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"In Coercive Military Strategy, 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." "Cimbala shows that although coercive strategy is a remedy for neither the ailments of U.S. national security nor world conflict, it will become more important in peace, crisis, and even war in the next century, when winning with the minimum of force or without force will become more important than winning by means of maximum firepower."--Jacket

"Aus wirtschaftlichen, aber auch aus politischen Gründen weitet die aufsteigende Großmacht China ihre Interessensphäre weit über die unmittelbaren Nachbarn aus. Dies hat Auswirkungen auf Verteidigungspolitik und -haushalt. Frank Umbach analysiert, wie sich die gewaltig gestiegenen Verteidigungsausgaben und die zahlreichen Programme für strategische Waffen in diese veränderte chinesische Strategie und Politik einfügen." (Autorenreferat)