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200 10$aSmall wars$b[electronic resource] $elow-intensity threats and the American response since Vietnam /$fMichael D. Gambone
205   $aFirst ed.
210   $aKnoxville $cUniversity of Tennessee Press$d2012
215   $a1 online resource (425 p.)
225  0$aLegacies of war
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-57233-914-4 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aThe 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.
330   $a"Small Wars is unique in its complexity and breadth. This book would be of great interest to both military and diplomatic historians, and those that teach Recent America." -Nancy Gentile Ford, author of Issues of War and PeaceToday, conventional fighting waged by massed, industrial armies is nearly extinct as a viable means of warfare, replaced by a broad and diverse array of conflicts that consume the modern American military. Fought in sprawling urban areas of the underdeveloped world or in desolate border regions where ethnicity and tradition reign, these "small wars" involve a
410  0$aLegacies of war
606   $aLow-intensity conflicts (Military science)$xHistory
606   $aIntervention (International law)$xGovernment policy
607   $aUnited States$xMilitary policy
608   $aElectronic books.
615  0$aLow-intensity conflicts (Military science)$xHistory.
615  0$aIntervention (International law)$xGovernment policy.
676   $a355.02/15
700   $aGambone$b Michael D.$f1963-$0982128
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