The New Battlefield: The United States and Unconventional Conflicts
One of the most controversial aspects of United States foreign policy centers about its response to unconventional conflict—that is, revolutions, counterrevolutions, and terrorism—in and from a number of Third World countries. Examining the current U.S. political-military posture, this critical study assesses the challenges posed to open systems by these conflicts and proposes guidelines for creating a more effective U.S. response. The author first explores the nature of unconventional conflicts, then turbans to the U.S. response to the challenges unconditional conflicts present. Urging the need for a new realism based on a more accurate picture of present political conditions and U.S. interests, he concludes with a series of suggested guidelines for designing U.S. policy, strategy, doctrine and organizational strategies as a means of developing a more viable approach to the challenges of contemporary military and political conflict.
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The New Battlefield: The United States and Unconventional Conflicts
One of the most controversial aspects of United States foreign policy centers about its response to unconventional conflict—that is, revolutions, counterrevolutions, and terrorism—in and from a number of Third World countries. Examining the current U.S. political-military posture, this critical study assesses the challenges posed to open systems by these conflicts and proposes guidelines for creating a more effective U.S. response. The author first explores the nature of unconventional conflicts, then turbans to the U.S. response to the challenges unconditional conflicts present. Urging the need for a new realism based on a more accurate picture of present political conditions and U.S. interests, he concludes with a series of suggested guidelines for designing U.S. policy, strategy, doctrine and organizational strategies as a means of developing a more viable approach to the challenges of contemporary military and political conflict.
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The New Battlefield: The United States and Unconventional Conflicts

The New Battlefield: The United States and Unconventional Conflicts

by Sam C. Sarkesian
The New Battlefield: The United States and Unconventional Conflicts

The New Battlefield: The United States and Unconventional Conflicts

by Sam C. Sarkesian

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Overview

One of the most controversial aspects of United States foreign policy centers about its response to unconventional conflict—that is, revolutions, counterrevolutions, and terrorism—in and from a number of Third World countries. Examining the current U.S. political-military posture, this critical study assesses the challenges posed to open systems by these conflicts and proposes guidelines for creating a more effective U.S. response. The author first explores the nature of unconventional conflicts, then turbans to the U.S. response to the challenges unconditional conflicts present. Urging the need for a new realism based on a more accurate picture of present political conditions and U.S. interests, he concludes with a series of suggested guidelines for designing U.S. policy, strategy, doctrine and organizational strategies as a means of developing a more viable approach to the challenges of contemporary military and political conflict.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780313248900
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 11/18/1986
Series: Contributions in Military Studies , #54
Pages: 366
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

SAM C. SARKESIAN is Professor of Political Science at Loyola University of Chicago. He is the author of The New Battlefield: The United States and Unconventional Conflicts (Greenwood Press, 1986) and co-author (with Robert A. Vitas) of U.S. National Security Policy and Strategy: Documents and Policy Proposals (Greenwood Press, 1989).

Table of Contents

Contents Figures and TablesixPrefacexiPART I THE NATURE OF UNCONVENTIONAL CONFLICTS: THE CHALLENGE1. Third World Conflicts and US Interests 32. Revolution and Revolutionary Systems413. Counterrevolution and Counterrevolutionary Systems734. The Conflict Spectrum: Wars in the Contemporary Period101PART II THE US POLITICAL-MILITARY POSTURE: THE RESPONSE5. Vietnam and After1296. The American Dilemma1657. Challenge and Response1998. The New Realism251PART III CONCLUSIONS9. Democracy and Unconventional Conflicts: The Democratic Imperative287Appendix: US and USSR Military Assistance to Selected Third World States309Bibliographical Essay315Index327
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