Coercion, survival, and war : why weak states resist the United States / Phil Haun.
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 s...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Stanford, California :
Stanford University Press,
[2015]
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | "Stanford security studies." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 271 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780804795074 080479507X |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |