The Dynamics of Coercion 
Subtitle: American Foreign Policy and the Limits of Military Might (Rand Studies in Policy Analysis)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 4, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780521007801
Subjects: American studies; Defence strategy, planning & research; International relations; Political economy; United States; Military Science; Government - U.S. Government; Political Science; History - General History; Politics/International Relations; USA; Military policy; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Political Science / General; Political Science : Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Technology : Military Science; United States--Military policy; Foreign relations; 2001-; Limited war
First sentence: Coercion-the use of threatened force, and at times the limited use of actual force to back up the threat, to induce an adversary to change its behavior-should be easy for the United States.