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Beyond the Trinitarian institutionalization of the warrior etho: a normative conceptualization of soldier and contractor commitment in post-modern conflict / Krieg, Andreas   Journal Article
Krieg, Andreas Journal Article
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Publication 2014.
Summary/Abstract Traditionally in liberal normative theory the warrior's ethos has been defined on basis of the warrior's raison d'ĂȘtre as the trinitarian protector of the social contractarian discretionary association of society and state. Since the post-modern warrior, whether serving in state uniform or as an employee of a commercial enterprise, is increasingly asked to provide security as a global rather than public good on the liberal state's behalf in non-trinitarian contingency operations, this paper provides a broader normative conceptualization of the post-modern warrior ethos. Trinitarian operations in this respect are defined as those operations that revolve around the state soldier's primary trinitarian function of providing security for society and state as a member of the Clausewitzian trinity of society, state and soldier. Instead of solely conceptualizing the warrior's ethos as a narrow trinitarian institutionalization process, this paper demonstrates that for the warrior who provides security increasingly in non-trinitarian operations, the post-modern warrior ethos becomes more and more an alternatively institutionalized characteristic of spirit beyond the social contractarian trinity. Shaping both the soldier's and the contractor's commitment in non-trinitarian contingency operations, the alternative non-trinitarian institutionalization of the warrior's ethos ensures that the post-modern warrior remains a virtuous and committed security service provider amid high operational risks even when serving the interests of common humanity rather than of his family, state and nation.
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New normalcy: sea power and contingency operations in the twenty-first century / Watts, Robert B   Journal Article
Watts, Robert B Journal Article
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Publication 2012.
Summary/Abstract In September 1994, the Caribbean nation of Haiti burst into political unrest that drove twenty-six thousand migrants out to sea on board overcrowded and unseaworthy craft in an unprecedented mass migration to the United States. Several months later, over thirty thousand Cubans followed suit, attempting to reach the mainland on literally anything that could float. On 31 August 2005, a "weapon of mass destruction" in the form of a category-five hurricane exploded in the Gulf coast city of New Orleans, killing over 1,300 citizens and forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands. Finally, on 20 April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon exploratory oil rig exploded, heralding an unprecedented environmental disaster whose final impact has yet to be determined.
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