| Conflict Termination and Military Strategy: Coercion, Persuasion, and War Contributor(s): Cimbala, Stephen J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0367011638 ISBN-13: 9780367011635 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $168.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Military Science - Political Science | Political Freedom - Political Science | Security (national & International) |
| Dewey: 355.02 |
| Physical Information: (1.20 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Although considerable attention has been paid to deterrence theory and crisis management, the equally important topic of ending wars has been virtually ignored. Conflict termination is the stepchild of U.S. strategy for a number of reasons. Thinking about how wars should end presupposes acceptance of the fact that war--especially nuclear war-- is possible. Further, analyzing options for ending conflicts implies less-than-total victory, a concept that not only runs counter to the U.S. approach to warfare but also raises the specter of oelimited war, an approach that fell into disfavor following Korea and Vietnam. Finally, defining conflict termination objectives assumes that we think more about ends than means, that we know what is important to us and why, and thus understand the risks we will accept to defend specific interests and objectives. The contributors examine a wide variety of topics, ranging from Soviet and U.S. views on conflict termination to past, present, and future U.S. military service contributions. Their aim is to demonstrate the importance of careful evaluation of conflict termination goals during peacetime because when war begins passions and emotions will cloud decisionmaking. |