From the new Infinity Journal (reg. req.) Antulio J. Echevarria (Army War College): Reconsidering War's Logic and Grammar; Eitan Shamir (Bar Ilan): Coping with Nonstate Rivals; and William F. Owen on the forgotten strategy for countering armed rebellion. A review of The Age of Airpower by Martin van Creveld. From Foreign Policy, a special survey on the future of war: What wars are we going to be fighting in the next decade — and with what weapons?; it takes a network: Stanley McChrystal on the new frontline of modern warfare; and the new virology: From Stuxnet to biobombs, the future of war by other means. As the world now knows, it appears to have attacked Iran’s nuclear program, and while its source remains something of a mystery, Stuxnet is the new face of 21st-century warfare: invisible, anonymous, and devastating. A review of Children of Abraham at War: The Clash of Messianic Militarisms by Talmiz Ahmed. War is hellishly profitable: A review of Halliburton’s Army by Pratap Chatterjee. A review of How Wars End by Gideon Rose. War's overlooked victims: Rape is horrifyingly widespread in conflicts all around the world (and more). Warfare seems to obey mathematical rules — whether soldiers can make use of that fact remains to be seen. A review of Moral Dilemmas of Modern War: Torture, Assassination, and Blackmail in an Age of Asymmetric Conflict by Michael L. Gross. A review of The Ultimate Weapon is No Weapon: Human Security and the New Rules of War and Peace by Shannon Beebe and Mary Kaldor. From the Journal of Conflictology, Stean Auguste Nkumb Tshiband on Peacekeeping: A Civilian Perspective? From Swans, Michael Barker on the Velvet Slipper and the Military-Peace Nonprofit Complex. David Cortright on non-military solutions to political conflict.
