Heng, Yee-Kuang.

War as risk management : strategy and conflict in an age of globalised risks / Yee-Kuang Heng. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2006. - viii, 214 p. ; 24 cm. - Contemporary security studies .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-209) and index.

The reconfiguring of war -- The dawn of a risk age : from cold warriors to risk managers -- Forging the link : risk management goes to war -- The Kosovo campaign : war as a risk management exercise -- The Afghan campaign and the War on Terrorism : risk management vindicated? -- War on Iraq : textbook risk management or flawed strategy? -- The rise and fall of war as risk management?

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Security, International.
Premptive attack (Military strategy)
War--Moral and ethical aspects.
Risk management.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Globalization.


Europe--Military policy.
United States--Military policy.

UA646 / .H394 2006

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