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The commander's dilemma : violence and restraint in wartime / Amelia Hoover Green.
LIBRA JC328.6 .H67 2018
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hoover Green, Amelia, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political violence--Psychological aspects.
- Political violence.
- Command of troops--Psychological aspects.
- Command of troops.
- Civilians in war--Violence against.
- Civilians in war.
- Control (Psychology).
- Political violence--El Salvador--History--20th century.
- Political socialization--El Salvador--History--20th century.
- Political socialization.
- Civilians in war--Violence against--El Salvador.
- History.
- El Salvador--Politics and government--1979-1992.
- El Salvador.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 256 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- "To win wars, commanders have to create violence, but they also have to control it--and restraint comes from political education, not strategic thinking or harsh discipline"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : repertoires and restraint
- The commander's dilemma
- Setting the context : the history of El Salvador's civil war
- Comparing state and FMLN institutions and ideologies
- FMLN institutions and ideologies in depth
- Repertoires of violence in the Salvadoran civil war, 1980-1992
- The commander's dilemma beyond El Salvador.
- Notes:
- Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 2011.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Hoover Green, Amelia. Commander's dilemma.
- ISBN:
- 9781501726477
- 1501726471
- OCLC:
- 1028887782
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