The Case Against Military Intervention: Why We Do It and Why It Fails

by Donald M. Snow

Book Overview

Since World War II, military intervention in developing world internal conflicts (DWIC) has become the primary form of U.S. military activity, and these interventions have proven unsuccessful in places like Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. This book argues such failure was entirely predictable, even inevitable, due both to the nature and dynamics of foreign military intrusion in the affairs of other countries and especially the DWICs that provide...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765647567
• ISBN13: 9780765647566
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"