The new dogs of war : nonstate actor violence in international politics / Ward Thomas.

"To an ever greater degree, actors other than states are using military force in ways that affect the international system. Some militias and paramilitary groups, as well as insurgents and rebels, wield greater military power than national governments; armed private contractors perform missions...

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Main Author: Thomas, Ward, 1963- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2021.
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Holy Cross Note:Faculty author.
Table of Contents:
  • The Fall and Rise of Nonstate Violence
  • Coherence and Contestation : Explaining International Normative Change
  • Partisans, Liberators, and Militias : Normative Change and the Legitimization of Nonstate Violence
  • One Man's Freedom Fighter? Normative Change and the Geopolitical Construction of Terrorism
  • From Soldiers of Fortune to Fortune 500 : Normative Contestation and the Return of Entrepreneurial Violence
  • What's at Stake? The Implications of Nonstate Actor Violence.