| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Preface -- The Challenge, the Concepts, and the Context -- Introduction -- United States Government Organization and Capability to Deal with Low-Intensity Conflict -- The Threat in the Contemporary Peace Environment: The Challenge to Change Perspectives -- Conflict in the Post-Cold War Era -- Selected Cases of Low-Intensity Conflict -- Thailand: The Domino That Did Not Fall -- The Guatemalan Counterinsurgency Campaign of 1982-1985: A Strategy of Going It Alone -- Ethiopia: A Successful Insurgency -- The Shining Path in Peru: Insurgency and the Drug Problem -- Iran: Terrorism and Islamic Fundamentalism -- Afghanistan: Low-Intensity Conflict with Major Power Intervention -- El Salvador: Transforming Society to Win the Peace -- Implications and Conclusions -- Government, Politics, and Low-Intensity Conflict -- Low-Intensity Conflict and the International Legal System -- Implications of Low-Intensity Conflict for United States Policy and Strategy -- Final Reflections |
| Summary |
The end of the cold war does not necessarily mean the end of the social and political instability that can lead to low-intensity conflicts. This book provides fresh insights into a difficult subject by bringing together knowledgeable contributors who have the academic expertise, operational experience, and strategic perspective essential to underst |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
World politics -- 1975-1985.
|
|
World politics -- 1985-1995.
|
|
Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) -- History -- 20th century
|
|
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
|
|
Low-intensity conflicts (Military science)
|
|
World politics
|
| Genre/Form |
History
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Corr, Edwin G., editor.
|
|
Sloan, Stephen, 1936- editor.
|
| ISBN |
9780429041334 |
|
0429041330 |
|
9780429702976 |
|
0429702973 |
|
9780429722981 |
|
0429722982 |
|
9780429742996 |
|
0429742991 |
|
