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03031aam a2200337 i 4500 001 2B692244FCF111ECA1EDA78634ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220706010037 008 201202s2021 mdu b 0|1 0 eng d 020 $a 1538150646 020 $a 9781538150641 035 $a (OCoLC)1225067067 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d EOP $d FIE $d OCLCO $d SILO 050 4 $a UA23 W65 2021 100 1 $a Wolfley, Kyle J. 245 10 $a Military statecraft and the rise of shaping in world politics / Kyle J. Wolfley. 264 1 $a Lanham : $b Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, $c 2021. 300 $a viii, 259 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographic references and index. 520 $a In today's complex international environment, how do the United States, China, and Russia manage the return of great power competition as well as the persistent threat of violent non-state actors? This book explores "shaping": the use of military power to construct a more favorable environment by influencing the characteristics of other militaries, altering the relationships between them, or managing the behavior of allies. As opposed to traditional strategies of warfighting or coercion, shaping relies less on threats, demonstrations, and uses of violence and more on attraction, persuasion, and legitimacy. Because shaping relies more on soft power than on hard power, this approach contradicts the conventional wisdom of the purpose militaries serve. Kyle J. Wolfley explores the emergence of shaping in classical strategy and its increased frequency following the end of the Cold War when threats and allies became more ambiguous. He illustrates the four logics of shaping--attraction, socialization, delegation, and assurance--through five case studies of recent major military exercise programs led by the United States, China, India, the United Kingdom, and Russia. Moreover, the author reveals through sentiment analysis and statistics over one thousand multinational exercises from 1980 to 2016 reveal how major powers reacted to a complex international environment by expanding the number and scope of shaping exercises. Illuminating an understudied but surprisingly common tool of military statecraft, this book offers a fresh understanding of military power in today's competitive international system. -- $c Provided by publisher. 651 0 $a United States $x Military policy. 651 0 $a China $x Military policy. 651 0 $a Russia (Federation) $x Military policy. 651 0 $a United States $x Military relations. 651 0 $a China $x Military relations. 651 0 $a Russia (Federation) $x Military relations. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Wolfley, Kyle J. $t Military Statecraft and the Rise of Shaping in World Politics $d London : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,c2021 $z 9781538150658 $w (OCoLC)1259591867 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20221005020206.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2B692244FCF111ECA1EDA78634ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search