{"product_id":"global-insurgency-and-the-future-of-armed-conflict-debating-fourth-generation-warfare-9780415778374","title":"Global Insurgency and the Future of Armed Conflict: Debating Fourth-Generation Warfare","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume covers a timely debate in contemporary security studies: can armed forces adjust to the rising challenge of insurgency and terrorism, the greatest transformation in warfare since the birth of the international system? Containing essays by leading international security scholars and military professionals, it explores the Fourth-Generation Warfare thesis and its implications for security planning in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNo longer confined to the fringes of armed conflict, guerrilla warfare and terrorism increasingly dominate world-wide military planning. For the first time since the Vietnam War ended, the problems of insurgency have leapt to the top of the international security agenda and virtually all countries are struggling to protect themselves against terrorist threats. Coalition forces in Afghanistan and Iraq are bogged down by an insurgency, and are being forced to rely on old warfare tactics rather than modern technologies to destroy their adversaries. These theorists argue that irregular warfare-insurgencies and terrorism-has evolved over time and become progressively more sophisticated and difficult to defeat as it is not centred on high technology and state of the art weaponry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlobal Insurgency and the Future of Armed Conflict\u003c\/em\u003e will be of interest to students of international security, strategic studies and terrorism studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Regina Karp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415778374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAaron Karp\u003c\/strong\u003e is Director of Studies on the Graduate Program for International Studies at Old Dominion University, Virginia. He is co-Editor of the journal \u003cem\u003eContemporary Security Policy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegina Karp\u003c\/strong\u003e is Director of the Center for Regional and Global Studies at Old Dominion University. She is co-Editor of the journal \u003cem\u003eContemporary Security Policy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTerry Teriff\u003c\/strong\u003e is Senior Lecturer in International Security in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at Birmingham University, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43195178975347,"sku":"9.78042E+12","price":100.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_12d4d335-f2b9-497d-a909-e4d2fd725768.jpg?v=1752581669","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/global-insurgency-and-the-future-of-armed-conflict-debating-fourth-generation-warfare-9780415778374","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}