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Book/Printed Material The new Aztecs : ritual and restraint in contemporary western military operations

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Title

  • The new Aztecs : ritual and restraint in contemporary western military operations

Summary

  • The Western way of war has come full circle. After centuries of evolution toward increased totality and brutality, it has turned back once again to the ritualistic and restrained methods of primitive warfare. Largely, this has been due to an interaction between the perceived lack of utility in contemporary warfare, developing humanitarian public opinion, and increasing professionalism among militaries. The significance of these evolutionary trends in the way that the West engages in modern warfare is that they are potentially dangerous, and they include the possibility that the West will be unprepared for a future foe whose defeat requires more unrestrained methods.

Names

  • Alach, Zhivan J.
  • Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute

Created / Published

  • Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2011.

Contents

  • The development of warfare. The warrior period -- The Grotian period -- The age of total war -- Recent and contemporary ritual and restraint in warfare. Vietnam -- Somalia -- Kosovo -- Afghanistan -- Iraq -- Lebanon 2006 -- The return of restraint -- Counterfactuals of total war -- Existential threats and the utility of war. Culture, media, and democracy -- Professionalism -- The implications of ritual and restraint.

Headings

  • -  Military art and science--Western countries
  • -  War--History
  • -  War--Moral and ethical aspects--Western countries

Notes

  • -  "July 2011."
  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 40-51).
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (viii, 69 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • U39

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023692755

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Chicago citation style:

Alach, Zhivan J, and U.S.. Strategic Studies Institute Army War College. The new Aztecs: ritual and restraint in contemporary western military operations. Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2011. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2023692755/.

APA citation style:

Alach, Z. J. & Army War College, U. S. S. S. I. (2011) The new Aztecs: ritual and restraint in contemporary western military operations. Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2023692755/.

MLA citation style:

Alach, Zhivan J, and U.S.. Strategic Studies Institute Army War College. The new Aztecs: ritual and restraint in contemporary western military operations. Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2011. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2023692755/>.