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100	1		_aCrandall, Russell, _d1971- _939219
245	1	0	_aAmerica's dirty wars : _birregular warfare from 1776 to the War on Terror / _cRussell Crandall.
260			_aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2014.
300			_axiii, 583 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
500			_aIndex : p. 547-583.
504			_aBibliography : p. 519-546.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Irregular warfare 101; Part I. The American Revolution to Chasing Sandino, 1776-1930s: 3. The American Revolution; 4. Confederates and Indians; 5. Intermezzo: the Boer War; 6. America, Aguinaldo, and the Philippines, 1898; 7. Chasing Villa, 1916; 8. A cold winter in Siberia; 9. The Banana Wars, 1898-1930s; 10. Intermezzo: T. E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt, 1916-18; 11. Chasing Sandino, 1927-32; Part II. The Cold War, 1940s-1989: 12. Cold War counterinsurgencies; 13. Intermezzo: Mao Zedong; 14. Fighting communism in Greece; 15. Intermezzo: France in Algeria, 1954-62; 16. Intermezzo: David Galula; 17. Intermezzo: Malaya emergency, 1948-60; 18. Ramon Magsaysay and the Hukbalahap Rebellion in the Philippines, 1946-56; 19. Vietnam; Part III. Latin America in the Cold War: 20. From Guatemala, 1954, to Cuba and the Bay of Pigs, 1961; 21. Guatemala, post-1963; 22. Cuba, post-1963; 23. Intermezzo: Che Guevara and guerrilla warfare; 24. Carter, Reagan, and the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua, 1979-90; 25. El Salvador, 1979-92: Part IV. Post-Cold War: 26. Dirty Wars after the Cold War; 27. Colombia; 28. Iraq; 29. Intermezzo: the Counterinsurgency Field Manual and post-modern insurgencies; 30. Post-9/11 COIN in the Philippines; 31. Intermezzo: Afghanistan, graveyard of empires; 32. The longest war: America in Afghanistan; 33. The fall of Muammar Qaddafi; 34. Intermezzo: JSOC raids and drone strikes; 35. Conclusion.
520			_a"This book examines the long, complex experience of American involvement in irregular warfare. It begins with the American Revolution in 1776 and chronicles big and small irregular wars for the next two and a half centuries, ending with the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Russell Crandall describes the various ways that American political and military leaders have conducted these often poorly understood, publicly neglected, or intensely controversial conflicts. Contrary to what is often assumed, Crandall argues that the United States tends to win its dirty wars, but that this at times comes at the expense of its moral self-image in these inherently murky conflicts. This exploration of America's dirty wars is interspersed with short intermezzi chapters that chronicle the experiences of the same time period of other global powers such as Great Britain and France"--
650		7	_aIrregular warfare _zUnited States _vCase studies. _2BUEsh _939228
650		7	_aIntervention (International law) _xGovernment policy _zUnited States. _2BUEsh _939229
650		7	_aCounterinsurgency _zUnited States _vCase studies. _2BUEsh _939231
650		7	_aInsurgency _vCase studies. _2BUEsh _939232
650		7	_aAtrocities _vCase studies. _2BUEsh _939233
650		7	_aStrategic culture _zUnited States. _2BUEsh _939234
650		7	_aHistory _2BUEsh _939235 _zUnited States _xGeneral.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory, Military _vCase studies. _2BUEsh _939236
651		0	_aUnited States _xMilitary policy _xMoral and ethical aspects. _2BUEsh _939238
653			_bBUSBOL _cFebruary2016
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