The New Battlefield

The United States and Unconventional Conflicts

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The New Battlefield

The United States and Unconventional Conflicts

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One of the most controversial aspects of United States foreign policy centers about its response to unconventional conflict--that is, revolutions, counterrevolutions, and terrorism--in and from a number of Third World countries. Examining the current U.S. political-military posture, this critical study assesses the challenges posed to open systems by these conflicts and proposes guidelines for creating a more effective U.S. response. The author first explores the nature of unconventional conflicts, then turns to the U.S. response to the challenges unconditional conflicts present. Urging the need for a new realism based on a more accurate picture of present political conditions and U.S. interests, he concludes with a series of suggested guidelines for designing U.S. policy, strategy, doctrine and organizational strategies as a means of developing a more viable approach to the challenges of contemporary military and political conflict.

Table of Contents

Contents Figures and TablesixPrefacexiPART I THE NATURE OF UNCONVENTIONAL CONFLICTS: THE CHALLENGE1. Third World Conflicts and US Interests 32. Revolution and Revolutionary Systems413. Counterrevolution and Counterrevolutionary Systems734. The Conflict Spectrum: Wars in the Contemporary Period101PART II THE US POLITICAL-MILITARY POSTURE: THE RESPONSE5. Vietnam and After1296. The American Dilemma1657. Challenge and Response1998. The New Realism251PART III CONCLUSIONS9. Democracy and Unconventional Conflicts: The Democratic Imperative287Appendix: US and USSR Military Assistance to Selected Third World States309Bibliographical Essay315Index327

Product details

Published 18 Nov 1986
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 366
ISBN 9780313248900
Imprint Praeger
Dimensions 216 x 140 mm
Series Contributions in Military Studies
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Sam C. Sarkesian

SAM C. SARKESIAN is Professor of Political Science…

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