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 influential works on the role of military power in foreign policy and international politics. Now in its eighth edition the reader has been significantly revised; with twenty innovative and up-to-date selections this edition is 60 percent new. Meticulously chosen and edited by leading scholars Robert J. Art and Kelly M. Greenhill the selections are grouped under three headings: theories 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. A new subsection of Part I also deals with ethical issues in the use 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 Afghanistan. The final section considers issues concerning the projection of US military power; the rising power of China; the spread of biological and nuclear weapons and cyberwarfare; intervention in internal conflicts and insurgencies; and possible future developments in terrorism nuclear abolition and robotic warfare. 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 Kenneth Anderson Robert J. Art Mark S. Bell Richard K. Betts Laurie R. Blank James G. Blight Stephen G. Brooks Seyom Brown Daniel Byman Audrey Kurth Cronin Patrick M. Cronin Alexander B. Downes Karl W. Eikenberry John Lewis Gaddis Erik Gartke Alexander L. George Avery Goldstein Kelly M. Greenhill G. John Ikenberry Robert Jervis Gregory Koblentz Peter R. Mansoor John J. Mearsheimer Nicholas L. Miller Louis C. Morton Barry R. Posen Louise Richardson George B. Samson Thomas C. Schelling Jack L. Snyder Paul Staniland Barbara F. Walter Kenneth N. Waltz Matthew Waxman David A. Welch Jon Western and William C. Wohlforth.
