The Transformation of the World of War and Peace Support Operations

This book examines the revolutions in military affairs and the transformation of Peace Support Operations (PSOs) over the past two decades. With the end of the Cold War, the euphoria of the Gulf War of the 1990s and the avowal of a 'New World Order', peace-operations were declared as the recipe for a better world through international intervention in conflict arenas. However, the debacles and failures in Cambodia, Somalia, or the Balkans led to disillusionment and a sense of strategic helplessness among leaders, experts, and scholars in the industrial democracies. While these arguments have been the focus of intense criticism and discussion, they nevertheless underscore the fact that since the end of the Cold War the armed forces of the industrial democracies have undergone very significant transformations. This is the first work linking the changes in armed forces to Peace Support Operations (PSOs), those operations with major state-building components that demand broad and coherent cooperation between military forces and civilian entities. "The Transformation of the World of War and Peace Support Operations" is timely as the recent debates over PSOs continue to take centre stage. This work embodies a new set of ideas and concepts that aid in grasping and interpreting the transformations taking place in the world of war and in PSOs. It seeks to understand how social, economic, political, and organizational transformations around the globe are related to the complex links between armed forces and PSOs. Additionally, this work addresses issues that continue to define the character and makeup of modern warfare and the missions of PSOs for coming decades.

ISBN 0313365016   Pages 272 ISBN13 9780313365010 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher ABC-CLIO   Weight (grammes) 476 Imprint Praeger Security International   Published in Westport Format Hardback   Height (mm) 235 Publication date 20 Mar 2009   Width (mm) 155 Library of Congress JZ6374   Spine width (mm) 22 DEWEY 341.584   Academic level Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

		Foreword by Lars Hansel
		Abbreviations
Introduction		Wars and Peace Support Operations in the Contemporary World: Conceptual Clarifications and Suggestions by Eyal Ben-Ari and Kobi Michael and David Kellen		1
1		The End of War? The Use of Force in the Twenty-First Century by Christopher Dandeker		21
2		From Conscription-Based Defense to Volunteer-Based Constabulary Forces: European Defense Integration and Mission Change as Driving Factors for the End of Conscription in Europe by Karl W. Haltiner and Tibor Szvircsev Tresch		39
3		Peace Support Operations and the "Strategic Corporal": Implications for Military Organization and Culture by Eitan Shamir		53
4		Media and Conflict: An Integral Part of the Modern Battlefield by Ilana Bet-El		65
5		The RMA, Transformation, and Peace Support Operations by Allen G. Sens		81
6		Transformation or Back to Basics? Counterinsurgency Pugilism and Peace-Building Judo by David Last		101
7		Civil-Military Aspects of Effectiveness in Peace Support Operations by Robert Egnell		122
8		The Role of Private Security Companies in Peace Support Operations: An Outcome of the Revolution in Military Affairs and the Transformation in Warfare by Christopher Kinsey		139
9		Cultural Intelligence for Peace Support Operations in the New Era of Warfare by Kobi Michael and David Kellen		157
		Index		207

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