Discusses the evolution of the partnership between social science and US national security policy
Uses a combination of two different theories to illustrate their contribution to American strategy in Vietnam
Demonstrates the two mechanisms by which ideas enter the policy world: one that is diffuse like water through limestone and the other by way of policy entrepreneurs that work directly as proponents of policies based on their ideas

Autorentext

Janeen M. Klinger is Emeritus Professor in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College, USA. She previously taught at the Marine Corps Command and Staff College and the University of Mary Washington.

Inhalt

1. Evolution of a Partnership: Social Science and National Security Policy.- 2. The Nature Sciences and Public Policy: Insights from the History and the Philosophy of Science.- 3. The Science of Strategy: Deterrence and Coercion Theory.- 4. A Scientific Approach to Development: Modernization Theory.- 5. Theory Meets Practice: The Case of the Vietnam War.