Coercion, survival, and war
Subtitle: why weak states resist the United States
By: Phil Haun
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780804792837
Subjects: Case studies; Asymmetric warfare; Military policy; Foreign relations
Description: In asymmetric interstate conflicts, great powers have the capability to coerce weak states by threatening their survival-but not vice versa. It is therefore the great power that decides whether to escalate a conflict into a crisis by adopting a coercive strategy. In practice, however, the coercive strategies of the US have frequently failed. In this volume, Phil Haun chronicles 30 asymmetric interstate crises involving the US from 1918 to 2003.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A theory of asymmetric interstate coercion; title: Survival and coercion failure; title: The United States vs. Iraq : the Gulf and Iraq Wars; title: The United States vs. Serbia : Bosnia and Kosovo; title: The United States vs. Libya : El Dorado Canyon, Pan Am flight 103, and WMD.