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ARTICLES - American as Cherry Pie?: Unofficial Militias in American History
In: The journal of conflict studies: journal of the Centre for Conflict Studies, University of New Brunswick, Band 19, Heft 2, S. 144-162
ISSN: 1198-8614
John Masters as military historian and analyst
In: Defense analysis, Band 13, Heft 3, S. 329-330
ISSN: 1470-3602
John Masters as Military Historian and Analyst
In: Defense analysis, Band 13, Heft 3, S. 329-330
ISSN: 0743-0175
Landmarks in Defense Literature
In: Defense analysis, Band 12, Heft 3, S. 381-382
ISSN: 1470-3602
OMTE: An alternative paradigm to "the revolution in military affairs"
In: Defense analysis, Band 11, Heft 3, S. 322-325
ISSN: 1470-3602
Small Wars: Definitions and Dimensions
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 541, Heft 1, S. 20-35
ISSN: 1552-3349
This article offers a prefatory sampling of definitions of small war, and it frames an approximate continuum by referring to various cases illustratively. The discussion keeps in view the dilemmas of idiosyncrasy and variance in small wars that confound the framing of a neat matrix that allows effective anticipation or projection. Various qualitative or metaphysical aspects of small wars are considered, including technological evolution, small wars raging within larger ones, discontinuities between scale and effect, and their role as catalysts and precursors. Operational aspects and anomalies are also discussed, such as discrepancies between military professionals' attitudes and expectations and small-war dynamics, disparities in visibility and perceived effect, and perceptions of such conflicts as especially savage. Conclusions are drawn regarding the analytical intractability of small wars and the rarity of effective prediction and of rational processes leading to involvement.
Landmarks in defense literature
In: Defense analysis, Band 11, Heft 2, S. 213-215
ISSN: 1470-3602