Victory in War: Foundations of Modern Military PolicyFor millennia, policymakers and statesmen have grappled with questions about the concept of victory in war. How long does it take to achieve victory and how do we know when victory is achieved? And, as highlighted by the wars against Afghanistan and Iraq, is it possible to win a war and yet lose the peace? The premise of this book is that we do not have a modern theory about victory and that, in order to answer these questions, we need one. This book explores historical definitions of victory, how victory has evolved, and how it has been implemented in war. It also subsequently develops the intellectual foundations of a modern pre-theory of victory, and discusses the military instruments necessary for victory in the twenty-first century using case studies that include US military intervention in Panama, Libya, Persian Gulf War, Bosnia/Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq. |
Contents
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Section 2 | 41 |
Section 3 | 42 |
Section 4 | 43 |
Section 5 | 49 |
Section 6 | 52 |
Section 7 | 53 |
Section 8 | 55 |
Section 24 | 150 |
Section 25 | 156 |
Section 26 | 163 |
Section 27 | 164 |
Section 28 | 172 |
Section 29 | 177 |
Section 30 | 178 |
Section 31 | 186 |
Section 9 | 68 |
Section 10 | 70 |
Section 11 | 72 |
Section 12 | 74 |
Section 13 | 75 |
Section 14 | 76 |
Section 15 | 82 |
Section 16 | 83 |
Section 17 | 91 |
Section 18 | 100 |
Section 19 | 104 |
Section 20 | 105 |
Section 21 | 126 |
Section 22 | 139 |
Section 23 | 149 |
Section 32 | 198 |
Section 33 | 205 |
Section 34 | 215 |
Section 35 | 219 |
Section 36 | 223 |
Section 37 | 230 |
Section 38 | 232 |
Section 39 | 237 |
Section 40 | 243 |
Section 41 | 244 |
Section 42 | 263 |
Section 43 | 265 |
Section 44 | 276 |
Section 45 | 278 |
Section 46 | 291 |
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References to this book
International Mediation in Civil Wars: Bargaining with Bullets Timothy D Sisk No preview available - 2008 |