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WAR AND POLITICS (2) answer(s).
 
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Clausewitzian fallacy of absolute war / Holmes, Terence M   Journal Article
Holmes, Terence M Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract Clausewitz was much preoccupied with the apparent contradiction between real and absolute war. Why did war in history so rarely exhibit the extremes of violence and energy implied in the pure concept of war? Clausewitz’s commentators have usually followed him in thinking that this was a genuine problem in need of a solution, but I want to question that view. I will argue that Clausewitz did not have a coherent philosophy of absolute war, and therefore the contradiction he posited between real and absolute war was equally meaningless – as, too, was his effort to resolve it by claiming that some real wars approached or even attained the absolute form of war. The real problem was not the opposition of real and absolute war, but the self-contradictory theory of absolute war.
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Dynamics of a postcolonial war / Sayyid, S   Journal Article
Sayyid, S Journal Article
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Publication 2013.
Summary/Abstract The 'war on terror' has become the grammar of contemporary international relations. Analysis of the 'war on terror' has become overdetermined by broader discussion about the utility of organized violence following the end of the Cold War. This focus has led to a perception that the link between war and politics has been fundamentally weakened, if not entirely severed. This article argues that the 'de-politicization' of war thesis gets in the way of a more fruitful understanding of the relationship between international order and the occurrence and conduct of warfare. Paradoxically, policy that may stem from an analysis that depoliticizes armed conflict makes it more difficult to imagine the possibility of peace. Colonial-type wars are one instance of armed conflict which is asymmetrically depoliticized. The attempt to fit the 'war on terror' into a colonial war-shaped hole is unsustainable. Colonial warfare cannot provide solutions to postcolonial military challenges. This article argues for an understanding of the 'war on terror' as postcolonial war in which the political is very much present.
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