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 & international politics Now in its eighth edition the reader has been significantly revised; with twenty innovative & up-to-date selections this edition is 60 percent new Meticulously chosen & edited by leading scholars Robert J Art & Kelly M Greenhill the selections are grouped under three headings theories case studies & contemporary issues The first section
Includes:: essays that cover the security dilemma terrorism the sources of military doctrine the nuclear revolution & 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 & nuclear weapons & cyberwarfare; intervention in internal conflicts & insurgencies; & possible future developments in terrorism nuclear abolition & 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 & William C Wohlforth