Mission Revolution : : The U.S. Military and Stability Operations /

Mission Revolution : : The U.S. Military and Stability Operations / / Jennifer Taw.

Defined as operations other than war, stability operations can include peacekeeping activities, population control, and counternarcotics efforts, and for the entire history of the United States military, they have been considered a dangerous distraction if not an outright drain on combat resources....

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Taw, Jennifer,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction. Mission Creep Writ Large
  • 1. Stability Operations in Context
  • 2. Doctrine and Stability Operations
  • 3. Practical Adjustments to Achieve Doctrinal Requirements
  • 4. Explaining the Military's Mission Revolution
  • 5. Implications of Mission Revolution
  • 6. A New World Order?
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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