Understanding Victory and Defeat in Contemporary War

ISBN-13: 9780415404570 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 272 str.

Jan Angstrom; Isabelle Duyvesteyn

Opis

Bringing together leading contributors in the field, this volume analyzes how victory and defeat in modern war can be understood and explained.

Spis treści

1. The Problem of Victory and Defeat in Modern War  Part 1: The Nature of Victory and Defeat in Modern War  2. Defining Post-War Victory  3. In the Eye of the Beholder: Victory and Defeat in U.S. Military Operations  4. Victory, Counter-Insurgency and Iraq  5. The United States Perspective on Victory in a War on Terrorism  Part 2: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern War  6. The Paradoxes of the Strategy of Terrorism  7. How to Lose a War on Terror: A Comparative Analysis of Counterinsurgency Successes and Failures  8. The Origins and Implications of Western Counterinsurgency Failures  9. Toppling the Taliban in Afghanistan  10. Culture and the Outcome of Military Intervention: Developing Some Hypotheses  11. Understanding Victory and Defeat: Some Conclusions