The “generations

The “generations of
of war”
war” model
model
From the viewpoint of Core states and nuclear powers
Nuclear
Peace of Weapons Fall of
Westphalia Proliferate USSR

state vs. state

Precursor activities – going 2 GW

back to Alexander & Sun Tzu
(and before)

1 3 GW
GW
States & New weapons
non-states State-vs-state— & concepts
wage war only “legal” form New commo &
transport
of war networks

4 GW

States &
Nonstate armed groups: non-states
partisans, insurgents, wage war
anarchists, criminal
organizations, etc.

1600 1700 1800 1900 2000

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