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200 10$aPerilous options $especial operations as an instrument of U.S. foreign policy /$fLucien S. Vandenbroucke
210  1$aNew York ;$cOxford University Press,$d2023.
215   $a1 online resource (270 p.)
225 1 $aOxford scholarship online
300   $aBibliography: p227-247. -Includes index.
300   $aPreviously issued in print: 1993.
311   $a0-19-504591-2 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCONTENTS; 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; Z
330 8 $aThis study explores why military operations conducted by the USA in recent years to achieve key foreign policy objectives have failed. It includes reports, based extensively on primary material, of the Bay of Pigs, the Sontay raid, the Mayaguez operation and the Iran hostage rescue attempt.
410  0$aOxford scholarship online.
606   $aSpecial operations (Military science)$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century
606   $aSpecial forces (Military science)$xHistory$y20th century
607   $aUnited States$xHistory, Military$y20th century
607   $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1945-1989
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