Uncomfortable wars revisited / John T. Fishel and Max G. Manwaring ; foreword and afterword by Edwin G. Corr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fishel, John T.

Contributor:

Manwaring, Max G.

Series:

International and security affairs series ; v. 2.

International and security affairs series ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Low-intensity conflicts (Military science).

National security--United States.

National security.

United States.

Security, International.

Strategy.

United States--Foreign relations--2001-2009.

International relations.

United States--Military policy.

Military policy.

World politics--21st century.

World politics.

Uncomfortable wars.

Physical Description:

xix, 340 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2006]

Summary:

Since the end of the Cold War, and especially since September 11, 2001, the United States has faced daunting challenges in the areas of foreign policy and national security. Threatened by failing states, insurgencies, civil wars, and terrorism, the nation has been compelled to re-evaluate its traditional responses to global conflict. In this timely book, John T. Fishel and Max G. Manwaring present a much-needed strategy for conducting unconventional warfare in an increasingly violent world. In the early 1990s, Manwaring introduced a new paradigm for addressing low-intensity conflicts, or conflicts other than major wars. Termed the Manwaring Paradigm or SWORD (Small Wars Operations Research Directorate) model, it has been tested successfully by scholars and practitioners and refined in the wake of new and significant "uncomfortable wars" around the world, most notably the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. Uncomfortable Wars Revisited broadens the definition of the original paradigm and applies it to specific confrontations

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-324) and index.

ISBN:

0806137118

OCLC:

61362248

Publisher Number:

9780806137117