Perspectives on the American Way of War: The U.S. Experience in Irregular Conflict

ISBN-13: 9780367406882 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 264 str.

Thomas A. Marks; Kirklin J. Bateman

Opis

Perspectives on the American Way of War examines salient cases of American experience in irregular warfare, focusing upon the post-World War II era.

Spis treści

Introduction: Perspectives on the American way of war: the U.S. experience in irregular  conflict Thomas A. Marks and Kirklin J. Bateman  1. The Mexican War: frontier expansion and selective incursion Craig A. Deare  2. Birth of the Cold War: irregular warfare first blood in Greece Andrew Novo  3. Organizing for the ‘gray zone’ fight: early Cold War realities and the CIA’s Directorate of Operations David P. Oakley  4. Counterinsurgency in Vietnam – schizophrenia until too late Rufus Phillips  5. Turning gangsters into allies: the American way of war in Northern Afghanistan Matthew P. Dearing  6. Iraq, 2003–2011: succeeding to fail Jeanne Godfroy and Liam Collins  7. The American way of war in Africa: the case of Niger LTC Joseph Guido  8. Too little, too late: protecting American soft networks in COIN/CT Steve Miska and Samuel Romano  9. Systems failure: the US way of irregular warfare David H. Ucko