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1 online resource (xiv, 274 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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1. Terms of Art -- 2. Historical and Institutional Context for Small Wars Learning -- 3. Intervention in Haiti and Lessons Learned -- 4. Intervention in the Dominican Republic and Lessons Learned -- 5. Intervention in Nicaragua and Lessons Learned -- 6. From Nicaragua to the Small Wars Manual -- 7. Concluding Thoughts |
| Summary |
Keith B. Bickel challenges a host of military and strategic theories that treat particular bureaucratic structures, large organizations, and elites as the progenitors of doctrine. This timely study of how the military draws lessons from interventions focuses on the overlooked role that mid-level combat officers play in creating military doctrine. Mars Learning closely evaluates Marine civil and military pacification operations in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua, and illuminates the debates surrounding the development of Marine Corps' small wars doctrine between 1915 and 1940. The |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
United States. Marine Corps -- History -- 20th century
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United States. Marine Corps fast |
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USA Marine Corps gnd |
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Counterinsurgency.
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Peacekeeping forces, American.
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Peacekeeping forces -- Caribbean Area
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Low-intensity conflicts (Military science)
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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Counterinsurgency
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Low-intensity conflicts (Military science)
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Peacekeeping forces
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Peacekeeping forces, American
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Besetzung
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Friedensmission
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Geschichte 1915-1940.
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Geschichte (1916-1924)
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Geschichte 1915-1934.
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Geschichte 1926-1929.
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| SUBJECT |
Haiti -- History -- American occupation, 1915-1934.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85058360
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Dominican Republic -- History -- American occupation, 1916-1924.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85038982
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Nicaragua -- History -- Revolution, 1926-1929.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091730
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Caribbean Area
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Dominican Republic
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Haiti
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Nicaragua
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Dominikanische Republik
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Haiti
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Karibik
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Nicaragua
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780786748167 |
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0786748168 |
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