From State of Nature, a special issue on asymmetrical warfare. From Miranda, a special issue on women and 20th century warfare. Colin Gray (Reading): War: Continuity in Change, and Change in Continuity. World War I troops were the first to be diagnosed with shell shock, an injury still wreaking havoc. A review of War Horse: A History of the Military Horse and Rider by Louis DiMarco. Andrew Meier reviews The Gun: The AK-47 and the Evolution of War by CJ Chivers (and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more). Ceci n’est pas un enfant mort: How we learnt to see war as humanitarians. From Small Wars Journal, Stephane Dosse on the rise of intrastate wars: New threats and new methods; Hugues Esquerre goes deep inside the insurgent’s mind, past the Motorcycle Diaries towards understanding Che Guevera; and why the best defense is a good offense: The necessity of targeted killing. Etienne Balibar on Marxism and war. All war is local: For one close-knit National Guard Unit from Arkansas, Afghanistan hits home. Do we accept military rape as a consequence of the brutal environment of war? Some of the most pivotal battlefield innovations throughout history began as peacetime inventions (and here are inventions you won't believe came from war). A look at how technology falls short in the war against IEDs. Mind Games: A brief history of information warfare. Should we be worried about a cyber war? Seymour Hersh on the online threat (and more at Miller-McCune). Buddhists at war: The dark side of what is often thought to be the most peaceful of religions. Richard Rubenstein on his book Reasons to Kill: Why Americans Choose War. Richard Ned Lebow on his book Why Nations Fight: Past and Future Motives for War. Are conflicts worth it?: Why small countries take on superpowers with no chance of winning. Why do states fight on when the stakes seem questionable, or prospects of victory remote? Kenneth Payne on emotions and war termination. A review of Gideon Rose's How Wars End: Why We Always Fight the Last Battle (and more).
