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About the Contributors
Preface
1 Warfare Without Warriors? Changes in Contemporary Warfare and the
Demise of the Citizen Soldier
John Torpey and Saskia Hooiveld
2 The Changing Character and Enduring Nature of War: The Collision
of State and Sub-State Polities
Rob Johnson
3 Plus Ça Change: War and State-Building
Ian Roxborough
4 A Crisis of Norms: Fighting Irregular Wars Well
Colonel C. Anthony Pfaff
5 Searching for Red and Blue in the Fog of Gray: The Development
and Deployment of US Military Biometrics in Iraq and
Afghanistan
Travis R. Hall
6 Precision Warfare and the Case for Symmetry: Targeted Killings
and Hostage-taking
Ariel Colonomos
7 Militarizing Ethnography: The Pentagon’s Use and Abuse of
Culture
Roberto J. GonzÁlez
Conclusion Postnational Warfare
David Jacobson
John C. Torpey is Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute
for International Studies at the Graduate Center, City University
of New York, and author of Making Whole What Has Been Smashed: On
Reparations Politics and The Invention of the Passport:
Surveillance, Citizenship, and the State.
David Jacobson is the Founding Director of the Global Initiative on Civil Society and Conflict at the University of South Florida, and author of both Of Virgins and Martyrs: Women and Sexuality in Global Conflict and Rights Across Borders: Immigration and the Decline of Citizenship.
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