TY - BOOK ID - 78343044 TI - Spectator-sport war : the West and contemporary conflict PY - 2002 SN - 1626370133 158826047X 9781626370135 9781588260475 PB - Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, DB - UniCat KW - War. KW - World politics KW - Armed conflict (War) KW - Conflict, Armed (War) KW - Fighting KW - Hostilities KW - Wars KW - International relations KW - Military art and science KW - Peace UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78343044 AB - Following a century dominated by global conflict—and despite the unchanging nature of the human suffering it causes—the nature of war itself, argues Colin McInnes, has been transformed for the West. Spectator-Sport War considers the key developments that have led to this metamorphosis, ranging from new geopolitical relationships to new technological advances. McInnes shows that, even in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on the United States and the military action in Afghanistan, war has direct meaning for only a small minority in the West. It is no longer participatory for Western society as a whole; it is something removed, watched from afar. The far-reaching implications of this phenomenon, for both the military and the broader community, are explored in the final chapter of the book. ER -