Long War: Centcom, Grand Strategy, and Global Security

by John Morrissey

Book Overview

Nowhere has the U.S. military established more bases, lost more troops, or spent more money in the last thirty years than in the Middle East and Central Asia. These regions fall under the purview of United States Central Command (CENTCOM); not coincidentally, they include the most energy-rich places on earth. From its inception, CENTCOM was tasked with the military and economic security of this key strategic area, the safeguarding of commercial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820351040
• ISBN13: 9780820351049
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"