Social Science and National Security Policy, 1st ed. 2019 Deterrence, Coercion, and Modernization Theories
Auteur : Klinger Janeen M.
This book examines how deterrence, coercion and modernization theory has informed U.S. policy, addressing why former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara?s famous description of the Vietnam War as the ?social scientist?s war? is so accurate. By tracing the evolution of ties between social scientists and the government beginning in World War I and continuing through the Second World War and the early Cold War, the narrative highlights the role of institutions like the RAND Corporation, the Social Science Research Council and MIT?s Center for International Studies that facilitate these ties while providing a home for the development of theory. The author compares and contrasts the ideas of Bernard Brodie, Herman Kahn, Albert Wohlstetter, Thomas Schelling, Gabriel Almond, Lucian Pye and Walt Rostow, among others, and offers a cautionary tale concerning the difficulties and problems encountered when applying social science theory to national security policy.
Janeen M. Klinger is Emeritus Professor in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College, USA. She previously taught at the Marine Corps Command and Staff College and the University of Mary Washington.
Discusses the evolution of the partnership between social science and US national security policy
Uses a combination of two different theories to illustrate their contribution to American strategy in Vietnam
Demonstrates the two mechanisms by which ideas enter the policy world: one that is diffuse like “water through limestone” and the other by way of policy entrepreneurs that work directly as proponents of policies based on their ideas
Date de parution : 02-2019
Ouvrage de 252 p.
14.8x21 cm
Disponible chez l'éditeur (délai d'approvisionnement : 15 jours).
Prix indicatif 89,66 €
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Mots-clés :
Military Strategy; Social Science theory; Grand Strategy; Cold War; US foreign policy; Vietnam; us politics