Unconventional Conflicts in a New Security Era: Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam (Contributions in Military Studies) [Hardcover]

Sam C. Sarkesian (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 30, 1993 | ISBN-10: 031327763X | ISBN-13: 978-0313277634

The United States must devise entirely new military and political strategies because threats to the nation's security have shifted so markedly. This work provides the first comparative analysis of unconventional conflicts, using Malaya and Vietnam as lessons for developing effective policies and operations to counter strife, "drug wars," and new types of Third World conflict today. This text for students, experts, and policymakers in military studies, history, and international relations combines insights from primary and secondary sources, participant-observer experiences, and scholarly and professional thinking in order to formulate practical recommendations for future policy. Sarkesian provides a comparative framework for analyzing unconventional conflicts, describing past strategies used by Great Britain, France, and the United States. He defines the military posture and nature of conflict, leadership, and indigenous situations in Malaya and Vietnam. He analyzes the nature of revolutionary and counter-revolutionary systems. Sarkesian describes a new U.S. national security agenda to deal with a transformed geostrategic world landscape. A lengthy bibliography adds to the usefulness of this provocative text for classes in contemporary military studies, world history, war and peace, U.S. foreign policy, and conflict management.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“His observations are, as usual, excellent and thought provoking. This book is excellent for the military strategist. It is a fresh look at past unconventional wars with a projection of their strategy and political management into an uncertain geostrategic future.”–Military Review

About the Author

SAM C. SARKESIAN is Professor of Political Science at Loyola University of Chicago.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Greenwood Press (April 30, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 031327763X
• ISBN-13: 978-0313277634
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,774,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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