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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation

Auteur(s) : Crandall, Russell (1971-....) Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : America's dirty wars [Texte imprimé] : irregular warfare from 1776 to the War on Terror / Russell Crandall

Publication : New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014

Description matérielle : xiii, 583 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-546) and index
"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"

Sujet(s) : Intervention (droit international) -- Politique publique -- États-Unis -- Histoire Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Conflits de basse intensité -- États-Unis -- Histoire Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet