Small wars : low-intensity threats and the American response since Vietnam /

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"Small Wars is unique in its complexity and breadth. This book would be of great interest to both military and diplomatic historians, and those that teach Recent America."--Nancy Gentile Ford, author of Issues of War and Peace Today, conventional fighting waged by massed, industrial armies...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gambone, Michael D., 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Knoxville, TN : University of Tennessee Press, ©2012.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Legacies of war.
Temas:
1900-2099
Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) > History.
Intervention (International law) > Government policy > United States.
Military history, Modern > 20th century.
Military history, Modern > 21st century.
Conflits de basse intensité > Histoire.
Intervention (Droit international) > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Histoire militaire > 20e siècle.
Histoire militaire > 21e siècle.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > General.
Low-intensity conflicts (Military science)
Military history, Modern
Military policy
United States > Military policy > History > 21st century.
United States > Military policy > History > 20th century.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Cold War and limited conflict
  • The seventies nadir and recovery
  • Low-intensity war in the eighties
  • The first Gulf War and the new world order
  • "Peace," nation building, and the new world disorder
  • The drug war
  • The War on Terror
  • Iraq and Afghanistan
  • Private military corporations in the new century
  • Conclusions.

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