Defense Engagement since 1900 : Global Lessons in Soft Power / edited by Greg Kennedy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kennedy, Greg, editor.

Series:

Modern War Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military intelligence.

Security, International.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 312 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2020]

Summary:

"This is a work of applied military history-where military history is analyzed in order to inform current issues, particularly regarding international security. Defense engagement uses military capabilities to exert what's known as "soft power" (influence) as opposed to "hard power" (military force). As described by Kennedy in his introduction, defense engagement "is a question of looking at the ability of the state's military to move away from thinking of its role as the applicator of force and instead thinking of itself as an applicator of power. . . . [T]he purpose of defense engagement is to attempt to tackle the causes of designated security threats and not simply manage their consequences." In recognition of the importance of defense engagement-and with an appreciation of the lack of academic literature addressing defense engagement through historical analysis-this collection offers a number of case studies that explore various dimensions of defense engagement, primarily in the UK, but also including the US, Canada, and Japan. I've included the table of contents under "Additional Comments" below so you can see what case studies are included."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Development of the Role of the Military Attaché, 1900-1919

Chapter 2. Strategic Influence, the Royal Navy, and the Appeasement of Japan, 1934-1937

Chapter 3. Attachés in Albion: Building the Anglo-American Military Alliance, 1938-1941

Chapter 4. Military Attaché, Accidental Agent: Colonel Bonner Fellers's Defense-Engagement Mission in Cairo, 1940-1942

Chapter 5. "A Word Here and a Phrase There": Major General Maurice A. Pope and the Canadian Joint Staff Mission, Washington, 1942-1944

Chapter 6. Japanese Military Attachés during the Second World War: Major General Makoto Onodera as a Spymaster

Chapter 7. British Defense Engagement and Defense Advisers in Kenya after Independence

Chapter 8. Nurturing a "Delicate Flower": British Military Attachés in Cairo and Defense Engagement in Egypt, 1968-1973

Chapter 9. The Use of British Seconded and Contracted Military Personnel to Advance Britain's Interests: A Case Study from the United Arab Emirates from 1965 to 2010

Chapter 10. The Nature, Character, and Viability of Modern UK Defense-Engagement Policy

Notes on Contributors

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780700629480

0700629483

OCLC:

1378937120