| Why America Loses Wars: Limited War and Us Strategy from the Korean War to the Present Contributor(s): Stoker, Donald (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108479596 ISBN-13: 9781108479592 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $37.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - General - Technology & Engineering | Military Science |
| Dewey: 355.033 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 8.3" W x 9.2" (1.30 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stoker, Donald: - Donald Stoker was Professor of Strategy and Policy for the US Naval War College's Monterey Program at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, from 1999 until 2017. The author or editor of eleven books, his Clausewitz: His Life and Work (2014), is on the British Army professional reading list. |
