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Toward a Redefinition of Military Strategy in International Relations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2011

Morris Janowitz
Morris Janowitz
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Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago
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In a period of search for politico-military détente between the major nuclear powers, one cannot avoid the question of whether the theories and categories for the analysis of international relations, especially those involving the role of military force, are appropriate and clarifying. Although they strive to make use of timeless categories, social scientists, especially when analyzing international relations, must take into consideration the changing historical context. In this paper I will attempt to reassess the well-known issue of the limits of military intervention in international relations by advanced industrial societies. I will seek to extend and formulate the ideas which, in The Professional Soldier: A Social and Political Portrait, were vaguely expressed in the notion of a constabulary.

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World Politics , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , July 1974 , pp. 473 - 508
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Copyright © Trustees of Princeton University 1974

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