02914nam 2200637Ia 450 991045256680332120200520144314.01-283-86480-01-57233-923-3(CKB)2550000000709382(EBL)1084841(OCoLC)824081558(SSID)ssj0000787219(PQKBManifestationID)11443366(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000787219(PQKBWorkID)10814658(PQKB)10763732(MiAaPQ)EBC1084841(OCoLC)843636076(MdBmJHUP)muse18964(Au-PeEL)EBL1084841(CaPaEBR)ebr10632303(CaONFJC)MIL417730(EXLCZ)99255000000070938220111102d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSmall wars[electronic resource] low-intensity threats and the American response since Vietnam /Michael D. GamboneFirst ed.Knoxville University of Tennessee Press20121 online resource (425 p.)Legacies of warDescription based upon print version of record.1-57233-914-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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 aLegacies of warLow-intensity conflicts (Military science)HistoryIntervention (International law)Government policyUnited StatesMilitary policyElectronic books.Low-intensity conflicts (Military science)History.Intervention (International law)Government policy.355.02/15Gambone Michael D.1963-982128MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452566803321Small wars2475881UNINA