04110nam 22006495 450 991033805740332120220407170838.03-030-11251-910.1007/978-3-030-11251-6(CKB)4100000007598531(MiAaPQ)EBC5689291(DE-He213)978-3-030-11251-6(PPN)259455296(EXLCZ)99410000000759853120190207d2019 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSocial science and national security policy[electronic resource] deterrence, coercion, and modernization theories /by Janeen M. Klinger1st ed. 2019.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2019.1 online resource (259 pages)3-030-11250-0 1. Evolution of a Partnership: Social Science and National Security Policy -- 2. The Nature Sciences and Public Policy: Insights from the History and the Philosophy of Science -- 3. The Science of Strategy: Deterrence and Coercion Theory -- 4. A Scientific Approach to Development: Modernization Theory -- 5. Theory Meets Practice: The Case of the Vietnam War.This book examines how deterrence, coercion and modernization theory has informed U.S. policy, addressing why former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara’s famous description of the Vietnam War as the “social scientist’s war” is so accurate. By tracing the evolution of ties between social scientists and the government beginning in World War I and continuing through the Second World War and the early Cold War, the narrative highlights the role of institutions like the RAND Corporation, the Social Science Research Council and MIT’s Center for International Studies that facilitate these ties while providing a home for the development of theory. The author compares and contrasts the ideas of Bernard Brodie, Herman Kahn, Albert Wohlstetter, Thomas Schelling, Gabriel Almond, Lucian Pye and Walt Rostow, among others, and offers a cautionary tale concerning the difficulties and problems encountered when applying social science theory to national security policy. Janeen M. Klinger is Emeritus Professor in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College, USA. She previously taught at the Marine Corps Command and Staff College and the University of Mary Washington.Politics and warPolitical theoryWorld politicsUnited States—Politics and governmentInternational relationsSocial sciences—PhilosophyMilitary and Defence Studieshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912080Political Theoryhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911010Political Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911080US Politicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911180Foreign Policyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912040Social Theoryhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22140Politics and war.Political theory.World politics.United States—Politics and government.International relations.Social sciences—Philosophy.Military and Defence Studies.Political Theory.Political History.US Politics.Foreign Policy.Social Theory.300.72Klinger Janeen Mauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1063375BOOK9910338057403321Social Science and National Security Policy2531992UNINA