James Revill: Improvised Explosive Devices

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Beschreibung

This book begins with an account of the evolution of improvised explosive devices using a number of micro case studies to explore how and why actors have initiated IED campaigns; how new and old technologies and expertise have been exploited and how ethical barriers to IED development and deployment have been dealt with. It proceeds to bring the evidence from the case studies together to identify themes and trends in IED development, before looking at what can realistically be done to mitigate the threat of IEDs in the new wars of the twenty first century. The book suggests that the advance and availability of a combination of technological factors, in conjunction with changes in the nature of contemporary conflicts, have led to the emergence of IEDs as the paradigmatic weapons of new wars. However their prevalence in contemporary and future conflicts is not inevitable, but rather depends on the willingness of multiple sets of actors at different levels to build a web of preventative measures to mitigate ¿ if not eradicate ¿ IED development and deployment.

Über den Autor

James Revill is Research Fellow with the Harvard Sussex Program, SPRU, University of Sussex, UK. Revill has worked as a consultant to the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research and completed research fellowships with the Landau Network Centro Volta in Italy and the Bradford Disarmament Research Centre in the UK. Revill's research interests focus on interplay between science and security.

Zusammenfassung

Offers a security-focused assessment of the history and future of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and remote killings

Presents multiple case studies: the Mujahedeen in Afghanistan; the Irish Republican Army; Hezbollah; the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE); and the use of IEDs by state actors during both the Second World War and the Cold War

Primes readers with a comprehensive and accessible overview of the ethical questions surrounding this peace and conflict phenomenon

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Chapter 1. From the Gunpowder Revolution to Dynamite Terrorism.- Chapter 2. Dynamite Terrorism and the Fin de siècle.- Chapter 3. IEDs in the Twentieth Century.- Chapter 4. IEDs in 'New Wars'.- Chapter 5. The Diffusion and Adoption of IED technology.- Chapter 6. Strategic Governance of IEDs.- [...] Futures from past.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Genre:	Politikwissenschaften , Recht , Sozialwissenschaften , Wirtschaft
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	xviii 134 S.
ISBN-13:	9783319338330
ISBN-10:	3319338331
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	978-3-319-33833-0
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Revill, James
Auflage:	1st edition 2016
Hersteller:	Springer International Publishing Springer International Publishing AG
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	216 x 153 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	James Revill
Erscheinungsdatum:	26.07.2016
Gewicht:	0,318 kg

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