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26/05/2015

Europe: a total war in the South Flank? (DIEEEA31-2015)

 

Eagerness to limit the use of violence have been constant throughout history, although after the Thirty Years' War, a serious attempt to avoid the excessive and irrational use of violence occurs, beginning which came to be called the era of limited war.
(Limited) ends, (limited) means and limited ways helped make this reality possible; But the French Revolution was the milestone that did that, again, ends, means and ways return to be unlimited, who turned into total war. And they have been many efforts to try, on a recurring basis, to redirect the situation.
Currently, the two conflicts open in and along the borders of Europe, Ukraine and Daesh, each have the characteristics of limited war and total war, respectively; however, the south is still considered "the flank" of Europe when, as shown in the analysis, perhaps it should be "the front".

Author: Pedro Sánchez Herráez

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