Presence, Prevention, and Persuasion

Rhodes Professor Edward Jonathan M. DiCicco Thomas C. Walker Sarah S. Milburn Edward Rhodes

ISBN 10: 0739107267 / ISBN 13: 9780739107263

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2003

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pp. x + 450.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Presence, Prevention, and Persuasion
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0739107267
• ISBN 13: 9780739107263
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Can great powers ensure the political outcomes they want and prevent political developments they oppose, by stationing their military forces in distant regions during peacetime? If so, what kinds of military capabilities yield this sort of peacetime political leverage? And what kinds of political goals can-and, just as importantly, cannot-be achieved through "forward military presence?" In the post-9/11 world, as the United States seeks to use its unrivalled global military predominance to build a safer, better world by preventing terrorism and encouraging societies around the world to embrace democracy, these questions take on enormous importance. Presence, Prevention, and Persuasion addresses these issues by looking at British, French, and American experiences in the Middle East, South America, the Caribbean basin, and Africa over the last two centuries. The authors' findings will have a significant impact on scholarship but, more importantly, on American decision-making communities. An essential volume for anyone working in the field of international relations whether it is policy making, diplomacy, military planning or the private sector.

About the Author

Edward Rhodes is Director of the Center for Global Security and Democracy, and Associate Professor of Political Science at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Jon DiCicco is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science and Associate Director of the Center for Global Security and Democracy at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Sarah Milburn is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Thomas Walker is Associate Professor of Political Science at the State University of New York, Albany.