Challenging the United States symmetrically and asymmetrically [[electronic resource] ] : can America be defeated? / / edited by Lloyd J. Matthews |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Carlisle Barracks, Pa. : , : U.S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, , [1998] |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BlankStephen <1950->
DoughtyRobert A DunlapCharles J., Jr. GlabusEdmund M GuilmartinJohn F., Jr. <1940-2016.> (John Francis) KinnanTimothy A MatthewsLloyd J MrozekDonald J PelletiereStephen C PetersRalph <1952-> ScalesRobert H. <1944-> SchakeKori N SloanStephen <1936-> SteeleRobert D WilliamsJohn Allen <1945-> |
Soggetto topico |
National security - United States
War - Forecasting World politics - 1989- |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preliminary observations: asymmetrical warfare and the western mindset / Charles J. Dunlap, Jr. -- Technology and asymmetrics in modern warfare / John F. Guilmartin, Jr. -- Myth of Blitzkrieg / Robert A. Doughty -- Asymmetric response to American air supremacy in Vietnam / Donald J. Mrozek -- Takedown : targets, tools, and technocracy / Robert D. Steele -- Information peacekeeping : the purest form of war / Robert D. Steele -- Terrorism and asymmetry / Stephen Sloan -- Metaphors and modern threats : biological, computer, and cognitive viruses / Edmund M. Glabus -- Our new old enemies / Ralph Peters -- How we will lose the war with Russia : a critique of U.S. military strategy / Stephen J. Blank -- Regional state competitors : the case of Iraq / Stephen C. Pelletiere -- Beyond Russia and China : a survey of threats to U.S. security from lessor states / Kori N. Schake -- Roundtable on Future Responses : John Allen Williams, Timothy A. Kinnan, and Robert H. Scales, Jr. |
Altri titoli varianti | Can America be defeated |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910693549903321 |
Carlisle Barracks, Pa. : , : U.S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, , [1998] | ||
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US policy in Afghanistan and Iraq : lessons and legacies / / edited by Seyom Brown, Robert H. Scales |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colorado : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (231 p.) |
Disciplina | 956.7044/31 |
Collana | Tower Center Political Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Influence
Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Influence Military planning - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-62637-020-6
1-58826-809-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""The Regime-Change Question""; ""Counterinsurgency, Stabilization,and Statebuilding Strategies""; ""Implications for Military Planning""; ""Part 1: Post�September 11 Foreign Policy""; ""The Emergent Debate: Introduction""; ""Operation Iraqi Freedom:Model for Where Not to Go?""; ""Afghanistan: What Will Be the Afterthoughts?""; ""Cumulative Impact on US Foreign Policy""; ""ch 1-US StrategyToward “Rogue States�""; ""The Impact of 9/11 on US Strategy""
""Iraq and Libya: Contrasting Nonproliferation Precedents""""The Obama Administration�s Policy Shift""; ""Notes""; ""ch 2-Learning from Our Mistakes""; ""The Top-Down Fallacy""; ""Insufficient Attention to Basic Structural Factors""; ""Overly Narrow Concept of Security""; ""Policy Overview""; ""Part 2: Military Strategy and Planning""; ""Reassessing Priorities: Introduction""; ""ch 3-Military Strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq""; ""9/11 and Afghanistan""; ""Possible Ways of Dealing with Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein""; ""US Military Operations in Iraq: A “Catastrophic Success�"" ""The Counter-Revolution""""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""ch 4-Lessons Learned in Afghanistan and Iraq""; ""The Surge, the SOI Movement, and Violence Reduction in Iraq""; ""Implications for Afghanistan""; ""ch 5-Winning the Wars We�re In""; ""Forgetting Yesterday�s Lessons�On Purpose""; ""A Failure of Adaptation""; ""Toward a “Better War� in Afghanistan""; ""Learning from Our Mistakes""; ""Notes""; ""Part 3: Counterinsurgency and Statebuilding""; ""Unanticipated Challenges: Introduction""; ""ch 6-Strategic Counterinsurgency""; ""National Strategy and Policy"" ""Understanding the Iraq War""""The Principles of Strategic Counterinsurgency""; ""Applying the Right Lessons in Afghanistan and Pakistan""; ""Note""; ""ch 7-Assessing Counterinsurgency Operations""; ""Metrics in Afghanistan""; ""How Long Will It Take?""; ""Notes""; ""ch 8-The Predicament in Afghanistan""; ""The Failure of Governance in Post-2001 Afghanistan""; ""The Illusions of Outsourcing Basic Governance to Tribes and Warlords""; ""What Governance Deficiencies Matter Most to Local Populations""; ""Outside Intervention Policies and Governance-Building Efforts""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes"" ""Part 4: Conclusion""""ch 9-Where Do We Go from Here?""; ""Disagreement over the Lessons""; ""A Constraining Legacy""; ""Acronyms""; ""Bibliography""; ""The Contributors""; ""Index""; ""About the Book"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462805003321 |
Boulder, Colorado : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2012 | ||
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US policy in Afghanistan and Iraq : lessons and legacies / / edited by Seyom Brown, Robert H. Scales |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colorado : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (231 p.) |
Disciplina | 956.7044/31 |
Collana | Tower Center Political Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Influence
Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Influence Military planning - United States |
ISBN |
1-62637-020-6
1-58826-809-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""The Regime-Change Question""; ""Counterinsurgency, Stabilization,and Statebuilding Strategies""; ""Implications for Military Planning""; ""Part 1: Post�September 11 Foreign Policy""; ""The Emergent Debate: Introduction""; ""Operation Iraqi Freedom:Model for Where Not to Go?""; ""Afghanistan: What Will Be the Afterthoughts?""; ""Cumulative Impact on US Foreign Policy""; ""ch 1-US StrategyToward “Rogue States�""; ""The Impact of 9/11 on US Strategy""
""Iraq and Libya: Contrasting Nonproliferation Precedents""""The Obama Administration�s Policy Shift""; ""Notes""; ""ch 2-Learning from Our Mistakes""; ""The Top-Down Fallacy""; ""Insufficient Attention to Basic Structural Factors""; ""Overly Narrow Concept of Security""; ""Policy Overview""; ""Part 2: Military Strategy and Planning""; ""Reassessing Priorities: Introduction""; ""ch 3-Military Strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq""; ""9/11 and Afghanistan""; ""Possible Ways of Dealing with Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein""; ""US Military Operations in Iraq: A “Catastrophic Success�"" ""The Counter-Revolution""""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""ch 4-Lessons Learned in Afghanistan and Iraq""; ""The Surge, the SOI Movement, and Violence Reduction in Iraq""; ""Implications for Afghanistan""; ""ch 5-Winning the Wars We�re In""; ""Forgetting Yesterday�s Lessons�On Purpose""; ""A Failure of Adaptation""; ""Toward a “Better War� in Afghanistan""; ""Learning from Our Mistakes""; ""Notes""; ""Part 3: Counterinsurgency and Statebuilding""; ""Unanticipated Challenges: Introduction""; ""ch 6-Strategic Counterinsurgency""; ""National Strategy and Policy"" ""Understanding the Iraq War""""The Principles of Strategic Counterinsurgency""; ""Applying the Right Lessons in Afghanistan and Pakistan""; ""Note""; ""ch 7-Assessing Counterinsurgency Operations""; ""Metrics in Afghanistan""; ""How Long Will It Take?""; ""Notes""; ""ch 8-The Predicament in Afghanistan""; ""The Failure of Governance in Post-2001 Afghanistan""; ""The Illusions of Outsourcing Basic Governance to Tribes and Warlords""; ""What Governance Deficiencies Matter Most to Local Populations""; ""Outside Intervention Policies and Governance-Building Efforts""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes"" ""Part 4: Conclusion""""ch 9-Where Do We Go from Here?""; ""Disagreement over the Lessons""; ""A Constraining Legacy""; ""Acronyms""; ""Bibliography""; ""The Contributors""; ""Index""; ""About the Book"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786841903321 |
Boulder, Colorado : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2012 | ||
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US policy in Afghanistan and Iraq : lessons and legacies / / edited by Seyom Brown, Robert H. Scales |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colorado : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (231 p.) |
Disciplina | 956.7044/31 |
Collana | Tower Center Political Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Influence
Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Influence Military planning - United States |
ISBN |
1-62637-020-6
1-58826-809-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""The Regime-Change Question""; ""Counterinsurgency, Stabilization,and Statebuilding Strategies""; ""Implications for Military Planning""; ""Part 1: Post�September 11 Foreign Policy""; ""The Emergent Debate: Introduction""; ""Operation Iraqi Freedom:Model for Where Not to Go?""; ""Afghanistan: What Will Be the Afterthoughts?""; ""Cumulative Impact on US Foreign Policy""; ""ch 1-US StrategyToward “Rogue States�""; ""The Impact of 9/11 on US Strategy""
""Iraq and Libya: Contrasting Nonproliferation Precedents""""The Obama Administration�s Policy Shift""; ""Notes""; ""ch 2-Learning from Our Mistakes""; ""The Top-Down Fallacy""; ""Insufficient Attention to Basic Structural Factors""; ""Overly Narrow Concept of Security""; ""Policy Overview""; ""Part 2: Military Strategy and Planning""; ""Reassessing Priorities: Introduction""; ""ch 3-Military Strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq""; ""9/11 and Afghanistan""; ""Possible Ways of Dealing with Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein""; ""US Military Operations in Iraq: A “Catastrophic Success�"" ""The Counter-Revolution""""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""ch 4-Lessons Learned in Afghanistan and Iraq""; ""The Surge, the SOI Movement, and Violence Reduction in Iraq""; ""Implications for Afghanistan""; ""ch 5-Winning the Wars We�re In""; ""Forgetting Yesterday�s Lessons�On Purpose""; ""A Failure of Adaptation""; ""Toward a “Better War� in Afghanistan""; ""Learning from Our Mistakes""; ""Notes""; ""Part 3: Counterinsurgency and Statebuilding""; ""Unanticipated Challenges: Introduction""; ""ch 6-Strategic Counterinsurgency""; ""National Strategy and Policy"" ""Understanding the Iraq War""""The Principles of Strategic Counterinsurgency""; ""Applying the Right Lessons in Afghanistan and Pakistan""; ""Note""; ""ch 7-Assessing Counterinsurgency Operations""; ""Metrics in Afghanistan""; ""How Long Will It Take?""; ""Notes""; ""ch 8-The Predicament in Afghanistan""; ""The Failure of Governance in Post-2001 Afghanistan""; ""The Illusions of Outsourcing Basic Governance to Tribes and Warlords""; ""What Governance Deficiencies Matter Most to Local Populations""; ""Outside Intervention Policies and Governance-Building Efforts""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes"" ""Part 4: Conclusion""""ch 9-Where Do We Go from Here?""; ""Disagreement over the Lessons""; ""A Constraining Legacy""; ""Acronyms""; ""Bibliography""; ""The Contributors""; ""Index""; ""About the Book"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815326803321 |
Boulder, Colorado : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2012 | ||
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