Short of War: Major Us Contingency Operations 1947-1997

by U.S. Air Force History and Museums Program and A. Timothy Warnock

First published in 2000. From the foreword: "Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, a series of geographically localized crises caused by political, religious, or ethnic unrest; outright military aggression; and natural disasters has replaced the relative stability that characterized international relations for more than fifty years of the Cold War. For the United States Air Force (USAF), this has meant short-notice deployments, airlifts, and other operational...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782664327
• ISBN13: 9781782664321
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Military Bookshop
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"