Low-Intensity Conflict in American History
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Low-Intensity Conflict in American History
By (Author) Claude C. Sturgill
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Praeger Publishers Inc
30th November 1993
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
History of the Americas
Second World War
Modern warfare
355.020973
Physical Properties
Hardback
160
Description
This book is both a practical guide and an introduction to low-intensity conflict. In addition, it serves as a history of this type of conflict in the United States. A part of normal government operations in the U.S. from 1940 to the present, low-intensity conflict's antecedants can be traced back to the beginning of the republic. Sturgill discusses topics such as: insurgency and counterinsurgency, terrorism and counterterrorism, and military intervention.
Author Bio
CLAUDE C. STURGILL is Professor of Military History at the University of Florida. He has written a number of books and many journal articles in both French and English.
