Title Rolling the iron dice : historical analogies and decisions to use military force in regional contingencies / Scot Macdonald

Published Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 247 pages) Series Contributions in military studies, 0883-6884 ; no. 199 Contributions in military studies ; no. 199. 0883-6884 Contents Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- INDIVIDUAL VARIABLES AND THE USE OF HISTORICAL INFORMATION -- The Leaders -- SITUATIONAL VARIABLES AND THE USE OF HISTORICAL INFORMATION -- The Toughest Decision: Korea -- A Twisted Tail: The Iranian Oil Nationalization Crisis -- A Madman Brandishing an Axe: Suez -- Indirect Aggression: Lebanon and Jordan -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-235) and index Notes Print version record Subject TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science. HISTORY -- Military -- Other. Diplomatic relations Military policy SUBJECT United States -- Military policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140379 Great Britain -- Military policy United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140098 Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056717 Subject Great Britain United States Form Electronic book ISBN 0313001723 9780313001727

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