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Perilous options : special operations as an instrument of U.S. foreign policy / Lucien S. Vandenbroucke.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vandenbroucke, Lucien S., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Special operations (Military science)--United States--History--20th century.
- Special operations (Military science).
- Special forces (Military science)--History--20th century.
- Special forces (Military science).
- United States--History, Military--20th century.
- United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (270 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This study explores why military operations conducted by the USA in recent years to achieve key foreign policy objectives have failed. It includes reports, based extensively on primary material, of the Bay of Pigs, the Sontay raid, the Mayaguez operation and the Iran hostage rescue attempt.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; 1. Patterns of Failure; 2. Plotting against Castro; 3. Debacle at the Beachhead; 4. Raid to an Empty Camp; 5. Last Fiasco in Indochina; 6. There Are No Snakes on Koh Tang; 7. Hostages of the Ayatollah; 8. The Helicopters That Couldn't; 9. Why We Failed; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Bibliography: p227-247. -Includes index.
- Previously issued in print: 1993.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-773380-8
- 1-280-43975-0
- 0-19-536443-0
- 1-60129-635-5
- OCLC:
- 252541626
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