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Utility of Force

Hardcover • 2005 • English

Utility of Force

By Smith, Rupert

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About the book

Why do we try to use military force to solve our political problems? And why, when our forces win the military battles does this still fail to solve those problems? It is because the force lacks utility. From Iraq to the Balkans, and from Afghanistan to Chechneya, over the past fifteen years there has been a steady stream of military interventions that have not delivered on their promise for peace, or even political resolution. The Utility of Force explains this anomaly at the heart of our curre...Show more

Military administration
Battles and campaigns
Peacekeeping operations

Book details

ISBN

9780713998368

Publisher

ALLEN LANE (PENG)

Published year

2005

Language

English

Original title

Utility of Force

Format

Hardcover

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