When should America fight?. (2023)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- When should America fight?. (2023)
- Main Title:
- When should America fight?
- Further Information:
- Note: Donald M. Snow.
- Authors:
- Snow, Donald M, 1943-
- Contents:
- Preface <span style="font-weight:bold;">Introduction: The Withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Continuing Use of American Force Introducing the IF Factor Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Beyond The New Way of Fighting: Asymmetrical Warfare The IF Contribution Conclusion: The Legacy of Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Ukraine Bibliography <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 1: The United States in Vietnam and Beyond The Context: Why Students Need to Know about War The Post-World War II Evolution of Warfare The Effects on Thinking About Warfare Conclusion Bibliography <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 2: The Twentieth Century Legacy: The European Model of Warfare, the Impact of Nuclear Weapons, and the Transformation of the Uses of Force The European Style of War The Impact of Nuclear Weapons Conclusion Bibliography <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 3: The Systemic Shock of 9/11: Afghanistan, Iraq, and Beyond America in Iraq The War in Afghanistan Conclusion: The Past in the Future? Bibliography <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 4: Russia and Ukraine in 2022: The Face of Modern Mayhem? Defining Parameters in 2022: The Ukrainian Case The Incendiary Potential of the 2022 Crisis: A Presage to a Larger War? And Then There is Putin The War Worthiness of the Ukrainian Crisis: Before and After the Impact of Nuclear Weapons Resolving the Ukrainian Crisis Conclusion: The Nuclear Prophylactic? Bibliography <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 5: Contemporary Warfare andPreface <span style="font-weight:bold;">Introduction: The Withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Continuing Use of American Force Introducing the IF Factor Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Beyond The New Way of Fighting: Asymmetrical Warfare The IF Contribution Conclusion: The Legacy of Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Ukraine Bibliography <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 1: The United States in Vietnam and Beyond The Context: Why Students Need to Know about War The Post-World War II Evolution of Warfare The Effects on Thinking About Warfare Conclusion Bibliography <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 2: The Twentieth Century Legacy: The European Model of Warfare, the Impact of Nuclear Weapons, and the Transformation of the Uses of Force The European Style of War The Impact of Nuclear Weapons Conclusion Bibliography <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 3: The Systemic Shock of 9/11: Afghanistan, Iraq, and Beyond America in Iraq The War in Afghanistan Conclusion: The Past in the Future? Bibliography <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 4: Russia and Ukraine in 2022: The Face of Modern Mayhem? Defining Parameters in 2022: The Ukrainian Case The Incendiary Potential of the 2022 Crisis: A Presage to a Larger War? And Then There is Putin The War Worthiness of the Ukrainian Crisis: Before and After the Impact of Nuclear Weapons Resolving the Ukrainian Crisis Conclusion: The Nuclear Prophylactic? Bibliography <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 5: Contemporary Warfare and American Force: Conventional and Asymmetrical Warfare in the World Fighting in the Developing World: The IF Factor in Application Contemplating Involvements: The Challenges of Asymmetrical Warfare Assessing the Prospects: The Middle East Quagmire as Rejoinder The United States and Potential Deployments Beyond the Traditional Middle East Conflict Asymmetrical Warfare 101 Asymmetry and the IF Factor Asymmetrical Warfare Is Not Easy The Dynamics of Defeating Intervention Conclusions Bibliography <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 6: The Briar Patch of Intervention in a Complex Environment: The Developed World Dealing with the Modal Threats The Russian Invasion of Ukraine Conclusion: The Legacy of Ukraine? Bibliography <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 7: Coping with Asymmetrical and Conventional Forms of War: The Challenge for American Expeditionary Force &ldquo;Traditional&rdquo; War: Russia and Ukraine Asymmetrical Pasts and Futures? Asymmetrical Warfare in Europe? The Ukraine War in Perspective The Ukraine War, the American Response, and When America Should Fight The IF Factor and the Ukrainian War The Ukrainian Precedent Bibliography <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 8: Conclusion: Where Will and Should the U.S. Fight: The Road Ahead The Recent Past as Prologue? The Past as the Model of the Future? The Ukrainian War Asymmetrical War in the Developing World Back to the Future: Where Should America Fight? Peering into the Future Projecting Forward Bibliography … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Publication Date:
- 2023
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (210 pages)
- Subjects:
- 355.033573
Political Science: International Relations / General
Political Science: Public Policy / Military Policy
United States -- Military policy
United States -- History, Military -- 21st century -- Case studies
United States -- Strategic aspects - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781538169452
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781538169438
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