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The Illusion of Control : Force and Foreign Policy in the 21st Century

In the last decade of the 20th century threats and applications of force often took centre stage. This text maintains that the use of force as an instrument of foreign policy is likely to grow, and that this prospect warrants concern and open debate
eBook, English, ©2003
Brookings Institution Press, Washington, D.C., ©2003
1 online resource (xii, 196 pages)
9780815702870, 9781280812651, 9780815702634, 0815702876, 1280812656, 0815702639
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Cover; Title Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Force and Foreign Policy Revisited; 2. The Disposition to Use Force: Crisis Reaction or General Trend?; 3. The Changing Structure of World Politics; 4. The Changing Shape of War; 5. The Just War Tradition Revisited; 6. The Control of Illusions: Using Military Power Judiciously; Appendix A. Excerpts from A National Security Strategy for a New Century; Appendix B. Excerpts from On Military "Transformation"; Appendix C. Excerpts from The National Security Strategy of the United States; Index