Use of Force : Military Power and International Politics

"The Use of Force continues to offer a most stimulating blend of contemporary and traditional perspectives on international relations, very valuable for students new to the subject, but essential also for the experienced researcher trying to maintain his or her bearings. The contributions are chosen for their readability and their timelessness. The perspective is always realistic, in the best sense of the term."

--George Quester, University of Maryland

"A very useful compendium of articles on critical questions of military force in world politics."

--Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Harvard University

"A very useful and balanced collection that covers many facets of the problem, logically organized by two of the most sensible scholars in the field."

--Richard K. Betts, The Brookings Institution

"This book is indispensable for courses that deal with security issues."

--Robert C. Gray, Franklin & Marshall College

"Written by some of today's most well-known and established academics and foreign policy strategists. . . . This book will make an excellent addition to the professional library of any Marine leader concerned with how the Corps can most effectively structure itself to remain a leading instrument in the implementation of American foreign policy."

--Marine Corps Gazette

Rowman & Littlefield Web Site, July, 2003

The sixth edition of this classic text retains the best from earlier editions and adds thirteen new selections that highlight twenty-first century challenges, including terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. Strategies for using force, together with case studies that illustrate the general principles, are hallmarks of the text. New case studies include Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, and South Asia. An entirely new section devoted to "coping with terrorism" looks at the issue from a variety of geographical and philosophical viewpoints.

New to the Sixth Edition

• Thirteen new essays (see titles marked with an asterisk in the Table of Contents).
• Updated editorial introductions.
• New section on "coping with terrorism".
• Continued dedication to classic security challenges including the spread of weapons of mass destruction, intervention in internal conflicts, and coercive diplomacy, all in a contemporary context.

I Strategies for the Use of Force

The Fungibility of Force

Robert J. Art

The Sources of Military Doctrine

Barry R. Posen

Offense, Defense, and the Causes of War

Stephen Van Evera

*Coercive Diplomacy

Alexander L. George

International Terrorism

Brian M. Jenkins

The Unimpressive Record of Atomic Diplomacy

McGeorge Bundy

The Utility of Nuclear Deterrence

Robert Jervis

Nuclear Myths & Political Realities

Kenneth N. Waltz

II Case Studies in the Use of Force

The Cult of the Offensive in 1914

Jack Snyder

Hitler and the Blitzkrieg Strategy

John J. Mearsheimer

Japan's Fatal Blunder

Sir George Sansom

The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb

Louis Morton

The Korean War

Morton H. Halperin

The Cuban Missile Crisis

David A. Welch, James G. Blight, Bruce J. Allyn

Implementing Flexible Response: Vietnam as a Test Case

John Lewis Gaddis

*Coercive Diplomacy in the Balkans

Steven L. Burg

*The Afghani War: A Flawed Masterpiece

Michael E. O'Hanlon

III Current Military Issues

From Preponderance to Offshore Balancing

Christopher Layne

The Strategy of Selective Engagement

Robert J. Art

*America's Imperial Ambition

G. John Ikenberry

*Missile Defense and American Ambitions

Victor Utgoff

*Missile Defenses and the Multiplication of Nuclear Weapons

Kenneth N. Waltz

*What if Iraq Had Nuclear Weapons?

Barry R. Posen

Nuclear Instability in South Asia

Scott D. Sagan

*Nuclear Stability in South Asia

Kenneth N. Waltz

Intervention in Ethnic and Ideological Civil Wars

Chaim Kaufmann

Military Responses to Refugee Disasters

Barry R. Posen

*The Critical Barrier to Civil War Settlement

Barbara F. Walter

*The Changing Face of Terror

Walter Laqueur

*Lessons from Fighting Terrorism in Southern Asia

Brahma Chellaney

*The Role of Declaratory Policy and Law

Richard A. Falkenrath, Robert D. Newman, Bradley A. Thayer

*Dealing with Terrorists

Paul R. Pillar