Military assistance : an operational perspective / William H. Mott IV ; foreword by W. Scott Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mott, William H., IV, 1939-

Series:

Contributions in military studies 0883-6884 ; no. 170.

Contributions in military studies, 0883-6884 ; no. 170

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military assistance--History.

Military assistance--Case studies.

Military assistance.

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 360 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.

Summary:

A theoretical and historical examination of the relationship between provision of military assistance and success in achieving donor aims, this book uses eight case studies to assess the convergence of donor and recipient aims, donor control, commitment of donor military forces, and coherence of donor policies and strategies.

Contents:

2 French Assistance to the United States during the War of American Independence 29

3 Britain and the Napoleonic Wars 63

4 The China Lesson 105

5 America's Ordeal in Vietnam 163

6 The Uniformities 259

Appendix A On Lawlike Regularities 275

Appendix B British Subsidy Payments, 1793-1815 279

Appendix C Amounts of U.S. Aid to Vietnam 282

Appendix D U.S. Defense Support and Supporting Assistance to Vietnam 292

Appendix E Substitutability 297

Appendix F The China Lesson, the Korea Lesson, the Europe Lesson 309

Appendix G The National Security Council and Early Policy 313

Appendix H The Strategic Hamlet Program 321

Appendix I The Reagan Doctrine in Nicaragua 323.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [329]-343) and indexes.

ISBN:

0313307296

OCLC:

38898092