The Dismal Battlefield: Mobilizing for Economic Conflict [Hardcover]

John C. Scharfen (Author)

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Publication Date: October 1995

This first comprehensive treatment of the dynamics of economic force addresses its use in the United States to achieve national security objectives.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 241 pages
• Publisher: Naval Inst Pr (October 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557507694
• ISBN-13: 978-1557507693
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,374,484 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A first, only, analysis of the dynamics of economic force., October 12, 1998

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This review is from: The Dismal Battlefield: Mobilizing for Economic Conflict (Hardcover)

This book proposes that there are five sources of national power -- social, psychological, political, military and economic. Three of these instruments, the political, military and economic are most often translated into force. (E.g. Coercive diplomacy, military warfare, economic sanctions.) Nations have devoted great resources to the preparation for and study of political and military force. Nations (to include the United States) have devoted almost no energy or resources to the preparation for and study of the use of economic force. Such neglect has rendered our decision makers, defense and economic intellectuals dangerous in the employment of this instrument or for combatting a coercive economic threat. There is an urgent requirement that the U.S. decision making mechanisms, bureaucracy, and educational and training institutions be reorganized to focus on a more productive use of this coercive instrument. This book does not advocate a wider use of sanctions or other economic instruments, but does advocate a more selective, more proficient use of this power, and prescribes approaches to that end. (John C. Scharfen, author of Dismal Battlefield)