Revisiting the remoteness of remote warfare: US military intervention in Libya during Obama's presidency

• Published in: Defence studies Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 508 - 527
• Main Authors: Watts, Tom F.A., Biegon, Rubrick
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 02.10.2021; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Armed forces; Detachment; Libya; Military intervention; Military operations; Military strategy; Obama; Political violence; Presidents; Property; Remote warfare; Remoteness; War; Warfare; United States > US; Libya

This paper aims to develop the study of remote warfare's constitutive "remoteness." It proposes a novel definition of remoteness as the degree of the American public's socio-psychological detachment from the realities of political violence fought at a physical distance from the c...