Why America loses wars : limited war and US strategy from the Korean War to the present
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| Support: | E-Book |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press.
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| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Résumé: | This provocative challenge to US policy and strategy maintains that America endures endless wars because its leaders no longer know how to think about war |
| Accès en ligne: | Accès à l'E-book Accès sur la plateforme ISTEX (corpus CUP) |
Table des matières:
- Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; 1 Are We at War? What Do We Want? And Do We Want to Win?; 2 The Way We Think about War (Particularly Limited War) Is Broken: Here Is How We Fix It; 3 The Political Objective: Why Nations Fight (Limited) Wars; 4 Constraints: Or Why Wars for Limited Aims are So Difficult; 5 Strategy: How to Think about Fighting for a Limited Political Objective; 6 And You Thought the War Was Hard: Ending the War and Securing the Peace; Conclusion: Is History Rhyming?; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index