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| Genre/Form: | Cas, Études de |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Stephen J Cimbala |
| ISBN: | 0890968365 9780890968369 |
| OCLC Number: | 39060686 |
| Description: | 229 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: military strategy and coercion -- The Cold War and U.S. limited war strategy -- Coercive strategy in the Cuban Missile Crisis -- Coercive military strategy and Desert Storm: limitation without restraint -- Vietnam and coercive strategy -- Collective security and coercion -- Operations "not war" and coercive military strategy -- Conclusion. |
| Responsibility: | Stephen J. Cimbala. |
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Abstract:
"In Coercive Military Strategy, Stephen J. Cimbala shows that coercive military strategy is a necessary part of any diplomatic-strategic recipe for success. Few wars are total wars, fought to annihilation, and military power is inherently political, employed for political purpose, in order to advance the public agenda of a state, so in any war there comes a time when a diplomatic resolution may be possible. To that end, coercive strategy should be flexible, for there are as many variations to it as there are variations in wars and warfare." "Cimbala shows that although coercive strategy is a remedy for neither the ailments of U.S. national security nor world conflict, it will become more important in peace, crisis, and even war in the next century, when winning with the minimum of force or without force will become more important than winning by means of maximum firepower."--BOOK JACKET.
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