counterinsurgency and the historical rise of the social
Patricia Owens.
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cambridge University Press
2015
1 recurso en línea.
Cambridge studies in international relations.
1. Introduction: oikonomia in the use of force; 2. The really real? A history of 'social' and 'society'; 3. Out of the confines of the household?; 4. The colonial limits of society; 5. 'More than concentration camps': the battle for hearths in two late-colonial emergencies; 6. Society itself is at war: new model pacification in Vietnam; 7. Oikonomia by other means: counterinsurgency in Afghanistan and Iraq; 8. Conclusion: 'it's the oikos, stupid'.