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Perilous options special operations as an instrument of U.S. foreign policy

Summary: This study explores why military operations conducted by the USA in recent years to achieve key foreign policy objectives have failed. It includes reports, based extensively on primary material, of the Bay of Pigs, the Sontay raid, the Mayaguez operation and the Iran hostage rescue attempt.

Record details

ISBN: 1601296355
ISBN: 9781601296351
ISBN: 9780195364439 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0195364430 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0195045912 (Cloth)
ISBN: 9780195045918
ISBN: 1280439750
ISBN: 9781280439759
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (x, 257 p.)
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:jan.13 Multi-User. CatMonthString:may.18 CatBulkString:jan.10.13
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Patterns of Failure; 2. Plotting against Castro; 3. Debacle at the Beachhead; 4. Raid to an Empty Camp; 5. Last Fiasco in Indochina; 6. There Are No Snakes on Koh Tang; 7. Hostages of the Ayatollah; 8. The Helicopters That Couldn't; 9. Why We Failed; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.