Why America Loses Wars

Limited War and US Strategy from the Korean War to the Present

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

Av Donald Stoker

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2019-08-29
Mått158 x 235 x 23 mm
Vikt620 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor336
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781108479592

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1. Are we at war? What do we want? And do we want to win?; 2. The way we think about war (particularly limited war) is broken: here is how we fix it; 3. The political objective: why nations fight (limited) wars; 4. Constraints: or why wars for limited aims are so difficult; 5. Strategy: how to think about fighting for a limited political objective; 6. And you thought the war was hard: ending the war and securing the peace; Conclusion: is history rhyming?

'At a time when threats to national and international security are increasing, Donald Stoker has produced a work vital to regaining the competence necessary to win in war. He exposes fundamental misunderstandings concerning the nature of 'limited' war - misunderstandings that have undermined America's ability to fight, to defeat enemies, to consolidate gains, and to achieve sustainable outcomes consistent with war aims. This is a book that should be read not only by students of military and diplomatic history but also by those in government charged with the development of national security policy. Citizens of democratic nations should read Why America Loses Wars so that they might demand strategies that achieve outcomes in war consistent with vital interests and worthy of the costs in blood and treasure.' H. R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam