The Use of Force: Military Power and International Politics

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The Use of Force long considered a classic in its own right brings together enduring and influential works on the role of military power in foreign policy and international politics. Now in its seventh edition the reader includes ten new selections to take account of key current international issues. Meticulously chosen and edited by leading scholars Robert J. Art and Kenneth N. Waltz the selections are grouped under three headings: theories key case studies and contemporary issues. The first section includes essays that cover the security dilemma terrorism the sources of military doctrine the nuclear revolution and the fungibility of force. The second section includes case studies in the use of force that span the period from World War I through the war in Iraq. The final section considers issues concerning the projection of U.S. military power the spread of biological and nuclear weapons intervention in internal conflicts and coping with terrorism and insurgencies. Continuing the tradition of previous editions this fully updated reader collects the best analysis by influential thinkers on the use of force in international affairs. Contributions by: Bruce J. Allyn Robert J. Art James G. Blight McGeorge Bundy Audrey Kurth Cronin David M. Edelstein Benjamin H. Friedman John Lewis Gaddis Alexander L. George Morton H. Halperin Robert Jervis Chaim Kaufmann David Kilcullen Gregory Koblentz Christopher Layne John J. Mearsheimer Louis Morton Michael OHanlon Robert A. Pape Paul R. Pillar Barry R. Posen Christopher Preble Ehsaneh I. Sadr Scott D. Sagan Sir George Sansom Harvey M. Sapolsky Jack L. Snyder Stephen M. Walt Barbara F. Walter Kenneth N. Waltz and David Welch