The mission : waging war and keeping peace with America's military
Priest, Dana2003
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Edition:
1st ed.
Imprint:
New York, N.Y. : WW Norton & Co., c2003.
Collation:
429 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-406) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : Pax Americana -- A different kind of world -- The rise of the American military -- The commanders. The CinCs : proconsuls to the empire -- The royal CinCdoms of the Persian Gulf -- The invisible front line of Central Asia -- The special forces. Inside the wire with special forces -- A-teams in Afghanistan -- Below the radar in Nigeria -- Gambling with Green Berets in Colombia -- The Indonesian handshake -- The CinC and his soldiers in Kosovo. Force trumps diplomacy in the Balkans -- Waging peace in Kosovo -- Drita's Kosovo -- Ellerbe's 82nd Airborne Division -- Vitina and the new Mafia -- Dishonoring Merita -- Vitina, one year later -- Afterword : the mission.
ISBN:
0393010244
Dewey class:
355.009730905
LC class:
UA23UA23 PRI
Language:
English
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BRN:
52486