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Coercive Military Strategy.(Review) (book review)
American Political Science Review, March, 2000 by Auerswald, David P.
Coercive Military Strategy. By Stephen Cimbala. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1998. 229p. $39.95.
Stephen Cimbala describes a world faced with low-intensity conflicts among subnational groups. In this world, the United States will increasingly be tempted to perform peacekeeping and peacemaking duties. Before intervening, however, the United States must develop effective coercive military strategies or risk repeated failure. In Cimbala's words, "mastery of the principles of military coercion is a necessary condition for success in war or diplomacy" (p. ...
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