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Going to War?Trends in Military Interventions |
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A multi-disciplinary study on wartime decision-making, with a focus on how Canada and its allies engage in conflict.
Going to War? investigates the reasons why countries enter conflicts by considering the depth and complexity of issues surrounding military deployments. Showing how such conditions affect future decisions about the use of force, contributors to this volume study recent experiences with military interventions - such as regional flash points, the global financial crisis, and public weariness - to outline the crucial factors that influence wartime decision-making.
Through detailed discussion of threats, capabilities, trends, and the implications of Canada’s and NATO’s military experiences abroad, Going to War? determines that the reasons for warfare have as much to do with domestic concerns as they do with international threats. With essays by defence scientists, established and emerging scholars, and senior military officers from Germany, the United States, and Canada, this volume includes debates on whether the number of military fatalities is being reduced, war’s changing character, and the ways in which the improvised explosive device has and will continue to challenge modern, advanced militaries deployed abroad, especially in Afghanistan and Iraq.
A sophisticated exercise in foreign and defence policy analysis, Going to War? provides clear and vivid ideas on how to optimize future Western military interventions.
Through detailed discussion of threats, capabilities, trends, and the implications of Canada’s and NATO’s military experiences abroad, Going to War? determines that the reasons for warfare have as much to do with domestic concerns as they do with international threats. With essays by defence scientists, established and emerging scholars, and senior military officers from Germany, the United States, and Canada, this volume includes debates on whether the number of military fatalities is being reduced, war’s changing character, and the ways in which the improvised explosive device has and will continue to challenge modern, advanced militaries deployed abroad, especially in Afghanistan and Iraq.
A sophisticated exercise in foreign and defence policy analysis, Going to War? provides clear and vivid ideas on how to optimize future Western military interventions.
Details
Part of the Human Dimensions in Foreign Policy, Military Studies, and Security Studies Series (number 1 in series)
264 Pages, 6 x 9
5 diagrams, 4 tables
ISBN 9780773547582
July 2016
Formats: Cloth, Paperback, eBook
“This compilation joins a wave of recent Canadian scholarship on military intervention with explicit implications for Canadian policymakers [and it] stands out in the field as a comprehensive pedagogical tool for teachers leading classes on alliance politics, military intervention, and foreign policy. For a field dominated by US-centric research and case studies, this timely Canadian-focused compendium of military intervention is a valuable and welcome addition to the literature.” International Journal
Stéfanie von Hlatky is assistant professor of political studies at Queen’s University and director of the Centre for International and Defence Policy.
H. Christian Breede is assistant professor of political science at the Royal Military College of Canada and a serving infantry officer.
H. Christian Breede is assistant professor of political science at the Royal Military College of Canada and a serving infantry officer.
Contents
Tables and Figures vii
Acronyms and Abbreviations ix
Preface xiii
Introduction: Military Interventions: Threats, Capabilities,
and Responses
Stéfanie von Hlatky 3
PART ONE: THREATS AND CAPABILITIES
1 War Made New? Cycles of Revolutions in Military Affairs and
Intervention 19
Asa McKercher
2 Disasters as Security Threats: Mapping Humanitarian
Assistance Needs and Priorities for the Canadian Armed
Forces 38
Rachel Lea Heide
3 The Strategic Impact of Improvised Explosive Devices in the
US Military 56
Christopher Barron
PART TWO: TRENDS
4 The Decline of Combat Casualties: Trends and
Implications 81
Peter Tikuisis
5 War-Weariness and Canadian Debates on the Use of Force:
Back to Peacekeeping? 96
Bob Martyn
6 The Patterns, Implications, and Risks of American Military
Contracting 114
Aaron Ettinger
PART THREE: THE ALLIED EXPERIENCE
7 Measuring Success: A Canadian Perspective of Red Teaming
Operations in Afghanistan 135
Paul Dickson, Anton Minkov, and Heather Hrychuk
8 Going South? Europe’s African “Pivot” 159
Jan von der Felsen
Part Four: The Canadian Experience
9 Canadian Involvement in the Middle East 177
Ali Dizboni and Peter Gizewski
10 Defence Policy “Walmart Style”: Canadian Lessons in
“Not-So-Grand” Grand Strategy 193
Christian Leuprecht and Joel J. Sokolsky
Conclusion: Summary and Implications: The Will to War
H. Christian Breede 213
Contributors 233
Index 237
Tables and Figures vii
Acronyms and Abbreviations ix
Preface xiii
Introduction: Military Interventions: Threats, Capabilities,
and Responses
Stéfanie von Hlatky 3
PART ONE: THREATS AND CAPABILITIES
1 War Made New? Cycles of Revolutions in Military Affairs and
Intervention 19
Asa McKercher
2 Disasters as Security Threats: Mapping Humanitarian
Assistance Needs and Priorities for the Canadian Armed
Forces 38
Rachel Lea Heide
3 The Strategic Impact of Improvised Explosive Devices in the
US Military 56
Christopher Barron
PART TWO: TRENDS
4 The Decline of Combat Casualties: Trends and
Implications 81
Peter Tikuisis
5 War-Weariness and Canadian Debates on the Use of Force:
Back to Peacekeeping? 96
Bob Martyn
6 The Patterns, Implications, and Risks of American Military
Contracting 114
Aaron Ettinger
PART THREE: THE ALLIED EXPERIENCE
7 Measuring Success: A Canadian Perspective of Red Teaming
Operations in Afghanistan 135
Paul Dickson, Anton Minkov, and Heather Hrychuk
8 Going South? Europe’s African “Pivot” 159
Jan von der Felsen
Part Four: The Canadian Experience
9 Canadian Involvement in the Middle East 177
Ali Dizboni and Peter Gizewski
10 Defence Policy “Walmart Style”: Canadian Lessons in
“Not-So-Grand” Grand Strategy 193
Christian Leuprecht and Joel J. Sokolsky
Conclusion: Summary and Implications: The Will to War
H. Christian Breede 213
Contributors 233
Index 237
