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The big stick : the limits of soft power and the necessity of military force / Eliot A. Cohen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cohen, Eliot A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Military policy.
- United States.
- Military policy.
- United States--Foreign relations--21st century.
- International relations.
- United States--Military relations.
- Military relations.
- National security--United States.
- National security.
- United States--Armed Forces.
- Armed Forces.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 285 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, 2016.
- Summary:
- A scholar of international relations outlines compelling arguments in favor of America's enduring relevance and why an active military presence is essential to preserving and enforcing the nation's foreign policies.
- Contents:
- Introduction: national duties
- Why the United States?
- Fifteen years of war
- The American hand
- China
- Jihadis
- Dangerous states
- Ungoverned space and the commons
- The logic of hard power
- Postscript: the eagle's head.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-268) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780465044726
- 0465044727
- OCLC:
- 958205490
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