Abstract
In his study of the Differential Effects of Proliferation, Matthew Kroenig defines power projection as a state’s “ability to fight a full-scale, conventional, military, ground war on the territory of a potential target state,” and argues the “ability to bomb a state alone without a corresponding ability to put boots on the ground in that state’s territory is not a sufficient power-projection capability”.
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Chappell, B.K. (2021). Military Doctrine and Power Projection. In: State Responses to Nuclear Proliferation. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59801-3_5
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