02921nam 2200709uu 450 991081696100332120240912173747.00-19-773380-81-280-43975-00-19-536443-01-60129-635-510.1093/oso/9780195045918.001.0001(CKB)1000000000363452(EBL)272459(OCoLC)252541626(SSID)ssj0000219923(PQKBManifestationID)11173762(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000219923(PQKBWorkID)10136210(PQKB)10674921(Au-PeEL)EBL4700464(CaPaEBR)ebr11272854(CaONFJC)MIL43975(PPN)151324026(MiAaPQ)EBC4700464(OCoLC)1406784798(StDuBDS)9780197733806(MiAaPQ)EBC272459(EXLCZ)99100000000036345219931220e20231993 uy |engur|n|---|||||txtccrPerilous options special operations as an instrument of U.S. foreign policy /Lucien S. VandenbrouckeNew York ;Oxford University Press,2023.1 online resource (270 p.)Oxford scholarship onlineBibliography: p227-247. -Includes index.Previously issued in print: 1993.0-19-504591-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; 1. Patterns of Failure; 2. Plotting against Castro; 3. Debacle at the Beachhead; 4. Raid to an Empty Camp; 5. Last Fiasco in Indochina; 6. There Are No Snakes on Koh Tang; 7. Hostages of the Ayatollah; 8. The Helicopters That Couldn't; 9. Why We Failed; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZThis study explores why military operations conducted by the USA in recent years to achieve key foreign policy objectives have failed. It includes reports, based extensively on primary material, of the Bay of Pigs, the Sontay raid, the Mayaguez operation and the Iran hostage rescue attempt.Oxford scholarship online.Special operations (Military science)United StatesHistory20th centurySpecial forces (Military science)History20th centuryUnited StatesHistory, Military20th centuryUnited StatesForeign relations1945-1989Special operations (Military science)HistorySpecial forces (Military science)History973.92Vandenbroucke Lucien S.1609834UkUkStDuBDSZStDuBDSZBOOK9910816961003321Perilous options3937279UNINA