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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455563603321

Autore

Brown Seyom

Titolo

The illusion of control [[electronic resource] ] : force and foreign policy in the twenty-first century / / Seyom Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2003

ISBN

1-280-81265-6

9786610812653

0-8157-0287-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Disciplina

327.73/009/0511

Soggetti

Intervention (International law)

Electronic books.

United States Foreign relations 2001-2009

United States Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction:  Force and Foreign Policy Revisited; 2.  The Disposition to Use Force:  Crisis Reaction or General Trend?; 3.  The Changing Structure of World Politics; 4.  The Changing Shape of War; 5.  The Just War Tradition Revisited; 6.  The Control of Illusions:  Using Military Power Judiciously; Appendix A.  Excerpts from A National Security Strategy for a New Century; Appendix B.  Excerpts from On Military ""Transformation""; Appendix C.  Excerpts from The National Security Strategy of the United States; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the last decade of the 20th century threats and applications of force often took centre stage. This text maintains that the use of force as an instrument of foreign policy is likely to grow, and that this prospect warrants concern and open debate.