The Use of Armed Forces as a Political Instrument.

Abstract

The study concludes that the demonstrative and discrete use of the armed forces for political objectives should not be an option which decision-makers turn to frequently, nor quickly, to secure political objectives abroad, except under very special circumstances. Over the longer term these uses of the armed forces were not an effective foreign policy instrument.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 31, 1976
Accession Number
ADA034179

Entities

People

  • Barry M. Blechman
  • Stephen S. Kaplan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boats
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Employment
  • Geography
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Politics
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Recreation
  • Sociopolitics
  • Terrain
  • Topography

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Political Science/ International Relations/ European Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design