimensions of 21st century war, and shows that orthodox thinking about war, particularly what it is and how it is fought, needs to be updated. Accelerating societal, economic, political and technological change affects how we prepare, equip and organise for war, a...

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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-478492021-04-16T00:41:09Z Chapter 5 Control from the ground up Breekveldt, Rick Kitzen, Martijn Afghanistan; armed conflict; autonomous systems; cyberwar; drones; Iraq; Libya; warfare bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBW Military history bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JW Warfare & defence::JWK Defence strategy, planning & research bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPS International relations bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPS International relations::JPSH Espionage & secret services bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JW Warfare & defence bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPW Political activism::JPWL Terrorism, armed struggle "This book examines the key dimensions of 21st century war, and shows that orthodox thinking about war, particularly what it is and how it is fought, needs to be updated. Accelerating societal, economic, political and technological change affects how we prepare, equip and organise for war, as well as how we conduct war – both in its low-tech and high-tech forms, and whether it is with high intensity or low intensity. The volume examines changes in warfare by investigating the key features of the conduct of war during the first decades of the 21st century. Conceptually centred around the terms ‘kinetic’, ‘connected’ and ‘synthetic’, the analysis delves into a wide range of topics. The contributions discuss hybrid warfare, cyber and influence activities, machine learning and artificial intelligence, the use of armed drones and air power, the implications of the counterinsurgency experiences in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria, as well as the consequences for law(fare) and decision making. This work will be of much interest to students of military and strategic studies, security studies and International Relations." 2021-04-15T09:03:43Z 2021-04-15T09:03:43Z 2021 chapter 9780367515249 9780367515287 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/47849 eng Routledge Advances in Defence Studies application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9780367515249_oachapter5.pdf Taylor & Francis The Conduct of War in the 21st Century Routledge 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb ccf841a3-2223-4745-8e5b-4e0c41411d8b 9780367515249 9780367515287 Routledge 20 open access
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