Cheap threats : why the United States struggles to coerce weak states /
CHAMBERLAIN Dianne Pfundstein
Cheap threats : why the United States struggles to coerce weak states / Dianne Pfundstein Chamberlain. - Washington : Georgetown University Press, 2016. - xii, 270 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-260) and index.
This comparatively low-cost model of war that relies on deficit spending, air power, high technology, and a light footprint by an all-volunteer force has allowed the United States to casually threaten force and frequently carry out short-term military campaigns.
9781626162815 (pbk.) : 32.95USD
UNITED STATES -- MILITARY POLICY
MILITARY ART AND SCIENCE -- DESICION MAKING
STRATEGY
Cheap threats : why the United States struggles to coerce weak states / Dianne Pfundstein Chamberlain. - Washington : Georgetown University Press, 2016. - xii, 270 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-260) and index.
This comparatively low-cost model of war that relies on deficit spending, air power, high technology, and a light footprint by an all-volunteer force has allowed the United States to casually threaten force and frequently carry out short-term military campaigns.
9781626162815 (pbk.) : 32.95USD
UNITED STATES -- MILITARY POLICY
MILITARY ART AND SCIENCE -- DESICION MAKING
STRATEGY