| Description |
1 online resource (201 pages) |
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Military Strategy and Operational Art |
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Military strategy and operational art.
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| Contents |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 The Puzzle and Importance of Military Intervention in Civil Wars; What Causes Joining?; What is Joining?; Outline of the Book; 2 Why States Join Civil Wars: Revealed Information and Commitment Problems; Correlates of Joining; Previous Theories of Joining; War, Peace and Revealed Information; Commitment Problems; Why Joining and Not Another Form of Involvement?; Strategic Delay; Differences from Prior Explanations; Hypotheses; Case Selection |
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3 The Hungarian Revolution (1848â#x80;#x93;49): Unexpected Defeats and Nagging Commitment ProblemsThe Course of the War through the Battle of Kápolna; The Outlook and Beliefs of Nicholas I; Russian Intervention in the Danubian Principalities and Transylvania; The Decision to Join the War; The Polish Bogeyman; Termination of the War; Conclusions; 4 The Lebanese Civil War (1975â#x80;#x93;90): Revealed Information, Commitment Problems or Pretexts?; The Early Course of the War and Syrian Involvement; The Israeli Invasion; Overall Conclusions |
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5 The First and Second Congo Wars (1996â#x80;#x93;2003): Ethnic Ties, Refugee Flows and Commitment ProblemsA Brief Outline of the Wars; Rwanda; Uganda; Angola and Namibia; Zimbabwe; Conclusions; 6 The Afghan Civil War (1978â#x80;#x93;2001): Invasion Versus Military Aid; The Soviet Invasion; Soviet-Afghan Relations through the Saur Revolution; The Decision to Invade; Conclusions from the Soviet Invasion; Foreign Reactions to the Soviet Invasion; The Post-Soviet/Pre-US Invasion Environment; Overall Conclusions from Afghanistan; 7 Conclusions, Extensions, Implications for Policy and Avenues for Future Research |
| Summary |
Of the Workâ#x80;#x99;s Main FindingsExtensions; Implications for Policy; Avenues for Future Research; Bibliography |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Civil war.
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Intervention (International law)
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Military history, Modern -- 20th century.
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civil wars.
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Civil war
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Intervention (International law)
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Military history, Modern
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317110408 |
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1317110404 |
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