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The Art of Military Coercion: Why the West’s Military Superiority Scarcely Matters

By Rob de Wijk

Book information

Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9089646744, 9789089646743
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1902901 bytes)
Edition
New edition
Pages
325\328
Time added
2017-10-13 05:50:19
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Description

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 military performance has been mixed at best. In this fully updated new edition of The Art of Military Coercion, Rob de Wijk explains this discrepancy through a theory on the use of force. He argues that the key is a failure to use force decisively and to understand properly the dynamics of conflict and balance, means and ends. Without that ability, even a superiority of dollars, numbers, and weaponry will not necessarily translate to victory.

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