The Use of Force
Military Power and International Politics
Robert J. Art(Author)
Kenneth N. Waltz(Editor)
Rowman & Littlefield (Publisher)
6th Edition
Published on 1. July 2003
Book
Hardback
512 pages
978-0-7425-2556-6 (ISBN)
Description
This sixth edition has the addition of 13 new selections that highlight 21st-century challenges, including terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. The hallmarks of the book are its presentation of strategies for using force, together with case studies that illustrate the general principles. New case studies here include Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq and South Asia. An entirely new section devoted to "coping with terrorism" looks at the issue from a variety of geographical and philosophical viewpoints.
More details
Edition
6th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
767 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7425-2556-6 (9780742525566)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
08/1999
5th Edition
Rowman & Littlefield
€110.37
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Content
Part 1 Strategies for the use of force: the fungibility of force, Robert J. Art; the sources of military doctrine, Barry R. Posen; offense, defense and the causes of war, Stephen Van Evera; coercive diplomacy, Alexander L. George; international terrorism, Brian M. Jenkins; the unimpressive record of atomic diplomacy, Mcgeorge Bundy; the utility of nuclear deterrence, Robert Jervis; nuclear myths & political realities, Kenneth N. Waltz. Part 2 Case studies in the use of force: the cult of the offensive in 1914, Jack Snyder; Hitler and the Blitzkrieg strategy, John J. Mearsheimer; Japan's fatal bluner, Sir George Sansom; the decision to use the atomic bomb, Louis Morton; the Korean war, Morton H. Halperin; the Cuban missile crisis, David A. Welsh et al; implementing flexible response - Vietnam as a test case, John Lewis gaddis; coercive diplomacy in the Balkans, Steven L. Burg; the Afghani war - a flawed masterpiece, Michael E. O'Hanlon. Part 3 Current military issues: from preponderance to offshore balancing, Christopher Layne; the strategy of selective engagement, Robert J. Art; America's imperial ambition, G. John Ikenberry; missile defenses and the multiplication of nuclear weapons, Kenneth N. Waltz; what if Iraq had nuclear weapons?, Barry R. Posen; nuclear instability in South Asia, Scott D. Sagan; nuclear stability in South Asia, Kenneth N. Waltz; intervention in ethnic and ideological civil wars, Chaim Kaufmann; military responses to refugee disasters, Barry R. Posen; the critical barrier to civil war settlement, Barbara F. Walter; the changing face of terror, Walter Laqueur; lessons from fighting terrorism in Southern Asia, Brahma Chellaney; the role of declaratory policy and law, Richard A. Falkenrath et al; dealing with terrorists, Paul R. Pillar.