Soft power on hard problems : strategic influence in irregular warfare / edited by Ajit Maan and Amar Cheema.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maan, Ajit, editor.

Cheema, Amar, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conflict management--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (141 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Hamilton Books, 2017.

Summary:

"The authors of this book are uniquely qualified to analyze the contemporary security landscape and promote necessary and pressing change. Each is a thought leader in his or her field. Four out of six authors are seasoned military professionals who share the view that the over-reliance on kinetic approaches over influence operations account for some of the failures of nations against extremists. Combined with civilian academic leadership this book is a practice in military civics. This collection of international perspectives, taken together, challenge commonly held assumptions and outmoded paradigms of engagement." -- Back cover.

Contents:

Soft power in the lead : the foundation / Paul Cobaugh

Syria-Iraq : beyond the zero-sum narratives / Amar Cheema

Kingdom of consciousness : peace-building meta-narratives / Eirini Patsea

National strategy on a dollar : finding a civil-military principle for coordinating peace and security / Christopher Holshek

Committed service : bringing together service and self-fulfillment for the military leader / Christopher Mayer

The Muhajirat : tracing the literature of radical women / Farhana Qazi.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 17, 2016).

ISBN:

0-7618-6841-0