Transformations of Warfare in the Contemporary World

John C. Torpey is Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, and author of Making Whole What Has Been Smashed: On Reparations Politics and The Invention of the Passport: Surveillance, Citizenship, and the State.  David Jacobson is the Founding Director of the Global Initiative on Civil Society and Conflict at the University of South Florida, and author of both Of Virgins and Martyrs: Women and Sexuality in Global Conflict and  Rights Across Borders: Immigration and the Decline of Citizenship.

• AbbreviationsAbout the ContributorsPreface1 Warfare Without Warriors? Changes in Contemporary Warfare and the Demise of the Citizen SoldierJohn Torpey and Saskia Hooiveld2 The Changing Character and Enduring Nature of War: The Collision of State and Sub-State PolitiesRob Johnson3 Plus Ça Change: War and State-BuildingIan Roxborough4 A Crisis of Norms: Fighting Irregular Wars WellColonel C. Anthony Pfaff5 Searching for Red and Blue in the Fog of Gray: The Development and Deployment of US Military Biometrics in Iraq and AfghanistanTravis R. Hall6 Precision Warfare and the Case for Symmetry: Targeted Killings and Hostage-takingAriel Colonomos7 Militarizing Ethnography: The Pentagon’s Use and Abuse of CultureRoberto J. GonzÁlezConclusion Postnational WarfareDavid Jacobson