Few global security issues stimulate more fervent passion than the
application of brute force. Despite the fierce debate raging about
it in government, society and the Academy, inadequate strategic
understanding surrounds the issue, prompting the urgent need for
-the first comprehensive systematic global analysis of 21st century
state-initiated internal and external applications of brute force.
Based on extensive case evidence, Robert Mandel assesses the
short-term and long-term, the local and global, the military,
political, economic, and social, and the state and human security
impacts of brute force. He explicitly isolates the conditions under
which brute force works best and worst by highlighting force
initiator and force target attributes linked to brute force success
and common but low-impact force legitimacy concerns. Mandel comes
to two major overarching conclusions. First, that the modern global
application of brute force shows a pattern of futility-but one that
is more a function of states' misapplication of brute force than of
the inherent deficiencies of this instrument itself. Second, that
the realm for successful application of state-initiated brute force
is shrinking: for while state-initiated brute force can serve as a
transitional short-run local military solution, he says, it cannot
by itself provide a long-run global strategic solution or serve as
a cure for human security problems. Taking the evidence and his
conclusions together, Mandel provides policy advice for managing
brute force use in the modern world.
General
Imprint: |
Stanford University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2015 |
First published: |
2015 |
Authors: |
Robert Mandel
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth / Cloth
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Pages: |
320 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8047-9384-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Warfare & defence >
General
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LSN: |
0-8047-9384-0 |
Barcode: |
9780804793841 |
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