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Limited War: The Challenge to American Strategy

Robert Endicott Osgood

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Description:Limited War is a thoughtful study of one of two defined objectives of "the rational use of military power." These are "(a) the deterrence of such major aggressions as would cause total war; (b) the deterrence or defeat of lesser aggressions." This book is directed toward the achievement of the second. Professor Osgood's basic assumption is that if we lack the capacity and will to wage limited war, limited Communist aggression, which he anticipates, will force us to make a disastrous choice among total war, non-resistance, or ineffective resistance.Review by Harold Stein, The American Political Science Review, Vol. 52, No. 2 (Jun., 1958), pp. 533-535We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Limited War: The Challenge to American Strategy. To get started finding Limited War: The Challenge to American Strategy, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Limited War is a thoughtful study of one of two defined objectives of "the rational use of military power." These are "(a) the deterrence of such major aggressions as would cause total war; (b) the deterrence or defeat of lesser aggressions." This book is directed toward the achievement of the second. Professor Osgood's basic assumption is that if we lack the capacity and will to wage limited war, limited Communist aggression, which he anticipates, will force us to make a disastrous choice among total war, non-resistance, or ineffective resistance.Review by Harold Stein, The American Political Science Review, Vol. 52, No. 2 (Jun., 1958), pp. 533-535We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Limited War: The Challenge to American Strategy. To get started finding Limited War: The Challenge to American Strategy, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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