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The limits of U.S. military capability : lessons from Vietnam and Iraq / James H. Lebovic.
- Title
- The limits of U.S. military capability : lessons from Vietnam and Iraq / James H. Lebovic.
- Author
- Lebovic, James H.
- Publication
- Baltimore [Md.] : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
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- Description
- x, 297 p.; 24 cm.
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books
- Subject
- United States > Combat sustainability
- 1961-2011
- 1950-2000
- 2000-2010
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- Military readiness > United States > Case studies
- Military planning > United States > Case studies
- Asymmetric warfare > Case studies
- Military readiness > Case studies
- United States > Military policy
- United States > Operational readiness
- Genre/Form
- Case studies
- Études de cas.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Leveraging the adversary's forces: the wars in Vietnam and Iraq -- Leveraging the adversary's support base: states, populations, and societies -- Leveraging the adversary's leaders: the balance of resolve and US exhaustion -- Leveraging host governments: the challenges of institution-building -- Conclusions: Vietnam and Iraq, Afghanistan, and the future.
- ISBN
- 9780801894725 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0801894727 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2009033017
- OCLC
- 432442321
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library