In Empire's Violent End, Thijs Brocades Zaalberg and Bart Luttikhuis, along with expert contributors, present comparative research focused specifically on excessive violence in Indonesia, Algeria, Vietnam, Malaysia, Kenya, and other areas during the wars of decolonization. In the last two decades, there …

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 …

Modern conflicts, while being fought locally, might have a far wider and even global impact. Typically, the contemporary conflict environment, or ‘ conflict ecosystem’, consists of a wide variety of (internationally) interconnected actors and spill-over effects such as displaced persons and refugees.1 …

The deterrence of non-state actors is a relatively understudied and not particularly well-understood aspect of deterrence studies. This chapter contributes to the emerging body of knowledge on this matter by coining the idea of localised deterrence. Based on a discussion of counterinsurgency theory it …

The deterrence of non-state actors is a relatively understudied and not particularly well-understood aspect of deterrence studies. This chapter contributes to the emerging body of knowledge on this matter by coining the idea of localised deterrence. Based on a discussion of counterinsurgency theory it …

Following the withdrawal of large scale military contingents from Afghanistan and Iraq, enthusiasm in the Western world for what has been called armed state-building seems to have sunk to an all-time low. This is not entirely surprising given the high stakes and the meagre results of the massive efforts …

Broos and Sissing discuss the quagmire of Information Operations. Wheras information is crucial to military effectiveness it is at the same time difficult to retrieve or obtain without infringing ethical bounderies. The authors present the morality line for data collection that ranges from 'torture' …

Tijdens conflicten is beinvloeding van de verschillende relevante doelgroepen tegenstanders, de lokale bevolking en het eigen thuisfront altijd al van doorslaggevend belang geweest. Maar door de geglobaliseerde nieuwe vormen van media dat heeft geleid tot ongekende beinvloedingsmogelijkheden, de verwevenheid …

Het optreden in Irak en Afghanistan laat zien hoe lastig het is om een irreguliere tegenstander te bestrijden. Hoe werkten de erfenis van Vietnam en de ervaringen in Irak uit op het doctrinaire denken bij het Amerikaanse leger en de mariniers? Hoe kwamen achtereenvolgens een interim Field Manual in 2004 …