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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464947703321

Autore

Kraig Michael R.

Titolo

Shaping U.S. military forces for the Asia-Pacific : lessons from conflict management in past great power eras / / Michael R. Kraig

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4422-2615-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (349 p.)

Disciplina

355/.033573

Soggetti

Military policy - United States

Security, International - Asia

Security, International - Pacific Area

Electronic books.

Asia Strategic aspects

Pacific Area Strategic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Beyond "Full-Spectrum Dominance" and "Friends and Allies"; Chapter Two: Interpreting Great Power Conflict History; Chapter Three: Managed Competition in the Twenty-First-Century Asia-Pacific; Chapter Four: Lessons for the "Asia Pivot"; Chapter Five: Amending the "American Way of War"; Chapter Six: The U.S. Military and Conflict Management in the Asia-Pacific; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Shaping U.S. Military Forces for the Asia-Pacific examines how U.S. Joint Forces should be used to face the threat of a rising China at a time when future crises and even wars are likely to be defined by relatively limited political stakes alongside competing nationalist identities.