The Art of Military Coercion : : Why the West's Military Superiority Scarcely Matters / / Rob Wijk.
The United States spends more on its military than the rest of the world combined, and Western nations in general spend far more than developing nations around the globe. Yet when Western nations have found themselves in conflicts in recent decades, their military performance has been mixed at best....
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Wijk, Rob, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Art of Military Coercion : Why the West's Military Superiority Scarcely Matters / Rob Wijk. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2014] ©2014 1 online resource (328 p.) : 4 color plates, 4 halftones text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction (Second and Revised Edition) -- Introduction (First Edition) -- Introduction: Understanding Coercion -- Part I Political Culture: Why the West Coerces -- 1. A Western Civilization of Warriors? -- 2. Liberal Democracies and Interventions -- 3. The Strategic Efficacy of Power Instruments -- Part 2 Strategic Culture: How the West Coerces -- 4. The Evolution of Modern Military Doctrine -- 5. Premodern Challenges and the Modern and Postmodern World -- 6. Dealing with Complex Security Challenges -- 7. The Art of Military Coercion -- Appendix -- About the author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The United States spends more on its military than the rest of the world combined, and Western nations in general spend far more than developing nations around the globe. Yet when Western nations have found themselves in conflicts in recent decades, their military performance has been mixed at best. In this fully updated new edition of The Art of Military Coercion, Rob de Wijk explains this discrepancy through a theory on the use of force. He argues that the key is a failure to use force decisively and to understand properly the dynamics of conflict and balance, means and ends. Without that ability, even a superiority of dollars, numbers, and weaponry will not necessarily translate to victory. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mai 2023) Civil war Intervention. Conflict management. Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes. International police. Intervention (International law) Moral and ethical aspects. Peace Moral and ethical aspects. Peacekeeping forces. Conflict and Peace. Social and Political Sciences. HISTORY / Military / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014 9783110606515 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2015 9783110662788 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014 9783111023779 print 9789089646743 https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048519415?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789048519415 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789048519415/original |
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