Small State Behavior in Strategic and Intelligence Studies David's Sling /

• Main Author: Coaty, Patrick C. (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: International relations.; Security, International.; International organization.; Diplomacy.; International Relations Theory.; International Security Studies.; International Organization.; Foreign Policy.

Small state behavior has been largely ignored by academics in both international relations and strategic/intelligence studies. Yet, when we analyze the root causes of war, insurrections, rebellions, revolutions and general sociological human behavior, it is the small state actors that are usually at...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction: The Importance of an Engaged Public on Strategic and Intelligence Issues
• Chapter 2: Analytical Foundations: Small States and the use of Theory in Crisis Management
• Chapter 3: International Organizations/Conventions as Political Structures
• Chapter 4: From Small Seeds: Small Revolutionary States in Search of a conventional arsenal, the formation of the United States Navy, Imperial Japan's Navy and France's Navy (1789-1860)
• Chapter 5: Small States in Search of Nuclear Weapons (the "successful" cases): Israel, Iran and Pakistan and the formation of a nuclear arsenal
• Chapter 6: Small States in Search of Chemical and Biological Weapons: Italy (1930s), Iraq, Syria and the formation of a chemical arsenal
• Chapter 7: Are Small States in Search of David's Sling? General Findings and Theory Building
• Chapter 8: Conclusion: Focusing the analytical lens on small states-preparing the next generation by designing training scenarios focused on the behaviour of small states.