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The mission : waging war and keeping peace with America's military, Dana Priest
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The item The mission : waging war and keeping peace with America's military, Dana Priest represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Internet Archive - Open Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- An account of America's growing dependence on its military to manage world affairs describes the cultural clashes experienced by the nation's generals, soldiers, and Green Berets in eighteen different countries
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (429 pages
- Contents
-
- Introduction : Pax Americana
- A different kind of world
- The rise of the American military
- The commanders. The CinCs : proconsuls to the empire
- The royal CinCdoms of the Persian Gulf
- The invisible front line of Central Asia
- The special forces. Inside the wire with special forces
- A-teams in Afghanistan
- Below the radar in Nigeria
- Gambling with Green Berets in Colombia
- The Indonesian handshake
- The CinC and his soldiers in Kosovo. Force trumps diplomacy in the Balkans
- Waging peace in Kosovo
- Drita's Kosovo
- Ellerbe's 82nd Airborne Division
- Vitina and the new Mafia
- Dishonoring Merita
- Vitina, one year later
- Afterword : the mission
- Label
- The mission : waging war and keeping peace with America's military
- Title
- The mission
- Title remainder
- waging war and keeping peace with America's military
- Statement of responsibility
- Dana Priest
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- An account of America's growing dependence on its military to manage world affairs describes the cultural clashes experienced by the nation's generals, soldiers, and Green Berets in eighteen different countries
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Priest, Dana
- Dewey number
- 355/.00973/0905
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- UA23
- LC item number
- .P688 2003
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- United States
- United States
- World politics
- Armed Forces
- Armed Forces
- World politics
- United States
- Buitenlandse politiek
- Militairen
- Militärpolitik
- Weltpolitik
- USA
- Militärpolitik
- Weltpolitik
- USA
- Label
- The mission : waging war and keeping peace with America's military, Dana Priest
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : Pax Americana -- A different kind of world -- The rise of the American military -- The commanders. The CinCs : proconsuls to the empire -- The royal CinCdoms of the Persian Gulf -- The invisible front line of Central Asia -- The special forces. Inside the wire with special forces -- A-teams in Afghanistan -- Below the radar in Nigeria -- Gambling with Green Berets in Colombia -- The Indonesian handshake -- The CinC and his soldiers in Kosovo. Force trumps diplomacy in the Balkans -- Waging peace in Kosovo -- Drita's Kosovo -- Ellerbe's 82nd Airborne Division -- Vitina and the new Mafia -- Dishonoring Merita -- Vitina, one year later -- Afterword : the mission
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (429 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036541212
- Label
- The mission : waging war and keeping peace with America's military, Dana Priest
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : Pax Americana -- A different kind of world -- The rise of the American military -- The commanders. The CinCs : proconsuls to the empire -- The royal CinCdoms of the Persian Gulf -- The invisible front line of Central Asia -- The special forces. Inside the wire with special forces -- A-teams in Afghanistan -- Below the radar in Nigeria -- Gambling with Green Berets in Colombia -- The Indonesian handshake -- The CinC and his soldiers in Kosovo. Force trumps diplomacy in the Balkans -- Waging peace in Kosovo -- Drita's Kosovo -- Ellerbe's 82nd Airborne Division -- Vitina and the new Mafia -- Dishonoring Merita -- Vitina, one year later -- Afterword : the mission
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (429 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036541212
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