Social Science and National Security Policy: Deterrence, Coercion, and Modernization Theories

By Janeen M. Klinger

Discusses the evolution of the partnership between social science and US national security policy
Uses a combination of two different theories to illustrate their contribution to American strategy in Vietnam
Demonstrates the two mechanisms by which ideas enter the policy world: one that is diffuse like "water through limestone" and the other by way of policy entrepreneurs that work directly as proponents of policies based on their ideas

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030112500
• ISBN13: 9783030112509
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"