Secret Wars : Covert Conflict in International Politics /

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Secret Wars is the first book to systematically analyze the ways powerful states covertly participate in foreign wars, showing a recurring pattern of such behavior stretching from World War I to U.S.-occupied Iraq. Investigating what governments keep secret during wars and why, Austin Carson argues...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carson, Austin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
World politics.
Intervention (International law)
International relations.
Official secrets.
War.
Diplomatic relations.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
international relations.
Secrets d'État.
Relations internationales.
Politique mondiale.
United States.
États-Unis > Relations exterieures.
United States > Foreign relations.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • A limited-war theory of secrecy
  • The emergence of covert warfare
  • The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
  • The Korean War (1950-1953)
  • The Vietnam War (1964-1968)
  • The war in Afghanistan (1979-1986)
  • Conclusion.

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