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Force without War - U.S. Armed Forces as a Political Instrument (Paperback, illustrated edition)
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Force without War - U.S. Armed Forces as a Political Instrument (Paperback, illustrated edition)
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The United States has used military force short of war as an
instrument of diplomacy on many occasions and in many areas of the
world in the years since the Second World War. This book describes
and analyzes the circumstances accompanying 215 shows of force and
examines how effective these actions were in helping to attain U.S.
foreign policy objectives. Which type of force (air, ground, naval)
was most often used? What did the forces do and how effective were
they? Of what significance was Soviet involvement when U.S.
military power was called upon to influence events? Was the threat
presented by the alerting or deployment of strategic nuclear forces
or by very large conventional forces especially telling? How clear
is it that a desired effect was in fact caused by the demonstration
of force? Barry Blechman and Stephen Kaplan explore these and other
questions, examining also such elements as a President's domestic
popularity and personal diplomacy preceding or during crises that
led to U.S. military demonstrations. Complementing their analysis
are five sets of case studies describing ten instances of the use
of American military power to influence events in Central and
Eastern Europe, the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, and the
Caribbean. The case studies by David K. Hall, William B. Quandt,
Jerome N. Slater, Robert M. Slusser, and Philip Windsor focus on
the reasons for U.S. action and the methods adopted, on the
behavior of other parties, and on the relation between the use of
force and the resolution of the crisis. The book's main conclusion
is that the demonstrative use of U.S. armed forces has often
stabilized a deteriorating situation enough to avoid further
deterioration, relieved domestic and international pressure for
more drastic and possibly self-defeating action, and gained time
for diplomacy to achieve a more lasting remedy.
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