Bounding the global war on terrorism /
Jeffrey Record.
Description
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English
- Published
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[Carlisle Barracks, PA] : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2003.
- Summary
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The author examines three features of the war on terrorism as currently defined and conducted: (1) the administration's postulation of the terrorist threat, (2) the scope and feasibility of U.S. war aims, and (3) the war's political, fiscal, and military sustainability. He believes that the war on terrorism--as opposed to the campaign against al-Qaeda-- lacks strategic clarity, embraces unrealistic objectives, and may not be sustainable over the long haul. He calls for downsizing the scope of the war on terrorism to reflect concrete U.S. security interests and the limits of American military power.
- Note
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"December 2003."
Electronic version also available on the SSI website.
- Physical Description
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vi, 56 p. ;
23 cm.
- ISBN
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1584871466
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