The illusion of control : force and foreign policy in the twenty-first century / Seyom Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Seyom.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intervention (International law).

United States--Foreign relations--2001-2009.

United States.

United States--Military policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610812653

9781280812651

1280812656

9780815702870

0815702876

OCLC:

559243622