Money as a 'weapons system' and the entrepreneurial way of war
| Autor: | Emily Gilbert |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Engineering Microfinance education.field_of_study Sociology and Political Science business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Population Doctrine Management Science and Operations Research law.invention Ammunition Economy Battlefield law Political economy Political Science and International Relations business education Conventional warfare Law Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Military doctrine media_common |
| Zdroj: | Critical Military Studies. 1:202-219 |
| ISSN: | 2333-7494 2333-7486 |
| Popis: | In US counterinsurgency doctrine, money has been characterized as “ammunition” and as a “weapons system”. Money is being wielded to win over the “hearts and minds” of the population, and to protect the lives of the occupying forces. Soldiers are taking on greater responsibility for spending money on reconstruction and development projects on the battlefield. Billions of dollars have been spent by the military in Iraq and Afghanistan on a wide range of projects including building schools, developing infrastructure, and providing agricultural assistance as well as microfinance. But military doctrine now extends to helping implement free-market economies, supporting business creation, setting up banking facilities, and promoting entrepreneurialism. In fact, economic development has been recast as a constitutive form of combat, not simply as a supplement to conventional warfare, or as part of post-conflict reconstruction. The use of money as a “weapons system” speaks to both a different kind of military and a... |
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