Bordieuan Field Theory as an Instrument for Military Operational Analysis

by Håkan Gunneriusson

Overview

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.

This book uses Pierre Bourdieu’s field theory as a lens through which to examine military operations. Novel in its approach, this innovative text provides a better, more nuanced understanding of the modern ‘battlespace’, particularly in instances of prolonged low-intensity conflict. Formed in two parts, this book primarily explores the scope of Bourdien theory before secondly providing a detailed case study of the Yugoslavian succession war of 1990-1992. Gunneriusson suggests that although theories do not necessarily provide answers, they do help us ask better questions. This volume suggests news lines of interdisciplinary investigation that will be of interest to members of armed forces, practitioners from NGOs, and policymakers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319653525
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	09/18/2017
Series:	New Security Challenges
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	123
File size:	704 KB

About the Author

Håkan Gunneriusson is the Head of Research and Deputy Head of Land Operations Section, Department of Military Studies, Swedish Defense University (SEDU), Sweden. His research focus on hybrid warfare, military ground tactics, as well as sociological and historical perspectives on military tactics and culture.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Terms in Search for a Theoretical Definition.- Chapter 2: Field Theory.- Chapter 3: The Political Field in the Operational Area.- Chapter 4: Field Operations as Information Warfare and Operationalisation of Theory.- Chapter 5: The Pre-War Strategic Situation in the Balkans from a Field Theory Perspective.- Chapter 6: The Events in 1990.- Chapter 7: The Events in 1991.- Chapter 8: The Events in 1992.- Chapter 9: Epilogue: Beyond 1992.- Chapter 10: Conclusions of the Empirical Example.- Chapter 11: Post Scriptum: Hybrid Warfare and the Yugoslavian Blueprint.