Force without War U.S. Armed Forces as a Political Instrument

by Blechman, Barry; Kaplan, Stephen S.

• ISBN13: 9780815709855
• ISBN10: 0815709854
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1978-12-01
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
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Summary

Case studies document an analysis of the modes and impact of America's use of military force short of warfare in determining foreign policy and easing international conflicts

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Aggregate Analyses	p. 21
The Historical Record	p. 23
The Question of Utility: Theory and Practice	p. 58
Findings	p. 86
Situational Factors	p. 109
Case Studies	p. 133
The Laotian War of 1962 and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971	p. 135
Lebanon, 1958, and Jordan, 1970	p. 222
The Dominican Republic, 1961-66	p. 289
The Berlin Crises of 1958-59 and 1961	p. 343
Yugoslavia, 1951, and Czechoslovakia, 1968	p. 440
Conclusions	p. 514
Learning from the Past	p. 515
	p. 537
	p. 547
	p. 554
	p. 557
Index	p. 565
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