03085nam 2200721Ia 450 991096630730332120200520144314.0978157233971215723397139781283864800128386480097815723392311572339233(CKB)2550000000709382(EBL)1084841(OCoLC)824081558(SSID)ssj0000787219(PQKBManifestationID)11443366(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000787219(PQKBWorkID)10814658(PQKB)10763732(OCoLC)843636076(MdBmJHUP)muse18964(Au-PeEL)EBL1084841(CaPaEBR)ebr10632303(CaONFJC)MIL417730(MiAaPQ)EBC1084841(Perlego)4876569(EXLCZ)99255000000070938220111102d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSmall wars 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.9781621900429 1621900428 9781572339149 1572339144 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 policyLow-intensity conflicts (Military science)History.Intervention (International law)Government policy.355.02/15Gambone Michael D.1963-1793798MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910966307303321Small wars4333760UNINA