Policing Wars: On Military Intervention in the Twenty-First Century (Rethinking Political Violence)

Policing Wars: On Military Intervention in the Twenty-First Century (Rethinking Political Violence)

Caroline Holmqvist
$65.99
Publication Date: February 5th, 2014
Publisher:
Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN:
9781137323606
Pages:
175
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Description

Holmqvist presents an original account of the relationship between war and policing in the twenty first century. This interdisciplinary study of contemporary Western strategic thinking reveals how, why, and with what consequences, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq became seen as policing wars.

About the Author

Caroline Holmqvist is Senior Lecturer in War Studies at the Swedish National Defence College in Stockholm, Sweden and a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for International Studies at the London School of Economics, UK. She has previously worked at the Stockholm Institute for International Affairs and at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

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