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<p>Coercion is persuasion supported by the threat or use of force. Just as warfare is often "diplomacy carried out by other means," coercion—the threat of combat or the threat of an escalation in the intensity of combat—is a more subtle method of dispute that shades the spectrum between diplomacy and warfare. Understanding of coercive military strategy is a prerequisite to the successful making of either policy or war.</p> <p>In <i>Coercive Military Strategy,</i> Stephen J. Cimbala shows that coercive military strategy is a necessary part of any diplomatic-strategic recipe for success. Few wars are total wars, fought to annihilation, and military power is inherently political, employed for political purpose, in order to advance the public agenda of a state, so in any war there comes a time when a diplomatic resolution may be possible. To that end, coercive strategy should be flexible, for there are as many variations to it as there are variations in wars and warfare.</p> <p>Cimbala observes several cases of applying coercive strategy in the twentieth century: the U.S. strategy of limited war during the Cold War; the Cuban Missile Crisis, in which both the United States and the Sovi

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Author

Stephen J Cimbala; NetLibrary, Inc

Publisher

College Station : Texas A&m University Press, C1998.

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9781603447041

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Military, Government & Politics