War and Diplomacy: From World War I to the War on Terrorism

by Andrew Dorman (Editor), Greg Kennedy (Editor)

Overview

Alongside war, there has always been diplomacy; alongside the warlord, the diplomat seeking a nonmilitary solution. Diplomatic efforts have shortened some of our worst wars and exacerbated others. The interaction of war and diplomacy is a theme avidly studied worldwide, considered by political and military strategists, and watched over by all those interested in international affairs.War and Diplomacy uses twentieth- and twenty-first-century case studies to review the evolution of this aspect of conflict prevention or reduction. Its contributors consider not only the changing philosophies of the participants—politicians, diplomats, and the military—but also the outside influences that may have changed the nature, and even the purpose, of peacekeeping and conflict resolution over the past century. As today a military threat can be applied without deploying vast armies and, conversely, can be reduced with pressure from international organizations rather than from an individual warlord, so the public’s awareness of military conflict is now heightened by instantaneous broadcasts to worldwide audiences and by loud calls for diplomatic intervention. Regarding media and military affairs, therefore, evidence suggests the metaphoric pen can indeed be mightier than the sword.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781574889444
Publisher:	Potomac Books
Publication date:	05/01/2008
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Editors Andrew Dorman and Greg Kennedy lecture at the Joint Services Command Staff College, attached to King’s College, University of London. Dr. Dorman’s previous books include Military Intervention: From Gunboat Diplomacy to Humanitarian Intervention (with Thomas G. Otte). 


Editors Andrew Dorman and Greg Kennedy lecture at the Joint Services Command Staff College, attached to King’s College, University of London. Dr. Kennedy’s works include Incidents and International Relations: People, Power and Politics, edited with Keith Neilson. Contributors are Thomas G. Otte (University of the West of England), Keith Neilson (Royal Military College of Canada), Martin Thomas (University of Exeter), Stuart Griffin (King's College), Richard Lock-Pullan (King’s College), and Lawrence Freedman (King’s College).

Table of Contents

Introduction   Andrew Dorman   Greg Kennedy     vii
Origins of the First World War   T. G. Otte     1
Origins of the Second World War   Keith Neilson     25
Anglo-American Diplomatic Relations, 1939-1945   Greg Kennedy     41
France and the Algerian War: Diplomacy and the Internationalization of Decolonization   Martin Thomas     58
Britain and the Suez Crisis: Wining Battles but Losing Wars   Stuart Griffin     81
U.S. Diplomacy and Strategy in the Vietnam War   Richard Lock-Pullan     103
The Falklands/Malvinas Conflict   Lawrence Freedman     131
Kosovo   Andrew Dorman     148
The Iraq War   Andrew Dorman     168
Conclusion   Andrew Dorman   Greg Kennedy     183
Notes     187
Bibliography     221
The Editors and Contributors     243

Editorial Reviews

“War and Diplomacy draws a key lesson for all those concerned with conflict and strategy in the early twenty-first century: organized armed force is a political act and must be governed by policy and diplomacy from start to finish. It is a compelling work.”—Dr. Paul Cornish, Carrington Professor of International Security, Chatham, London

Dr. Paul Cornish

War and Diplomacy draws a key lesson for all those concerned with conflict and strategy in the early twenty-first century: organized armed force is a political act and must be governed by policy and diplomacy from start to finish. It is a compelling work.”

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