Small State Behavior in Strategic and Intelligence Studies - Coaty, Patrick C.

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Auteur(s) : Coaty, Patrick C.

Editeur : Springer International Publishing Ag

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/12/2018

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 188

Expédition : 251

Dimensions : 21.0 x 14.8 x 1.1

ISBN : 9783030077723

Résumé :

Patrick C. Coaty is Professor and Chairman at Orange Coast College in California, USA.

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Biographie:
Patrick C. Coaty is Professor and Chairman at Orange Coast College in California, USA....

Sommaire:
1. Introduction?
Small State Behavior and Proliferation?The Organization of this Study?Theory as Grammar?Conclusion?2. Chapter One: Theoretical and Operational Definitions of Strategy?Introduction?Strategy as a Concept?Definition of a State?Power: Logistics and Strategics?Rationality?Strategic Culture?International Environment?Structural Influence on State Behavior Inside the International Environment?Security Dilemma?Strategic Effect (Feedback)?The Psychological Dimension of the Security Dilemma?John Boyd's Morality and Novelty?Novelty?Morality?The Observe-Orient-Decision-Action (OODA) Loop?Conclusion?3. Chapter Two: American Strategic Culture: The Effort and Responsibility of Invention?Introduction?Observe: The International Environment and American Strategic Culture?Orient: State Domestic Structure?Americans Decide to Pursue Nuclear and Missile Technology?Atomic Weapons?Ballistic Missiles?Conclusion?4. Chapter Three: The Long March: China's use of Proliferation as a Means for Obtaining Great Power Status.?Introduction?Observe: China as a Small State?Orient: China's Domestic Structure and the Security Dilemma?Decision and Action: I China's Nuclear Program?Decision and Action II: China's Missile Program?Strategic Effect (Feedback)?Conclusion?5. Chapter Four: India and Pakistan: Familiarity Breeds Contempt, Proliferation as an Object of Envy.?Introduction?India Decides to Pursue Nuclear Technology?Action: Indian State Building; Mobilization of Resources?Pakistani Strategic Culture?Pakistan Decides to Build a Nuclear Weapon?Conclusion?6. Chapter Five: Israel: The Case for Ambiguity?Introduction?Observation: Israel's Strategic Culture and the International Environment?Orientation: Israel's Domestic StructuresIsrael Decides to Pursue Nuclear TechnologyIsrael's Actions in Pursuing Nuclear Weapons?Strategic Effect (Feedback)Conclusion7. Chapter Six: Proliferation and Preventive War: The Clash of Pseudo-Environments-The United States, Iran, and North KoreaIntroductionThe American Pseudo-Environment: Components of Preventive WarIran's Pseudo Environment?Ruling EliteCultural Traditions and Genetic HeritageGeographyNew InformationNorth Korea's Pseudo-EnvironmentThe Ruling EliteCultural Traditions and Genetic HeritageGeography and New InformationNorth Korea Decides to Pursue Nuclear Weapons?Is Proliferation by Iran and North Korea a Strategic Threat?Conclusion?8. Conclusion: What is the Nature of Small State Proliferation??References?