Tourists or Vagabonds? Space and Time in the War on Terror.
It is commonly argued that time is the defining element in modern warfare. Whether one looks to military strategy, or to critical academia, the analysis is often the same: time and speed, not mass and space, are the essentials of warfare. In the 'Global War on Terror' this is the case for both the W...
| Publicado en: | Alternatives: Global, Local, Political Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 249 - 267 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Apr-Jun2008
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