Between Threats And War

In the Twilight of the Age of Westphalia, dosed again and toast in hand, face to face with confrontational issues that for whatever reason are unsweetly unable to be fixed with economic and/or political pressure.

Great Satan has increasingly resorted to a risque maneuver deploying enough hurt to resolve the sitch at the same incredible instant she minimizes her military losses, innocent civilian causalities and the always popular 'collateral damage.'

"Limited Force - that is"

CFR's Conflict Prevention and Nat'l Sec cat Micah Zenko unleashes "Between Threats And War" and examines delish discrete military ops and strikes courtesy of Great Satan over the last 2 decades. Deep level editing to cipher and discern why such attacks occured, if objectives were achieved, what all made it happen captain in success or failure.

Like 36 events in all!

"...In the process, he both evaluates U.S. policy choices and recommends ways in which limited military force can be better used in the future. The insights and recommendations made by Zenko will be increasingly relevant to making decisions and predictions about the development of American grand strategy and future military policy.

Gossip on "Between" looks sweet! Dr Metz at Great Satan's Nat'l War College Strategic Studies Institute gives it 5 stars:

"...One of those rare but valuable works that uses rigorous scholarship to illuminate the dynamics of security decisions. Both theorists and security practitioners will find it challenging and useful."

Available in mid August, "Between Threats And War" shares "...recommendations that have ranged from the bizarre—such as a Predator missile strike to kill Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, or the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez—to the unwise—the preemptive bombing of North Korean ballistic missile sites—to the demonstrably practical—air raids into Bosnia and Somalia, and drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan.

:...However, even though they have been a regular feature of America's uses of military force through four successive administrations, the efficacy of these "Discrete Military Operations" (DMOs) remains largely unanalyzed, leaving unanswered the important question of whether or not they have succeeded in achieving their intended military and political objectives.

An evaluation of Great Satan's choices at the diplopolititary salad bar and hot! reccomendations of new, wicked ways that Great Satan can unleash a 'limited' more better future force:

"... The insights and recommendations made by Zenko will be increasingly relevant to making decisions and predictions about the development of American grand strategy and future military policy.

Pic - " The ultimate tool of diplomacy, force is utilized with varying degrees of destructiveness, duration and effectiveness according to the objectives and military capabilities available"