Why America loses wars : limited war and US strategy from the Korean War to the present
This provocative challenge to US policy and strategy maintains that America endures endless wars because its leaders no longer know how to think about war
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
2019.
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès sur la plateforme Cambridge University Press Accès sur la plateforme ISTEX (corpus CUP) Accès Université d'Orléans |
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Cambridge University Press - CUP - Corpus Science politique (Licence nationale) |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Edition sous un autre format: | • Why America loses wars, limited war and US strategy from the Korean War to the present, Donald Stoker, 2019, Cambridge, Cambridge University press, 1 vol. (331 p.), 1-108-47959-6 |
Table des matières:
- Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; 1 Are We at War? What Do We Want? And Do We Want to Win?; 2 The Way We Think about War (Particularly Limited War) Is Broken: Here Is How We Fix It; 3 The Political Objective: Why Nations Fight (Limited) Wars; 4 Constraints: Or Why Wars for Limited Aims are So Difficult; 5 Strategy: How to Think about Fighting for a Limited Political Objective; 6 And You Thought the War Was Hard: Ending the War and Securing the Peace; Conclusion: Is History Rhyming?; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index