Small wars : low-intensity threats and the American response since Vietnam / / Michael D. Gambone

• Autore: Gambone Michael D. <1963->
• Pubblicazione: Knoxville, : University of Tennessee Press, 2012
• Edizione: First ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (425 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.02/15
• Soggetto topico: Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) - History; Intervention (International law) - Government policy
• Soggetto geografico: United States Military policy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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
• Titolo autorizzato: Small wars
• ISBN: 9781572339712; 1572339713; 9781283864800; 1283864800; 9781572339231; 1572339233
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910966307303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Legacies of war