The Return of Total War: Understanding - and preparing for- a New Era of Comprehensive Conflict
In both Ukraine and the Middle East, it has become clear that the relatively narrow scope that defined war after the9/11 attacks has dramatically widened, notes Mara Karlin in her article in
Foreign Affairs.. What the world is witnessing today is akin to what theorists in the past have called “total war,” in which combatants draw on vast resources, mobilize their societies, prioritize warfare over all other state activities, attack a broad variety of targets, and reshape their economies and those of other countries to that purpose. But owing to new technologies and the deep links of the globalized economy, today’s wars are not merely a repeat of older conflicts. These developments should compel strategists and planners to rethink how fighting happens today and, how they should prepare for war in future.
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