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Afghanistan and the future of war

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  • Kaushik Roy

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Discussion about the nature of warfare in Afghanistan is related to several larger inter-related debates in the field of military history. First, is the world witnessing a military revolution, or a military technical revolution/revolution in military affairs at the dawn of the new millennium? Second, is conventional warfare dead? Third, are we witnessing a new form of insurgency, and is the new form of insurgency part of the so-called Eastern way of warfare? Fourth, does this mean that counter-insurgency in Afghanistan is part of the West’s ongoing Global War on Terror (also dubbed the Long War)? We will try to generalize the future of warfare by making a case study of the recent conflict in Afghanistan.

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  • Kaushik Roy, 2012. "Afghanistan and the future of war," International Area Studies Review, Center for International Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, vol. 15(3), pages 301-320, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:intare:v:15:y:2012:i:3:p:301-320
    DOI: 10.1177/2233865912453902
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