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Building militaries in fragile states : challenges for the United States
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Building militaries in fragile states : challenges for the United States / Mara E. Karlin.
ISBN
9780812249262
0812249267
Publication
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
Physical Description
283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 16, 2018
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-271) and index.
Contents
Understanding the problem
Greece : the "will to win" was fruitless without U.S. involvement
South Vietnam : building a military "American style"
Lebanon I : "the United States is short of breath" but others are not
Lebanon II : "the side that won was willing to kill and be killed"
Findings and implications.
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