Small Wars, Big Data : The Information Revolution in Modern Conflict

Berman, Eli; Felter, Joseph H.; Shapiro, Jacob N.; McIntyre, Vestal (CON)

ISBN 10: 0691177074 / ISBN 13: 9780691177076

Verlag: Princeton University Press, 2018

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The way wars are fought has changed starkly over the past sixty years. International military campaigns used to play out between large armies at central fronts. Today's conflicts find major powers facing rebel insurgencies that deploy elusive methods, from improvised explosives to terrorist attacks. Small Wars, Big Data presents a transformative understanding of these contemporary confrontations and how they should be fought. The authors show that a revolution in the study of conflict--enabled by vast data, rich qualitative evidence, and modern methods- yields new insights into terrorism, civil wars, and foreign interventions. Modern warfare is not about struggles over territory but over people; civilians- and the information they might choose to provide- can turn the tide at critical junctures. Small Wars, Big Data provides groundbreaking perspectives for how small wars can be better strategized and favorably won to the benefit of the local population.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Eli Berman is chair of economics at the University of California, San Diego, and research director for international security studies at the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. Joseph H. Felter is a senior research scholar at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation. Jacob N. Shapiro is professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University. Felter and Shapiro codirect the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project.

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Titel: Small Wars, Big Data : The Information ...
Verlag: Princeton University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: good