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Russia and Armed Persuasion

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Russia and Armed Persuasion

Contributors:

By (Author) Stephen J. Cimbala

ISBN:

9780742509627

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Publication Date:

1st November 2001

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Political science and theory
International relations

Dewey:

355.033547

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

256

Dimensions:

Width 155mm, Height 224mm, Spine 16mm

Weight:

336g

Description

In this book Cimbala argues that Russia's war planners and political leaders must make painful adjustments in their thinking about the relationship between military art and policy. Long known for its policy of total war, Russia, with its strapped resources, must now master the use of force for persuasion. Military persuasion requires that Russian leaders master the politico-military complexity of crisis management, deterrence and arms control, and the limitation of ends and means in war. Cimbala's original analysis demonstrates the similar features in apparently dissimilar, even opposite, events and processes. He shows for example, how military persuasion applies equally to the challenge of managing a nuclear crisis and a low-intensity conflict. Controversially, the author argues against both military and academic traditionalists, contending that the complexity of the force-policy relationship in this new century will reward the subtle users of military power as others face a "Gulliver effect" of diminishing returns.

Author Bio

Stephen J. Cimbala is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University.

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