1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452566803321

Autore

Gambone Michael D. <1963->

Titolo

Small wars [[electronic resource] ] : low-intensity threats and the American response since Vietnam / / Michael D. Gambone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Knoxville, : University of Tennessee Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-86480-0

1-57233-923-3

Edizione

[First ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (425 p.)

Collana

Legacies of war

Disciplina

355.02/15

Soggetti

Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) - History

Intervention (International law) - Government policy

Electronic books.

United States Military policy

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

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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 PeaceToday, conventional fighting waged by massed, industrial armies is nearly extinct as a viable means of warfare, replaced by a broad and diverse array of conflicts that consume the modern American military. Fought in sprawling urban areas of the underdeveloped world or in desolate border regions where ethnicity and tradition reign, these "small wars" involve a



2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991000095699707536

Autore

Calegari, Albino

Titolo

Lettere inedite di Édouard Rod a Giuseppe Giacosa : nota di Albino Calegari presentata dal socio corrispondente Lionello Sozzi nell'adunanza dell'8 maggio 1984

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Torino : Accademia delle Scienze, 1984

Descrizione fisica

1 v. ; 23 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

Sozzi, Lionello

Disciplina

840.8

Soggetti

Rod, Édouard Lettere e carteggi

Rod, Édouard Lettere e carteggi

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Estr. da: Atti della Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, II.: Classe di Scienze Morali, Storiche e Filologiche, v. 118 (1983-1984)