The Politics of Military Force examines the dynamics of discursive change that made participation in military operations possible against the background of Germ

From the Quasi War with France and the opening of Japan, to the numerous interventions of the 1990s, these events have been situated at the heart of US foreign

Existing models of state formation are derived primarily from early Western European experience, and are misleading when applied to nation-states struggling to

The Politics of Military Force examines the dynamics of discursive change that made participation in military operations possible against the background of Germ

"Using a range of survey tools to glean insights into changing norms within the US military, this book provides a particularly valuable window into the politica