Avoiding the Slippery Slope: Conducting Effective Interventions
Carlisle, PA: U. S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute/Army War College Press, 2013. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. viii, 86, [2] p. Endnotes. This is one of the Letort Papers. From an on-line posting: "Operation ODYSSEY DAWN was the most recent in a long list of foreign interventions by the U.S. military. Difficult as such operations may be, the need for them remains a constant in international security. The author considers how to mount such interventions effectively without getting bogged down in protracted occupations that are costly in blood in and treasure. Dr. Thomas R. Mockaitis is a professor of history at DePaul University. He was the 2004 Eisenhower Chair at the Royal Military Academy of the Netherlands. He has presented papers at the Pearson Peacekeeping Center (Canada), the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (UK), and the Austrian National Defense Academy. Dr. Mockaitis is the author of Avoiding the Slippery Slope: Mounting Interventions, Dr. Mockaitis earned his B.A. in European history from Allegheny College, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in modern British and Irish history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison." Condition: Good. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear and soiling.
Keywords: Humanitarian Assistance, Counterinsurgency, Kinetic Operations, Somalis, Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, Stability Operations, Peacekeeping, Operation ODDSSEY DAWN
ISBN: 9781584875727
[Book #70695]
Price: $45.00