Assessing War: The Challenge of Measuring Success and Failure

by Jason J. Lepore, Hy S. Rothstein, Jason J. Lepore

Book Overview

Today's protracted asymmetrical conflicts confuse efforts to measure progress, often inviting politics and wishful thinking to replace objective evaluation.

In Assessing War, military historians, social scientists, and military officers explore how observers have analyzed the trajectory of war in American conflicts from the Seven Years' War through the war in Afghanistan. Drawing on decades of acquired expertise, the contributors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 162616245X
• ISBN13: 9781626162457
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"