Merom, Gil, 1956-
How democracies lose small wars : state, society, and the failures of France in Algeria, Israel in Lebanon, and the United States in Vietnam / Gil Merom. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2003. - xiii, 295 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-276) and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Military Superiority and Victory in Small Wars: Historical Observations -- 3. The Structural Origins of Defiance: The Middle-Class, The Marketplace of Ideas, and the Normative Gap -- 4. The Structural Origins of Tenacity: National Alignment and Compartmentalization -- 5. The French War in Algeria: A Strategic, Political, and Economic Overview -- 6. French Instrumental Dependence and Its Consequences -- 7. The Development of a Normative Difference in France, and Its Consequences -- 8. The French Struggle to Contain the Growth of the Normative Gap and the Rise of the "Democratic Agenda" -- 9. Political Relevance and Its Consequences in France -- 10. The Israeli War in Lebanon: A Strategic, Political, and Economic Overview -- 11. Israeli Instrumental Dependence and Its Consequences -- 12. The Development of a Normative Difference in Israel, and Its Consequences. 13. The Israeli Struggle to Contain the Growth of the Normative Gap and the Rise of the "Democratic Agenda" -- 14. Political Relevance and Its Consequences in Israel -- 15. Conclusion.
9780521804035 (hbk.) 0521804035 : �47.50 0521008778 (pbk.) : �16.95
2002041490
GBA3V4496 bnb
Low intensity conflicts (Military science)--France.
Low intensity conflicts (Military science)--United States.
Low intensity conflicts (Military science)--Israel.
Military doctrine--France.
Military doctrine--United States.
Military doctrine--Israel.
Counterinsurgency.
U241 / .M47 2003
355.02 / MEH
How democracies lose small wars : state, society, and the failures of France in Algeria, Israel in Lebanon, and the United States in Vietnam / Gil Merom. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2003. - xiii, 295 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-276) and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Military Superiority and Victory in Small Wars: Historical Observations -- 3. The Structural Origins of Defiance: The Middle-Class, The Marketplace of Ideas, and the Normative Gap -- 4. The Structural Origins of Tenacity: National Alignment and Compartmentalization -- 5. The French War in Algeria: A Strategic, Political, and Economic Overview -- 6. French Instrumental Dependence and Its Consequences -- 7. The Development of a Normative Difference in France, and Its Consequences -- 8. The French Struggle to Contain the Growth of the Normative Gap and the Rise of the "Democratic Agenda" -- 9. Political Relevance and Its Consequences in France -- 10. The Israeli War in Lebanon: A Strategic, Political, and Economic Overview -- 11. Israeli Instrumental Dependence and Its Consequences -- 12. The Development of a Normative Difference in Israel, and Its Consequences. 13. The Israeli Struggle to Contain the Growth of the Normative Gap and the Rise of the "Democratic Agenda" -- 14. Political Relevance and Its Consequences in Israel -- 15. Conclusion.
9780521804035 (hbk.) 0521804035 : �47.50 0521008778 (pbk.) : �16.95
2002041490
GBA3V4496 bnb
Low intensity conflicts (Military science)--France.
Low intensity conflicts (Military science)--United States.
Low intensity conflicts (Military science)--Israel.
Military doctrine--France.
Military doctrine--United States.
Military doctrine--Israel.
Counterinsurgency.
U241 / .M47 2003
355.02 / MEH