LIMITED WAR REVISITED
Series: A Westview special study; Westview special study
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE
Published: 2019
Place of publication: LONDON
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780429051180
Subjects: Limited war; Military policy; Modern Military history; Guerre limitée; Histoire militaire; HISTORY; Military; Other; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING; Military Science
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; List of Abbreviations; 1. Limited War in U.S. Foreign Policy; The Historical Context; The Theory and Rationale; The Disparity between Concept and Capabilities; 2. Three Types of Limited-War Strategy; Local War; Unconventional War; Central War; 3. The Lessons of Vietnam; The Rationale of Intervention; The Reasons for Failure; The Limits of Lessons; 4. Post-Vietnam Refinements of Limited-War Strategy; The Growth of Soviet Military Power; The Doctrine of Limited Strategic War Revived; Limited-War Strategy in Europe; title: 5. Limited-War Strategy in the Third WorldThe Political Premises Revised; The Security Threat Revived; The Spectrum of Limited Force; The Gap between Concept and Capability; 6. Containment Revisited; The Record of Containment; The East-West Equilibrium; The Balance Sheet of East-West Power; The Continuing Need for Containment; The Problem of When To Use Force; Notes