Great Powers, Small Wars : Asymmetric Conflict since 1945 / Larisa Deriglazova.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Baltimore [Maryland] : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018Copyright date: ©[2014]Description: 1 online resource (408 pages): illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421428512
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 355.4/2 23
LOC classification:
  • U163 .D476 2014
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Contents:
Preface : asymmetric conflicts : an equation with many unknowns -- Origin and development of the asymmetric conflict concept -- Identifying the asymmetry factor in armed conflicts -- The dissolution of the British Empire and asymmetric conflicts in dependencies -- The US war in Iraq, 2003-2009 -- Conclusion : analyzing asymmetric conflicts using the model.
Summary: In a sophisticated combination of quantitative research and two in-depth case studies, Larisa Deriglazova surveys armed conflicts post World War II in which one power is much stronger than the other. She then focuses on the experiences of British decolonization after World War II and the United States in the 2003 Iraq war. Great Powers, Small Wars employs several large databases to identify basic characteristics and variables of wars between enemies of disproportionate power. Case studies examine the economics, domestic politics, and international factors that ultimately shaped military events more than military capacity and strategy.
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Preface : asymmetric conflicts : an equation with many unknowns -- Origin and development of the asymmetric conflict concept -- Identifying the asymmetry factor in armed conflicts -- The dissolution of the British Empire and asymmetric conflicts in dependencies -- The US war in Iraq, 2003-2009 -- Conclusion : analyzing asymmetric conflicts using the model.

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In a sophisticated combination of quantitative research and two in-depth case studies, Larisa Deriglazova surveys armed conflicts post World War II in which one power is much stronger than the other. She then focuses on the experiences of British decolonization after World War II and the United States in the 2003 Iraq war. Great Powers, Small Wars employs several large databases to identify basic characteristics and variables of wars between enemies of disproportionate power. Case studies examine the economics, domestic politics, and international factors that ultimately shaped military events more than military capacity and strategy.

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