Title: On the meaning of victory :
Authors: Luttwak, Edward.
Date: 1986
Publisher: Simon and Schuster,
Physical description: 315 p. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: U
Contents: Ten questions about SALT II -- Is there an arms race? A new arms race? -- How to think about nuclear war -- Why we need more "waste, fraud & mismanagement" in the Pentagon -- Deus ex missiles -- East-West struggle -- Economic instrument in statecraft -- Geopolitical perspective on the US-Soviet competition -- A historical precedent : the Romans in Dacia. A record of failure. Of bombs and men -- On the meaning of strategy ... for the United States in the 1980s -- After Afghanistan, what? -- Intervention and access to natural resources -- On the meaning of victory.
Subject headings (LCSH): Military art and science--History--20th century; Military history, Modern--20th century; Strategy; United States--Military policy.; World politics--1945-; World politics--1945-1989