Ouroboros : understanding the war machine of liberalism /

This book analyzes how the cost of 'small' wars drives the state to choose remote war and preemption in order to hide the conflict from its domestic populations. This is explained through understanding security mechanisms and how Clausewitzian war machine powers extend Liberalism into the...

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Main Author: Reynolds, Phil W. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2019]
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Summary:This book analyzes how the cost of 'small' wars drives the state to choose remote war and preemption in order to hide the conflict from its domestic populations. This is explained through understanding security mechanisms and how Clausewitzian war machine powers extend Liberalism into the periphery.
Item Description:Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2017.
Physical Description:xiv, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-278) and index.
ISBN:9781498590914
1498590918