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Devastation: field artillery, conventionality, and the pathological economy of modern warfare

European Journal of International Relations

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Abstract

European Journal of International Relations, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 209-236, March 2026.
Conventional weapons are paradoxical. While labeled as “normal” and “acceptable” in warfare, these weapons have inflicted mass human suffering and devastation in modern conflicts. This paper argues that such paradoxes are not incidental or even inherently ...