Use of Force Military Power and International Politics

Name: Use of Force Military Power and International Politics
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ISBN: 9780742556706

ISBN-10: 0742556700

ISBN-13: 9780742556706

Edition: 7th 2009 (Revised)

Authors: Kenneth N. Waltz, Robert J. Art

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The Use of Force, long considered a classic in its own right, brings together enduring and influential works on the role of military power in foreign policy and international politics. Now in its seventh edition, the reader offers ten new selections to take account of key current international issues, including the war in Iraq, U.S. attempts at coercive diplomacy, Iran's drive to acquire nuclear weapons, the dangers and control of bioweapons, military occupations, and terrorism and counterinsurgency. Meticulously chosen and edited by leading scholars Robert J. Art and Kenneth N. Waltz, the selections in this fully updated text represent the best analysis by influential thinkers on the use…

Book details

List price: $66.00
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/16/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 552
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.562
Language: English

Robert J. Art is Christian A. Herter Professor of International Relations at Brandeis University. He is the author of The TFX Decision: McNamara and the Military and coeditor of The United States and Coercive Diplomacy (with Patrick Cronin) and U.S. Foreign Policy: the Search for a New Role (with Seyom Brown).



Preface



Strategies for the Use of Force


How Force Is Used



The Fungibility of Force




The Sources of Military Doctrine




Cooperation under the Security Dilemma




Coercive Diplomacy




The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism



The Nuclear Revolution



The Unimpressive Record of Atomic Diplomacy




The Utility of Nuclear Deterrence




Nuclear Myths and Political Realities




Case Studies in the Use of Force


The Great Power Era



The Cult of the Offensive in 1914




Hitler and the Blitzkrieg Strategy




Japan's Fatal Blunder




The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb



The Superpower Era



The Korean War




The Cuban Missile Crisis




Implementing Flexible Response: Vietnam as a Test Case



The Contemporary Era



The Afghani War: A Flawed Masterpiece




The U.S. and Coercive Diplomacy




Learning the Right Lessons from Iraq




Current Military Issues


The Projection of U.S. Military Power



From Preponderance to Offshore Balancing




The Strategy of Selective Engagement




Taming American Power



The Spread of Biological and Nuclear Weapons



Pathogens as Weapons: The International Security Implications of Biological Warfare




The Impact of Iran's Nuclearization on Israel




Nuclear Instability in South Asia




Nuclear Stability in South Asia



Intervention in Internal Conflicts



Intervention in Ethnic and Ideological Civil Wars




Military Responses to Refugee Disasters




The Critical Barrier to Civil War Settlement




Occupational Hazards: Why Military Occupations Succeed or Fail



Coping with Insurgency and Terrorism



Counter-insurgency Redux




Dealing with Terrorists




How al-Qaida Ends: The Decline and Demise of Terrorist Groups



Acknowledgments


About the Contributors