Format:
XIII, 295 S.
Edition:
1. publ.
ISBN:
0-521-80403-5
,
0-521-00877-8
Content:
"In How Democracies Lose Small Wars, Gil Merom argues that modern democracies fail in wars of insurgency because they are unable to find a winning balance between expedient and moral tolerance of the costs of war. Small wars, he argues, are lost at home when a critical minority shifts the center of gravity from the battlefield to the marketplace of ideas." "This minority, from among the educated middle-class, abhors the brutality involved in effective counterinsurgency, but also refuses to sustain the level of casualties that successfully combatting counterinsurgency requires. Government and state institutions further contribute to failure as they resort to despotic patterns of behavior in a bid to overcome their domestic predicament."--BOOK JACKET.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Begrenzter Krieg
;
Demokratie
;
Militärdoktrin
;
Begrenzter Krieg
;
Algerienkrieg
;
Libanonkrieg
;
Vietnamkrieg
;
Demokratie
;
Kleinkrieg
;
Scheitern
;
Fallstudie
;
Historische Darstellung
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Publisher description
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam031/2002041490.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam031/2002041490.html
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Publisher description