Title: America's splendid little wars : a short history of U.S. military engagements: 1975-2000 /
Authors: Huchthausen, Peter A., 1939-
Publisher: Viking,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Intervention (International law) History; Presidents United States History; United States History, Military; United States Military policy.
Abstract: Traces more than a dozen short-term military operations from the last quarter of the twentieth century, including the Iranian hostage rescue attempt and the Gulf War.
Contents: Recovering SS Mayaguez and the fight on Koh Tang -- America and special warfare -- The hostage rescue attempt -- Intervention in Lebanon -- Intervention in Grenada -- Retaliatory attacks on Libya -- Escort and retaliation in the Persian Gulf -- Storming Panama -- The Gulf War : desert shield -- The Gulf War : Desert Storm -- The rescue of the Kurds in Northern Iraq -- President Bush responds to starvation -- President Clinton crosses the Mogadishu Line -- Intervention in Bosnia -- Intervention in Kosovo.