Limited War Revisited

Autorentext
Robert E. Osgood

Klappentext

This book analyses the new challenges posed by changes in technology and the military balance that affect U.S. security. It presents a searching inquiry into the problems of limited war where its utility as an instrument of foreign policy is most in doubt: the Third World.

Inhalt
Foreword -- Limited War in U.S. Foreign Policy -- Three Types of Limited-War Strategy -- The Lessons of Vietnam -- Post-Vietnam Refinements of Limited-War Strategy -- Limited-War Strategy in the Third World -- Containment Revisited