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Why America Loses Wars, Limited War and US Strategy from the Korean War to the Present, Donald Stoker

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Why America Loses Wars, Limited War and US Strategy from the Korean War to the Present, Donald Stoker

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Why America Loses Wars

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1076809983

Responsibility statement

Donald Stoker

Sub title

Limited War and US Strategy from the Korean War to the Present

Summary

"How can you achieve victory in war if you don't have a clear idea of your political objectives and a vision of what victory means? In this provocative challenge to US policy and strategy, Donald Stoker argues that America endures endless wars because its leaders no longer know how to think about war, particularly limited wars. He reveals how ideas on limited war and war in general evolved against the backdrop of American conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq. These ideas, he shows, were flawed and have undermined America's ability to understand, wage, and win its wars, and to secure peace afterwards. America's leaders have too often taken the nation to war without understanding what they want or valuing victory, leading to the 'forever wars' of today. Why America Loses Wars dismantles seventy years of misguided thinking and lays the foundations for a new approach to the wars of tomorrow."--Publisher

Table Of Contents

Are We at War? What Do We Want? And Do We Want to Win? -- The Way We Think about War (Particularly Limited War) Is Broken: Here Is How We Fix It -- The Political Objective: Why Nations Fight (Limited) wars -- Constraints: Or Why Wars for Limited Aims Are So Difficult -- Strategy: How to Think about Fighting for a Limited Political Objective -- And You Thought the War Was Hard: Ending the War and Securing the Peace -- Conclusion: Is History Rhyming?

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