BROWN Seyom <br/><br/>
The illusion of control:  force and foreign policy in the 21st century / 
by Seyom Brown 
 - Washington DC, USA:  Brookings Institution,  2003 
 - 196p. 
<br/><br/> Shows that America's propensity to threaten to use and to employ military force as an instrument of diplomacy predates the September 2001 terrorist attacks, and is part of a general trend in elite thinking and public attitudes. Presents the dangers inherent in assuming that advances in military technology (RMA) will automatically ensure that the USA can contain threats posed by terrorists, wars and civil conflicts, and suggests guidelines to assess the possible outcomes of escalating a conflict at any stage. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0815702639 (pbk.):  18.95 USD 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>UNITED STATES--FOREIGN POLICY<br/>UNITED STATES--MILITARY INTERVENTION