The case against military intervention : why we do it and why it fails / Donald M. Snow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Snow, Donald M., 1943- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intervention (International law).

National security--United States.

National security.

United States.

United States--Military policy.

Military policy.

United States--Armed Forces.

Armed Forces.

Physical Description:

192 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

Since World War II, military interventions in developing world internal conflicts (DWICs) have become the primary form of U.S. military activity, and these interventions have proven unsuccessful in places like Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. This book argues such failures were entirely predictable, even inevitable, due both to the nature and dynamics of foreign military intrusion in the affairs of other countries and especially the DWICs that provide the major contemporary form of potential U.S. military in the foreseeable future. Basing its analysis in both human nature (the adverse reaction to prolonged outsider intrusion] and historical analogy, the book argues strongly why military intervention should be avoided as a national security option and the implications of such a policy decision for national security strategy and policy. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Setting the Table: The Phenomenon of Intervention 7

2 The Transition: What Happened to Our World of Violence? 31

3 The Interventionist Age 55

4 Modern Mayhem: The American Experience in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan 79

5 Sticking Your Guns in Other People's Business 104

6 Defying Einstein: Repetition and Results 133

7 The Way Ahead 160.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780765647559

0765647559

9780765647566

0765647567

OCLC:

918593872