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BL
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719720
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b539413
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Wayne Bert.
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American military intervention in unconventional war : : from the Philippines to Iraq\ Wayne Bert.
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1st ed
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| Publication Statement
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New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
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(xvii, 266 pages)
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| ISBN
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0230337813
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: 1349298263
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: 9780230337817
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: 9781349298266
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| Contents
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PART I: INTRODUCTION --;The New International Environment --;US Policies: Origins and Objectives --;Counterinsurgency and US Adaptation to Fourth Generation War --;PART II: CASE STUDIES --;The Philippines: 1898-1901 --;Vietnam: 1945-73 --;Bosnia: 1991-95 --;Afghanistan: 2001 --;Iraq: 2003 --;PART III: CONCLUSION --;The Perils of Intervention. I. Introduction: 1. The new international environment; 2. American policies: origins and objectives; 3. Counterinsurgency and US adaptation to fourth generation war --;II. Case Studies: 4. The Philippines: 1898-1901; 5. Vietnam: 1945-73; 6. Bosnia: 1991-95; 7. Afghanistan: 2001-present; 8. Iraq: 2003-2010 --;III. Conclusion: 9. The perils of intervention.
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A study of the major U.S. military interventions in unconventional war, this book looks at four wars that occurred while the U.S. was a superpower in the post-war WW II period and one in the Philippines in 1898.
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Asymmetric warfare -- United States -- Case studies.
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Asymmetric warfare -- United States -- Cost effectiveness -- Case studies.
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United States -- Military policy -- Decision making -- Case studies.
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U163.W396 2011
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Wayne Bert
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