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Author:
Atkeson, Edward B.
Title:
The new legions : American strategy and the responsibility of power / Edward B. Atkeson.
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
ix, 211 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Subject:
United States--Military policy.
United States--Organization.--Organization.
United States--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
Immigrants--Employment--United States.
National security--United States--Planning.
United States--Stability operations.--Stability operations.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
A troublesome war -- The wider war as we chose to fight it -- What have we overlooked? -- The legion : whence the concept? -- The survivor : the French Foreign Legion -- Where to begin? And then what? -- Latin American : our backyard -- Cuba : our exceptional neighbor -- Africa : the dark continent -- The Balkans : the slippery slope -- The Islamic world and the "strong horse" -- Southeast Asia : part of America's history -- A final word.
ISBN:
1442213795 (ebook)
9781442213791 (ebook)
1442213779 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781442213777 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)744301848
LCCN:
2011032805
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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