Wars Without Splendor The U.S. Military and Low-Level Conflict

Subjects:

• Military Studies » Military Studies (General)

Reviews:

• Drawing upon the extensive secondary literature and scores of interviews with academic, government, and military experts in the US, Israel, Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Latin America, political scientist Ernest Evans offers an overview of the au courant subject of low-level conflict.... The volume is readable and has value as a general introduction to a complex topic for the novice student.... Contains a useful ... bibliography. For undergraduate libraries.
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Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Part I. The Problem of Low-Level Conflict
• Introduction
• Definition of the Problem
• U.S. National Security and Low-Level Conflict
• U.S. Adversaries and Low-Level Conflict
• Part II. Creating an Effective U.S. Capability for Low-Level Conflict
• Attitudes of the U.S. Military Toward Low-Intensity Warfare
• A Proposed Force Structure for Low-Level Conflict
• Conclusion
• Appendix: Laws Governing the Use of U.S. Military Forces Domestically
• Bibliography
• Index