Low-Intensity Conflict In American History [Hardcover]

This book is both a practical guide and an introduction to low-intensity conflict. In addition, it serves as a history of this type of conflict in the United States. A part of normal government operations in the U.S. from 1940 to the present, low-intensity conflict's antecedants can be traced back to the beginning of the republic. Sturgill discusses topics such as: insurgency and counterinsurgency, terrorism and counterterrorism, and military intervention.CLAUDE C. STURGILL is Professor of Military History at the University of Florida. He has written a number of books and many journal articles in both French and English.

Low-Intensity Conflict as a Part of Normal Government Operations, 1940-Present
Several Insurgency and Counterinsurgency Operations
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Some Military Interventions by U.S. Armed Forces
More Recent U.S. Peacekeeping Operations Within Our Definition of Low-Intensity Conflict
Psychological Operations as a Special Facet of Low-Intensity Conflict
The Media in and Around Low-Intensity Conflict
From the Rangers Through the Green Berets to the Delta Force and Beyond to What?
In Harm's Way!
Low-Intensity Conflicts in Our Future
Bibliography
Index