Strategy and ethnic conflict : a method, theory, and case study / Laure Paquette.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paquette, Laure.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strategy.

International relations.

Ethnic relations.

France--Military policy.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ethnic conflict now presents the thorniest problems for military and civilian strategists of all stripes. This book presents a new general theory of strategy, encompassing studies of the relationship between values, interest, and strategy as these relate to ethnic conflicts. It focuses on the relationship between values and strategy, building a theory on the hypothesis that national values influence national strategy. Paquette's research reveals that national values influence national strategy through three mechanisms: cognition, appreciation, and evaluation. Each mechanism, and indeed the whole value-focused approach to strategic thinking, is described using a network of interrelated statements. Paquette develops a methodology specific to the issues of international security and ethnic considerations. She tests this theory extensively for internal consistency before applying it to a single historical case: French decision-making on national strategy between 1955 and 1970; however, because of its generality, this same theory could easily be applied to other cases. As with any theory, it is possible to vary successively or simultaneously assumptions or conditions and to derive new predictions. This process of deriving variations has the potential to help in the training of strategists, both military and civilian.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments ix

Chapter 1

Raising the Question 1

Chapter 2

How and Why 23

Chapter 3

The Theory 37

Chapter 4

Using the Theory 53

Chapter 5

French Strategic Decision Making, 1955-1970 67

Chapter 6

Discussion and Conclusion 87

Bibliography 107

Index 159.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [107]-157) and index.

ISBN:

9798216019879

9786610422746

9781280422744

1280422742

9780313010941

0313010943

OCLC:

614574588