Rob de Wijk

The Art of Military Coercion

Why the West's Military Superiority Scarcely Matters

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Produktbeschreibung

A convincing argument as to why the West's military superiority scarcely matters, looking at the lack of decisive use of force in critical situations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amsterdam University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 156mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9789089646743
• ISBN-10: 9089646744
• Artikelnr.: 40586047

Autorenporträt

Rob de Wijk is the Director of the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) and Professor of International Relations and Security at the Campus the Hague of Leiden University. He was previously a Professor in the field of International Relations at the Royal Netherlands Military Academy and Head of the Defense Concepts Department at the Dutch Ministry of Defense.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction [
]Introduction: understanding coercion [
]PART I [
]Political culture: why the west coerces [
]CHAPTER 1 [
]A western civilization of warriors? [
]CHAPTER 2 [
]Liberal democracies and interventions [
]CHAPTER 3 [
]The strategic efficacy of power instruments [
]PART 2 [
]Strategic culture: how the west coerces [
]CHAPTER 4 [
]The evolution of modern military doctrine [
]CHAPTER 5 [
]Pre
modern challenges and the modern and post
modern world [
]CHAPTER 6 [
]Dealing with complex security challenges [
]CHAPTER 7 [
]The art of military coercion [
]Notes [
]Index [
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