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Author Hoover Green, Amelia, author

Title The commander's dilemma : violence and restraint in wartime / Amelia Hoover Green
Published Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2018
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Contents Introduction : repertoires and restraint -- The commander's dilemma -- Setting the context : the history of El Salvador's civil war -- Comparing state and FMLN institutions and ideologies -- FMLN institutions and ideologies in depth -- Repertoires of violence in the Salvadoran civil war, 1980-1992 -- The commander's dilemma beyond El Salvador
Summary "To win wars, commanders have to create violence, but they also have to control it--and restraint comes from political education, not strategic thinking or harsh discipline"-- Provided by publisher
Notes Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 2011
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 24, 2018)
Subject Political violence -- Psychological aspects
Command of troops -- Psychological aspects
Civilians in war -- Violence against
Control (Psychology)
Political violence -- El Salvador -- History -- 20th century
Political socialization -- El Salvador -- History -- 20th century
Civilians in war -- Violence against -- El Salvador
Power, Psychological
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
HISTORY -- Latin America -- Central America.
Command of troops -- Psychological aspects
Control (Psychology)
Political socialization
Political violence
Political violence -- Psychological aspects
Politics and government
SUBJECT El Salvador -- Politics and government -- 1979-1992. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041480
Subject El Salvador
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018025452
ISBN 9781501726484
150172648X