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Christopher Coker
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The decision to fight ’humanitarian wars’ – such as Kosovo – and the development of technology to make war more humane, illustrates the trend in the West to try to humanise war, and thereby humanise modernity. This highly controversial and cutting-edge book asks whether the attempt to make war ’virtual’ or ’virtuous’ can succeed and whether the wes

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Språk Engelska ● Formatera EPUB ● Sidor 176 ● ISBN 9781134521326 ● Utgivare Taylor and Francis ● Publicerad 2001 ● Nedladdningsbara 3 gånger ● Valuta EUR ● ID 4132788 ● Kopieringsskydd Adobe DRM

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