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The right way to lose a war : America in an age of unwinnable conflicts / Dominic Tierney.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: First editionDescription: xiii, 384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0316254886
  • 9780316254885 :
Other title:
  • America in an age of unwinnable conflicts
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Contents:
The wrong way to lose a war. The dark age ; Fiasco ; The landscape of loss -- The right way to lose a war. Laying the groundwork ; Storytelling ; Surge ; Talk ; Leave ; Aftermath -- The right way to win a war. No more fiascos.
Summary: Reveals how the United States has struggled to adapt to the new era of guerrilla conflict, causing military losses and political disasters, and outlines a strategy of military engagement and diplomacy to help the nation withdraw from unsuccessful campaigns.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 355.0097 T564 Available 33111008041143
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Why has America stopped winning wars?

For nearly a century, up until the end of World War II in 1945, America enjoyed a Golden Age of decisive military triumphs. And then suddenly, we stopped winning wars. The decades since have been a Dark Age of failures and stalemates-in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan-exposing our inability to change course after battlefield setbacks.

In this provocative book, award-winning scholar Dominic Tierney reveals how the United States has struggled to adapt to the new era of intractable guerrilla conflicts. As a result, most major American wars have turned into military fiascos. And when battlefield disaster strikes, Washington is unable to disengage from the quagmire, with grave consequences for thousands of U.S. troops and our allies.

But there is a better way. Drawing on interviews with dozens of top generals and policymakers, Tierney shows how we can use three key steps-surge, talk, and leave-to stem the tide of losses and withdraw from unsuccessful campaigns without compromising our core values and interests.

Weaving together compelling stories of military catastrophe and heroism, this is an unprecedented, timely, and essential guidebook for our new era of unwinnable conflicts. The Right Way to Lose a War illuminates not only how Washington can handle the toughest crisis of all-battlefield failure-but also how America can once again return to the path of victory.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-369) and index.

The wrong way to lose a war. The dark age ; Fiasco ; The landscape of loss -- The right way to lose a war. Laying the groundwork ; Storytelling ; Surge ; Talk ; Leave ; Aftermath -- The right way to win a war. No more fiascos.

Reveals how the United States has struggled to adapt to the new era of guerrilla conflict, causing military losses and political disasters, and outlines a strategy of military engagement and diplomacy to help the nation withdraw from unsuccessful campaigns.

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