Ethics, Technology and the American Way of War: Cruise Missiles and US Security Policy (Contemporary Security Studies)

A new investigation into how the advent of precision-guided munitions affects the likelihood of US policy makers to use force. As such, this is an inquiry into the impact of ethics, strategy and military technology on the decision calculus of national leaders. Following the first Gulf War in 1991, this new study shows how US Presidents increasingly used stand-off precision guided munitions (or "PGMs", especially the Tomahawk cruise missile) either to influence foreign adversaries to make specific policy choices or to signal displeasure with their actions. Such uses of force are attractive because they can lead to desirable policy outcomes where conventional diplomacy has failed but without the large cost of lives, economic resources, or political capital that result from large-scale military operations. In a post-9/11 world, understanding alternative uses of force under significant policy constraints is still of supreme importance. BOOK COVER......Page 1 TITLE......Page 6 COPYRIGHT......Page 7 DEDICATION......Page 8 CONTENTS......Page 10 PREFACE......Page 12 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 14 ABBREVIATIONS......Page 16 1 INTRODUCTION......Page 18 PART I: THEORETICAL APPROACHES......Page 28 2 HUMANITY AS A WEAPON OF WAR......Page 30 3 LIMITED WAR IN AMERICAN STRATEGIC THOUGHT......Page 58 4 TOMAHAWK: History, technology, strategy......Page 73 PART II: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS......Page 86 5 OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH – JANUARY 1993......Page 88 6 OPERATION BUSHWACKER – JUNE 1993......Page 102 7 OPERATION DELIBERATE FORCE – AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 1995......Page 115 8 OPERATION DESERT STRIKE – SEPTEMBER 1996......Page 130 9 CONCLUSION......Page 146 NOTES......Page 153 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 170 INDEX......Page 178 Interdisciplinary Studies BOOK COVER 1 TITLE 6 COPYRIGHT 7 DEDICATION 8 CONTENTS 10 PREFACE 12 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 14 ABBREVIATIONS 16 1 INTRODUCTION 18 PART I: THEORETICAL APPROACHES 28 2 HUMANITY AS A WEAPON OF WAR 30 3 LIMITED WAR IN AMERICAN STRATEGIC THOUGHT 58 4 TOMAHAWK: History, technology, strategy 73 PART II: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS 86 5 OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH – JANUARY 1993 88 6 OPERATION BUSHWACKER – JUNE 1993 102 7 OPERATION DELIBERATE FORCE – AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 1995 115 8 OPERATION DESERT STRIKE – SEPTEMBER 1996 130 9 CONCLUSION 146 NOTES 153 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 170 INDEX 178 Introduction -- Humanity As A Weapon Of War -- Limited War In American Strategic Thought -- Tomahawk: History, Technology And Strategy -- Operation Southern Watch - January 1993 -- Operation Bushwacker - June 1993 -- Operation Deliberate Force - September 1995 -- Operation Desert Strike - September 1996 -- Conclusion. Reuben E. Brigety Ii. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 136-160) And Index. This book investigates how the advent of precision-guided munitions affects the likelihood of US policy makers to use force in the post-Cold War world