Success and failure in limited war information and strategy in the Korean, Vietnam, Persian Gulf, and Iraq Wars

Common and destructive, limited wars are significant international events that pose a number of challenges to the states involved beyond simple victory or defeat. This book investigates a crucial and heretofore ignored factor in determining the nature and direction of limited war: information instit...

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Main Author: Bakich, Spencer D. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago The University of Chicago Press 2014
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Table of Contents:
  • Information institutions and strategy in war
  • Explaining strategic performance in limited warfare
  • Military and diplomatic defeat in the Korean War
  • The Vietnam War, little consolation
  • Military and diplomatic success in the Persian Gulf War
  • Iraq: win the battle, lose the war
  • Information institutions matter!