Low-intensity conflict : old threats in a new world
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Low-intensity conflict : old threats in a new world
（Westview studies in regional security）
Westview Press, 1992
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- : pbk
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: hard ISBN 9780813385938
Description
The end of the Cold War does not necessarily mean the end of the social and political instability that can lead to low-intensity conflicts. This book provides insights into a difficult subject by bringing together contributors who have the academic expertise to understanding this type of warfare.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The challenge, the concepts and the context: introduction, Stephen Sloan
- United States government organization and capability to deal with low-intensity conflict, Ambassador Edwin G. Corr and Ambassador David C. Miller, Jr
- the threat in the contemporary peace environment - the challenge to change perspectives, Max G. Manwaring
- conflict in the post-Cold War era, General John R. Galvin. Part 2 Selected cases of low-intensity conflict: Thailand - the domino that did not fall, Robert F. Zimmerman
- the Guatemalan counter-insurgency campaign of 1982-1985 - a strategy of going it alone, Caesar D. Sereseres
- Ethiopia - a successful insurgency, Ambassador James Cheek
- the shining path in Peru - insurgency and the drug problem, David Scott Palmer
- Iran - terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism, Sean K. Anderson
- Afghanistan - low-intensity conflict with major-power intervention, David C. Isby
- El Salvador - transforming society to win the peace, Ambassador E.G. Corr and Colonel Courtney E. Prisk (ret). Part 3 Implications and conclusions: government, politics and low-intensity conflict, Thomas A. Grant
- low-intensity conflict and the international legal system, John Norton Moore
- implications of low-intensity conflict for United States policy and strategy, Admiral William J. Crowe
- final reflections, S. Sloan.
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: pbk ISBN 9780813385945
Description
The end of the cold war does not necessarily mean the end of the social and political instability that can lead to low-intensity conflicts. This book provides fresh insights into a difficult subject by bringing together knowledgeable contributors who have the academic expertise, operational experience, and strategic perspective essential to understanding this complex and challenging type of warfare.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The challenge, the concepts and the context: introduction, Stephen Sloan
- United States government organization and capability to deal with low-intensity conflict, Ambassador Edwin G. Corr and Ambassador David C. Miller, Jr
- the threat in the contemporary peace environment - the challenge to change perspectives, Max G. Manwaring
- conflict in the post-Cold War era, General John R. Galvin. Part 2 Selected cases of low-intensity conflict: Thailand - the domino that did not fall, Robert F. Zimmerman
- the Guatemalan counter-insurgency campaign of 1982-1985 - a strategy of going it alone, Caesar D. Sereseres
- Ethiopia - a successful insurgency, Ambassador James Cheek
- the shining path in Peru - insurgency and the drug problem, David Scott Palmer
- Iran - terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism, Sean K. Anderson
- Afghanistan - low-intensity conflict with major-power intervention, David C. Isby
- El Salvador - transforming society to win the peace, Ambassador E.G. Corr and Colonel Courtney E. Prisk (ret). Part 3 Implications and conclusions: government, politics and low-intensity conflict, Thomas A. Grant
- low-intensity conflict and the international legal system, John Norton Moore
- implications of low-intensity conflict for United States policy and strategy, Admiral William J. Crowe
- final reflections, S. Sloan.
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