Putting Defense Back Into U.S. Defense Policy: Rethinking U.S. Security in the Post-Cold War World

by Ivan Eland

This book examines the implications of counterinsurgency wars for U.S. defense policy and makes the compelling argument that the United States' default position on counterinsurgency wars should be to avoid them.

In this compelling study, Eland questions the core assumptions of the American foreign policy and defense establishments that call for military interventions around the world and high and increasing defense budgets at home...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275973484
• ISBN13: 9780275973483
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"