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

• Main Author: Klinger, Janeen M. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Politics and war.; Political theory.; World politics.; United States-Politics and government.; International relations.; Social sciences-Philosophy.; Military and Defence Studies.; Political Theory.; Political History.; US Politics.; Foreign Policy.; Social Theory.

This book examines how deterrence, coercion and modernization theory has informed U.S. policy, addressing why former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara's famous description of the Vietnam War as the "social scientist's war" is so accurate. By tracing the evolution of ties between...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Evolution of a Partnership: Social Science and National Security Policy
• 2. The Nature Sciences and Public Policy: Insights from the History and the Philosophy of Science
• 3. The Science of Strategy: Deterrence and Coercion Theory
• 4. A Scientific Approach to Development: Modernization Theory
• 5. Theory Meets Practice: The Case of the Vietnam War.