The 2006 Lebanon Campaign and the Future of Warfare: Implications for Army and Defense Policy
Carlisle, PA: U. S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, 2008. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. xix, [1], 90, [2] p. Illustrations. Footnotes. From an on-line posting: "Critics of irregular-warfare transformation often cite the 2006 Lebanon campaign as evidence that modern nonstate actors can wage conventional warfare in state-like ways. This analysis assesses this claim via a detailed analysis of Hezbollah s conduct of the campaign at the tactical through theater-strategic levels of war. Dr. Stephen D. Biddle is a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. From June 2001-July of 2006, he was a Professor of National Security Studies at the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute (SSI). Dr. Biddle served as U.S. Representative to the NATO Defense Research Group study on Stable Defense; is a member of the Defense Department Senior Advisory Group on Homeland Defense; His research has won Barchi, Rist, and Impact Prizes from the Military Operations Research Society, and he won the Army Superior Civilian Service Medal in 2003." Condition: Very good. No dust jacket. Cover has slight wear and soiling.
Keywords: Terrorism, Firefights, Minefields, Coercion, Use of Force, Military Organization, Theater of War, Insurgency, Irregular Warfare Tactics
ISBN: 9781584873624
[Book #71008]
Price: $75.00