Patrick C. Coaty

Small State Behavior in Strategic and Intelligence Studies

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• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Small state behavior has been largely ignored by academics in both international relations and strategic/intelligence studies. Yet, when we analyze the root causes of war, insurrections, rebellions, revolutions and general sociological human behavior, it is the small state actors that are usually at the epicenter of the tumultuous event. It is the spark from inside the small state actor - whether it is Serbia, Czechoslovakia, Cuba, Vietnam, Kuwait, Iraq or Syria -- that seemingly leads to internal and external confrontations that inevitably involve much larger states. To date, a book length analysis like this has yet to be published.

The scope of this project is to provide an analysis of a sampling of small state's behavior in order to build on a unifying theory of security/intelligence studies. This analysis will necessarily survey the breadth of security/intelligence studies from Clausewitz to current applicable United Nations' Resolutions and international law. In short, if we can understand how political structures affect the behavior of small states, it will be a major contribution to the field of security/intelligence studies enabling policy makers, scholars and the general public to separate fact from myth in analyzing the strategic policies of small states.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-030-07772-3
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2019
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 253g
• ISBN-13: 9783030077723
• ISBN-10: 3030077721
• Artikelnr.: 56481197

Autorenporträt

Patrick C. Coaty is Professor and Chairman at Orange Coast College in California, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
Small State Behavior and Proliferation The Organization of this Study Theory as Grammar Conclusion 2. Chapter One: Theoretical and Operational Definitions of Strategy Introduction Strategy as a Concept Definition of a State Power: Logistics and Strategics Rationality Strategic Culture International Environment Structural Influence on State Behavior Inside the International Environment Security Dilemma Strategic Effect (Feedback) The Psychological Dimension of the Security Dilemma John Boyd's Morality and Novelty Novelty Morality The Observe-Orient-Decision-Action (OODA) Loop Conclusion 3. Chapter Two: American Strategic Culture: The Effort and Responsibility of Invention Introduction Observe: The International Environment and American Strategic Culture Orient: State Domestic Structure Americans Decide to Pursue Nuclear and Missile Technology Atomic Weapons Ballistic Missiles Conclusion 4. Chapter Three: The Long March: China's use of Proliferation as a Means for Obtaining "Great Power" Status. Introduction Observe: China as a Small State Orient: China's Domestic Structure and the Security Dilemma Decision and Action: I China's Nuclear Program Decision and Action II: China's Missile Program Strategic Effect (Feedback) Conclusion 5. Chapter Four: India and Pakistan: Familiarity Breeds Contempt, Proliferation as an Object of Envy. Introduction India Decides to Pursue Nuclear Technology Action: Indian State Building; Mobilization of Resources Pakistani Strategic Culture Pakistan Decides to Build a Nuclear Weapon Conclusion 6. Chapter Five: Israel: The Case for Ambiguity Introduction Observation: Israel's Strategic Culture and the International Environment Orientation: Israel's Domestic StructuresIsrael Decides to Pursue Nuclear TechnologyIsrael's Actions in Pursuing Nuclear Weapons Strategic Effect (Feedback)Conclusion7. Chapter Six: Proliferation and Preventive War: The Clash of Pseudo-Environments-The United States, Iran, and North KoreaIntroductionThe American Pseudo-Environment: Components of Preventive WarIran's Pseudo Environment Ruling EliteCultural Traditions and Genetic HeritageGeographyNew InformationNorth Korea's Pseudo-EnvironmentThe Ruling EliteCultural Traditions and Genetic HeritageGeography and New InformationNorth Korea Decides to Pursue Nuclear Weapons Is Proliferation by Iran and North Korea a Strategic Threat?Conclusion 8. Conclusion: What is the Nature of Small State Proliferation? References