Why do we try to use military force to solve our political problems? And why, when our forces win the military battles does this still fail to solve those problems? It is because the force lacks utility. From Iraq to the Balkans, and from Afghanistan to Chechneya, over the past fifteen years there has been a steady stream of military interventions that have not delivered on their promise for peace, or even political resolution. The Utility of Force explains this anomaly at the heart of our current international system.
- ISBN10 014102044X
- ISBN13 9780141020440
- Publish Date 7 September 2006 (first published 29 September 2005)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 29 June 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 448
- Language English