Occupational hazards : success and failure in military occupation / David M. Edelstein.
2008
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Title
Occupational hazards : success and failure in military occupation / David M. Edelstein.
Author
Edelstein, David M.
ISBN
9780801446153 (alk. paper)
0801446155 (alk. paper)
0801446155 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Language
English
Description
ix, 235 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Item Number
400152519144
Call Number
D25.5 .E34 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification
355.4/90973
Summary
From the Publisher: Few would contest that the U.S. occupation of Iraq is a clear example of just how fraught a military occupation can become. In Occupational Hazards, David M. Edelstein elucidates the occasional successes of military occupations and their more frequent failures. Edelstein has identified twenty-six cases since 1815 in which an outside power seized control of a territory where the occupying party had no long-term claim on sovereignty. In a book that has implications for present-day policy, he draws evidence from such historical cases as well as from four current occupations-Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq-where the outcome is not yet known. Occupation is difficult, in Edelstein's view, because ambitious goals require considerable time and resources, yet both the occupied population and the occupying power want occupation to end quickly and inexpensively; in drawn-out occupations, impatience grows and resources dwindle. This combination sabotages the occupying power's ability to accomplish two tasks: convince an occupied population to suppress its nationalist desires and sustain its own commitment to the occupation. Structural conditions and strategic choices play crucial roles in the success or failure of an occupation. In describing those factors, Edelstein prescribes a course of action for the future.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Cornell studies in security affairs
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Table of Contents
Introduction : the challenge of military occupation
When to occupy : the threat environment
How to occupy : strategies of occupation
When to leave : the occupation dilemma
Who occupies : multilateralism and military occupation
Conclusion : the future of military occupation
Appendix 1. Case selection
Appendix 2. Military occupations, 1815-2007.
When to occupy : the threat environment
How to occupy : strategies of occupation
When to leave : the occupation dilemma
Who occupies : multilateralism and military occupation
Conclusion : the future of military occupation
Appendix 1. Case selection
Appendix 2. Military occupations, 1815-2007.