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America's dirty wars : irregular warfare from 1776 to the War on Terror

Crandall, Russell, 1971- author

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\"This book examines the long, complex experience of American involvement in irregular warfare. It begins with the American Revolution in 1776 and chronicles big and small irregular wars for the next two and a half centuries, ending with the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Russell Crandall describes the various ways that American political and military leaders have conducted these often poorly understood, publicly neglected, or intensely controversial conflicts. Contrary to what is often assumed, Crandall argues that the United States tends to win its dirty wars, but that this at times comes at the expense of its moral self-image in these inherently murky conflicts. This exploration of America's dirty wars is interspersed with short intermezzi chapters that chronicle the experiences of the same time period of other global powers such as Great Britain and France\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: Irregular warfare United States Case studies. / Intervention (International law) Government policy United States. / Counterinsurgency United States Case studies. / Insurgency Case studies. / Atrocities Case studies. / Strategic culture United States. / HISTORY / United States / General. / United States History, Military Case studies. / United States Military policy Moral and ethical aspects.
• ISBN: 9781107003132, 110700313X, 9780521176620, 052117662X

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
U167.5.I8 C73 2014	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE