The art of military coercion : why the west's military superiority scarcely matters /

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 performance has been mixed at best. In his f...

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Main Author: Wijk, Rob de, 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2014.
Edition:Updated and completely revised second edition.
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505 0 |a Introduction: understanding coercion -- Part 1. Popular culture: why the West coerces -- A Western civilization of warriors? -- Liberal democracies and interventions -- The strategic efficacy of power instruments -- Part 2. Strategic culture: how the West coerces -- The evolution of modern military doctrine -- Premodern challenges and the modern and postmodern world -- Dealing with complex security challenges -- The art of military coercion. 
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