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Problematics of Military Power

Government, Discipline and the Subject of Violence

By Michael S. Drake

Published January 1st 2002 by Routledge – 344 pages

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    This book traces the relations between the organization of violence and social and political order from ancient Rome to early modern Europe. Following the work of Michel Foucault, the author studies the ways authority, obedience and forms of self-conduct were produced by the micro-techniques used to govern the bodies of violence deployed in different forms of warfare.

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    This innovative book will be of significant interest to those studying past and present transformations of military power and their shaping of societies and international relations - Choice

    Name: Problematics of Military Power: Government, Discipline and the Subject of Violence (Hardback) – Routledge 
    Description: By Michael S. Drake. This book traces the relations between the organization of violence and social and political order from ancient Rome to early modern Europe. Following the work of Michel Foucault, the author studies the ways authority, obedience and forms of self-conduct...
    Categories: Military & Naval History, Security Studies - Pol & Intl Relns