Through a glass darkly : looking at conflict prevention, management, and termination / / Stephen J. Cimbala

• Autore: Cimbala Stephen J
• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2001; London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (219 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.1/6/0904
• Soggetto topico: Military policy; Military history, Modern - 20th century; International relations; Cold War; World politics - 1989-
• Soggetto geografico: United States Military policy
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-194) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Past Cases -- Present/Future Cases -- SEQUENCE OF TOPICS -- LOOKING AHEAD -- NOTES -- Part I Past Cases -- Chapter 1 Bargaining at the Brink: Otherness and the Cuban Missile Crisis -- INTRODUCTION -- PERSPECTIVE TAKING BEFORE AND AFTER CUBA -- DETERRENCE AND THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS -- OTHER INTERPRETATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- Chapter 2 Wilderness of Mirrors: The 1983 "War Scare" and U.S.-Soviet Relations -- INTRODUCTION -- OPERATION RYAN -- THE INF DECISION -- STAR WARS -- KAL 007 -- THE SEPTEMBER SATELLITE WARNING INCIDENT -- ABLE ARCHER -- EAST GERMAN INTELLIGENCE -- THE SOVIET NUCLEAR DETERRENT -- ANALYSIS -- OTHER WAR SCARES? -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- Chapter 3 Operation Desert Storm: A Truncated Triumph -- INTRODUCTION -- MISPERCEPTIONS AND MISTAKEN ASSUMPTIONS -- Was Saddam Hussein Irrational or Crazy Like a Fox? -- U.S. Deterrence before Desert Storm -- Compellence: Upping the Ante -- THE BEST-LAID PLANS: ASSUMPTIONS -- THE AIR CAMPAIGN: OBJECTIVES AND ASSESSMENT -- VIDEO WAR -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- Part II Present and Future Cases -- Chapter 4 Information Warfare and Nuclear Weapons: Back to the Future? -- INFORMATION WARFARE: WHAT IT IS AND WHY IT MATTERS -- INFORMATION WARFARE AND NUCLEAR CRISIS MANAGEMENT -- PREEMPTION AND INFORMATION WARFARE -- ACCIDENTAL/INADVERTENT WARFARE AND INFORMATION CONFLICT -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- Chapter 5 Armageddon by Osmosis: Must Nuclear Weapons Spread? -- INTRODUCTION -- NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND DETERRENCE IN THE COLD WAR -- A NEW THREAT ENVIRONMENT -- PROLIFERATION AND RATIONAL DECISION MAKING -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- Chapter 6 Small Wars and Peace Wars: Disarming the Devil -- INTRODUCTION -- DEFINING THE PROBLEM -- ORGANIZING THE U.S. MILITARY FOR NONWAR OPERATIONS -- THE STREETS WITHOUT JOY. ; Chechnya I: Russia Enters the Quagmire -- Chechnya II: Russia Reenters the Quagmire -- ALLIES IN SMALL WARS AND PEACE WARS -- Command and Control -- NATO: Out of Area and into OOTW -- CASUALTIES AND POPULAR EXPECTATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- Conclusion -- THE FRAMEWORK OF THE STUDY REVISITED -- WHAT PAST CASES TELL US -- ADDITIONAL INSIGHTS ABOUT DECISION-MAKING PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE -- RESOLVING FUTURE CONFLICTS -- GRACE NOTES -- NOTES -- For Further Reading -- Index -- About the Author.
• Sommario/riassunto: Cimbala shows why the prevention, management, and concluding of war all require an understanding of the subjective aspects of decision making as well as the hardware and tactics of military operations. A review of past cases of U.S. security policy decision making and a preview of some future problems are combined to distill important lessons about coping with conflict in the post-Cold War world. These lessons include the awareness that some conflicts are unnecessarily provoked or prolonged on account of the gap between the perspectives and experiences of civilian policy makers and the views of the armed forces leadership. Another important lesson is that, in resolving or managing conflicts, perceptions, and expectations of leaders filter out alternatives that might have led to preferred solutions had they been attempted in good time. Of particular interest to policy makers, military professionals, and researchers involved with contemporary military issues.
• Titolo autorizzato: Through a glass darkly
• ISBN: 9798216025849; 9780313001031; 0313001030
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910971313303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II