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Success and Failure in Limited War : Information and Strategy in the Korean, Vietnam, Persian Gulf, and Iraq Wars / Spencer D. Bakich.
De Gruyter University of Chicago Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bakich, Spencer D., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Korean War, 1950-1953.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Persian Gulf War, 1991.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- United States--History, Military--20th century.
- United States.
- United States--History, Military--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (344 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Common and destructive, limited wars are significant international events that pose a number of challenges to the states involved beyond simple victory or defeat. Chief among these challenges is the risk of escalation-be it in the scale, scope, cost, or duration of the conflict. In this book, Spencer D. Bakich investigates a crucial and heretofore ignored factor in determining the nature and direction of limited war: information institutions. Traditional assessments of wartime strategy focus on the relationship between the military and civilians, but Bakich argues that we must take into account the information flow patterns among top policy makers and all national security organizations. By examining the fate of American military and diplomatic strategy in four limited wars, Bakich demonstrates how not only the availability and quality of information, but also the ways in which information is gathered, managed, analyzed, and used, shape a state's ability to wield power effectively in dynamic and complex international systems. Utilizing a range of primary and secondary source materials, Success and Failure in Limited War makes a timely case for the power of information in war, with crucial implications for international relations theory and statecraft.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Chapter One. Information Institutions and Strategy in War
- Chapter Two. Explaining Strategic Performance in Limited Warfare
- Chapter Three. Military and Diplomatic Defeat in the Korean War
- Chapter Four. The Vietnam War, Little Consolation
- Chapter Five. Military and Diplomatic Success in the Persian Gulf War
- Chapter Six. Iraq-Win the Battle, Lose the War
- Chapter Seven. Information Institutions Matter!
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780226107851
- 022610785X
- OCLC:
- 871224402
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