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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.

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

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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:
Print version record.
Subject: Special operations (Military science) -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Special forces (Military science) -- History -- 20th century
United States -- History, Military -- 20th century
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
HISTORY
Diplomatic relations
Special forces (Military science)
Special operations (Military science)
United States
Krijgsmacht
Buitenlandse politiek
Foreign relations -- History
United States
Genre: Electronic books.
History.
Military history.

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