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The Meaning of Military Victory / Robert Mandel.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (190 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781685857813
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: Military Victory and Strategic Victory -- 2 Modern Victory in Historical Context -- 3 Morality and Victory -- 4 Misconceptions Surrounding Victory -- 5 Victory in Recent Wars? -- 6 Victory Challenges in Contemporary Warfare -- 7 Special Victory Challenges in Unconventional Wars -- 8 Conclusion: Managing Strategic Victory -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: How has the concept of victory evolved as the nature of conflict itself has changed across time, circumstance, and culture? And to what end? Robert Mandel addresses these questions, consider¬ing the meanings, misperceptions, and challenges associated with military victory in the context of the nontraditional wars of recent decades. Without an understanding of precisely what victory means, Mandel argues, the outcome can involve policy paralysis, loss of public support, escalating postwar violence, and ultimately, foreign policy failure. Grappling with the moral complexities of victory in limited war, he discusses issues of security, war crimes, self-determination, reconstruction, and social transformation. He also identifies common fallacies held by victors. Case studies of recent military actions, including the ongoing war in Iraq, ¬inform a discussion of the usefulness of notions of victory in dealing with contemporary challenges.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: Military Victory and Strategic Victory -- 2 Modern Victory in Historical Context -- 3 Morality and Victory -- 4 Misconceptions Surrounding Victory -- 5 Victory in Recent Wars? -- 6 Victory Challenges in Contemporary Warfare -- 7 Special Victory Challenges in Unconventional Wars -- 8 Conclusion: Managing Strategic Victory -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book

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How has the concept of victory evolved as the nature of conflict itself has changed across time, circumstance, and culture? And to what end? Robert Mandel addresses these questions, consider¬ing the meanings, misperceptions, and challenges associated with military victory in the context of the nontraditional wars of recent decades. Without an understanding of precisely what victory means, Mandel argues, the outcome can involve policy paralysis, loss of public support, escalating postwar violence, and ultimately, foreign policy failure. Grappling with the moral complexities of victory in limited war, he discusses issues of security, war crimes, self-determination, reconstruction, and social transformation. He also identifies common fallacies held by victors. Case studies of recent military actions, including the ongoing war in Iraq, ¬inform a discussion of the usefulness of notions of victory in dealing with contemporary challenges.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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