How does (if at all) the 'War on Terror' represent a different era from the 20th century's conventional wars?

Essay from the year 2007 in the subject Politics - Region: USA, grade: Distinction, Macquarie University, course: IRPG 831 Politics, Law & Morality of International Political Violence, language: English, abstract: Despite the persistence of traditional threats, the current ‘War on Terror’ represents the current mode of conflict's transition into a new era of warfare. After shortly reviewing the tr...