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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824442603321

Autore

Lock-Pullan Richard

Titolo

US intervention policy and army innovation : from Vietnam to Iraq / / Richard Lock-Pullan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2006

ISBN

1-135-76504-9

1-135-76505-7

1-280-29015-3

9786610290154

0-203-34103-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Collana

Cass series--strategy and history

Classificazione

355.02

Disciplina

355.033573

Soggetti

Strategy - History - 20th century

Intervention

Militærpolitik

National sikkerhed

United States Military policy 20th century

United States Politics and government 20th century

United States Foreign relations 20th century

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

Book Cover; Half-Title; Series Title; Title; Copyright; Dedications; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Us Army And American Strategic Culture; 2. The Vietnam War And The Us Army; 3. The All-Volunteer Army; 4. Innovation In Us Army Doctrine; 5. The Influence Of Army Thinking; 6. Interventions: Panama, The Gulf, Somalia; 7. Return To The Gulf; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

US Intervention Policy and Army Innovation examines how the US Army rebuilt itself after the Vietnam War and how this has affected US intervention policy, from the victory of the Gulf War to the failure of Somalia, the Bosnian and Kosovo interventions and the use of force post 9/11.Richard Lock-Pullan analyzes the changes in US military



intervention strategy by examining two separate issues: the nature of the US Army as it rebuilt itself after the Vietnam War, and the attempts by the US to establish criteria for future military interventions. He first argues that US strategy