How democracies lose small wars : state, society, and the failures of France in Algeria, Israel in Lebanon, and the United States in Vietnam /
by Merom, Gil.
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BookPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2003Description: xiii, 295 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780521804035 (hbk.); 0521804035 :; 0521008778 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): 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 | CounterinsurgencyOnline resources: Table of contents | Publisher description | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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.
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