Cheap Threats - Why the United States Struggles to Coerce Weak States

Why do weak states frequently resist threats of force from the United States? The author draws on an original dataset on US compellence from 1945 to 2007 and case studies of Cuba (1962), Iraq (1991), Iraq (2003), and Libya (2011) to explain the conundrum.

Summary

Why do weak states frequently resist threats of force from the United States? The author draws on an original dataset on US compellence from 1945 to 2007 and case studies of Cuba (1962), Iraq (1991), Iraq (2003), and Libya (2011) to explain the conundrum.

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• Authors: Dianne Pfundstein Chamberlain, Pfundstein Chamberlain Dianne
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2016
• EAN: 9781626162822
• ISBN: 978-1-62616-282-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Cheap Threats; Cheap Threats
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; USA, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, military history, HISTORY / Military / United States, Warfare & defence, Diplomacy, United States of America, USA, Warfare and defence, Military and defence strategy