一如以往的战争,当代战争同样源于利益的争夺。作为解决国家和集团利益冲突的极端手段,战争比在全球化之前的时代里更直接也更全面地受到了市场原则的支配。经济利益对今天的战争具有全方位多层次的影响。从要不要打仗、用什么方式打仗、使用什么武器打仗、打击什么目标,到为何及如何终止军事对抗,都可感到经济利益这只看得见或看不见的手的存在。 As in previous wars, contemporary wars also derive from competition for benefits. As an extreme means of resolving conflicts of interest between countries and groups, wars were more directly and more fully governed by market principles than in the pre-globalization era. Economic interests have an all-encompassing and multi-layered impact on today’s war. The existence of an invisible hand or economic hand can be felt from the decision of whether to fight, what way to fight, what kind of weapon to use, what to combat, why and how to end the military confrontation.