The Art of Military Coercion: Why the West's Military Superiority Scarcely Matters

by Rob de Wijk

The United States spends more on its military than the rest of the world combined. And Western nations in general spend far more than developing nations around the globe. Yet when Western nations have found themselves in conflicts in recent decades, their performance has been mixed at best. In his fully updated new edition of The Art of Military Coercion, Rob de Wijk presents a theory on the use of force. He argues that the key is a failure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9089646744
• ISBN13: 9789089646743
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"