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Why America Loses Wars
Donald Stoker
其他書名
Limited War and US Strategy from the Korean War to the Present
出版Cambridge University Press, 2019-08-29
主題History / Military / GeneralHistory / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)Political Science / International Relations / GeneralTechnology & Engineering / Military Science
ISBN11084795969781108479592
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=mCmhDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋How can you achieve victory in war if you don't have a clear idea of your political objectives and a vision of what victory means? In this provocative challenge to US policy and strategy, Donald Stoker argues that America endures endless wars because its leaders no longer know how to think about war, particularly limited wars. He reveals how ideas on limited war and war in general evolved against the backdrop of American conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq. These ideas, he shows, were flawed and have undermined America's ability to understand, wage, and win its wars, and to secure peace afterwards. America's leaders have too often taken the nation to war without understanding what they want or valuing victory, leading to the 'forever wars' of today. Why America Loses Wars dismantles seventy years of misguided thinking and lays the foundations for a new approach to the wars of tomorrow.