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\"\"Carl Conetta, EPS Quarterly, <\/em>Nov 2005 – Full Text: PDF<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The article critically examines the hypothesis that the 2001 Afghanistan and 2003 Iraq wars show evidence of the United States practicing a new form of warfare based on precision attack and new information technologies. What are these capabilities and do they live up to their promise? Based on the Presentation “Is There a \u2018New Warfare\u2019? America’s post-9\/11 Wars and the Meanings of Military Transformation,” MIT Security Studies Program Seminar Series, 15 Sept 2004.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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